Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields
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| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | June 6, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Scottrade Center | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Attendance | 8,867[1] | |||
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Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields was a mixed martial arts event held by the MMA organization Strikeforce. It was held in St. Louis, Missouri on June 6, 2009. The event drew an estimated 275,000 viewers on Showtime.[2]
Results
Preliminary Card
- Lightweight bout: Pat Benson vs. Dave Cochran
- Benson defeated Cochran via submission (armbar) at 2:42 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Booker DeRousse vs. James Wade
- DeRousse defeated Wade via TKO (punches) at 4:06 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Tyron Woodley vs. Sal Woods
- Woodley defeated Woods via submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:20 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Scott Ventimiglia vs. Lucas Lopes
- Lopes defeated Ventimiglia via disqualification (illegal knee) at 3:26 of round 1.
- Catchweight (175 lb) bout: Jesse Finney vs. Josh Bumgarner
- Finney defeated Bumgarner via submission (kimura) at 1:55 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Kevin Randleman vs. Mike Whitehead
- Whitehead defeated Randleman via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Main Card
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rafael Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle
- Kyle defeated Cavalcante via KO (punches) at 4:05 of round 2.
- Catchweight (180 lb) bout: Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith
- Diaz defeated Smith via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:41 of round 3.
- Welterweight bout: Joe Riggs vs. Phil Baroni
- Riggs defeated Baroni via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
*Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers
- Rogers defeated Arlovski via TKO (punches) at 0:22 of round 1.
- Catchweight (182 lb) bout: Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields
- Shields defeated Lawler via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:02 of round 1.
Notes
Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem injured his hand and was unable to fight at this event.[3] He was replaced by Andrei Arlovski.
Renato Sobral was scheduled to face Rafael Cavalcante, but after suffering an injury, was replaced by Mike Kyle.[4]
References
- ^ "Strikeforce expects return to St. Louis, further eastern expansion in near future". MMAjunkie.
- ^ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/strikeforce-lawler-vs-shields
- ^ http://www.mmaweekly.com/blog/2009/05/overeem-suffers-hand-injury-summer.asp
- ^ John Morgan. "Strikeforce: Hamman out; "Feijao" vs. Kyle likely for June 6 prelims". MMAjunkie.