LIVE COVERAGE: Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Weigh-ins

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 4:28 PM EDT in News

Brett Rogers vs. Alistair Overeem. Photo by Matt Bishop.

ST. LOUIS - MMAForReal.com's Matt Bishop will be live at Scottrade Center, site of today's "Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery" weigh-ins. The main event fighters are scheduled to hit the scale at 5 p.m. ET.

We'll have the results for you as they happen. And don't forget to listen to Lights Out Radio for a preview of the show starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. For more from St. Louis, follow Matt Bishop on Twitter.

Main card:

Alistair Overeem (253) vs. Brett Rogers (264)

Andrei Arlovski (242) vs. Antonio Silva (265.5)

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (186.5) vs. Joey Villasenor (186)

Roger Gracie (205.75) vs. Kevin Randleman (205)

Antwain Britt (204.5) vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (206)

Preliminary bouts:

Justin DeMoney (169) vs. Jesse Finney (172)

**Finney got an OK on something, clapped his hands then started chugging the fluids.

Lyle Beerbohm (156) vs. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribero (156)

Darryl Cobb (184) vs. Booker DeRousse (187)

Mike Chandler (170) vs. Sal Woods (170)

Lee Brousseau (204) vs. Francisco France (206)

Tom Aaron (157.5) vs. Erik Steenberg (155)

Matt Ricehouse (156) vs. Greg Wilson (155)

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Good to see Strikeforce putting together POS undercards. Why are they even on the card?

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by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 1:14 PM EDT reply actions

To sell tickets.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh Yeah

I forgot Strikeforce sucks. They need 8 to 12 fighters to go out and sell tickets to watch gawd awful MMA in a big empty lifeless area. Yeah that sounds like a whole lotta fun. Where do I sign up?

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by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

That rant reminds of someone...

I’m pretty sure it’s Strikeforce fighters ;)

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by -Neil- on May 14, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

I love the idea of convincing friends and families that live in the area to come watch Strikeforce! HAHAHA! What the cheapest ticket is like $20? To watch Ubereem, AA, Jacare, and Ribero. LOL! But what puts them over the top is to watch some journeyman fight? LOL!

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by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Many of them are local fighters. It’s a lot of the same guys from the undercard here last year.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

It's good that there using local fighters I do appreciate that but like I said they never make it TV

so there’s really no exposure for them.

by doonerthesooner on May 14, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s not about exposure, it’s about selling tickets.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

As someone that has a few friends that fight localy I get it.

But if you are turely a National or International promotion why are you doing this? Scott Coker didn’t even put together this undercard. It is competely unclear what Scott Coker does. Why Strikeforce Why? They are just bad, just bad.

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-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Money...

it’s much cheaper to put on these fights than load up the undercard with talent, which aid in drawing some local interest. Strikeforce doesn’t control production and Showtime/CBS have made it clear that they have no interest in filling extra time with undercard bouts. So really, there is no reason to bother with loading up the undercard.

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by Brent Brookhouse on May 14, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Ding ding ding

We have a winner, folks.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I understand your point

But the best thing for Strikeforce can do is throw together fighters that they have no intention of supporting or continuing a relationship? If Strikeforce isen’t going to respect these fighters, why should fans care? Why should media care. Matt Bishiop why are you going to sit and watch fighters that you will never see or hear from again? The least Strikeforce could do is put those fights up on Youtube like Bellator. Then again I doubt the production crew is filming these fighters. Why is Brandon Cash not fighting on this undercard? Why not guys that have fought on past Challengers shows not on this undercard? “Cheaper to get local talent.” Good to see Strikeforce being so fiscally responsible. AA, Ubereem, Silva, and Jacare are making some serious bank, got to save money on the undercard? Strikeforce give absolutely no respect to fighters. It is disgraceful. Excuse me while my had explodes.

"I have to carry out another fine moment before I die."
-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, I was at the Chicago event as credentialed media and looking back at that event. Jeff Curran fought on the undercard, there was the Coenen/Roxy fight, Shamar Bailey impressed them and was brought back for a televised fight on a challengers card. I mean, some of these are actually guys getting what amounts to a tryout.

Let’s also not forget that this undercard was supposed to feature KID Yamamoto, which added to the Beerbohm/Shaolin fight makes for two really nice bouts. Jesse Finney is a guy who has fought for strikeforce before. Francisco France is an ATT fighter, Mike Chandler is a talented fighter.

It’s really not a wasteland.

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by Brent Brookhouse on May 14, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Brent???

wtf are you doing here

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by Anthony Pace on May 14, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know why they even have undercards to begin with

it’s not like anyone ever sees them

by doonerthesooner on May 14, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions

OK, y’all, I am at the arena and ready to go.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

good stuff Matt

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by Kelvin Hunt on May 14, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

you should volunteer to film the undercard while you are there.

by Bob Boblaw on May 14, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

OK...

It’s 4 p.m. and no sign of this starting.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:01 PM EDT reply actions

uh oh

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by Kelvin Hunt on May 14, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s definitely an organization that knows what it it’s doing. Right?

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-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

They are “finishing the rules meeting and paperwork with the commission,” Jimmy Lennon said.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah I See

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-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

JERRY MILLEN SIGHTING!

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

double uh oh

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by Kelvin Hunt on May 14, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Get a pic of his frosted tips. If you do this you will be my own personal hero

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-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll see what I can do. Hahahaha.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, they actually are starting with the undercard for the weigh-in.

It will be starting in a few minutes, Jimmy Lennon Jr. says.

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

WHOA!

Actually not doing the main event first? Building up antisipation for a fight? This does not sound like Strikeforce

"I have to carry out another fine moment before I die."
-Tatsuya Kawajiri-

by Erich Vowell on May 14, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

We are still waiting...

Must be a lot of rules and paperwork to go over…

by Matt Bishop on May 14, 2010 5:15 PM EDT reply actions

Funny

Since for the show we were at in Cali they did the rules meeting AFTER the weigh-ins. Good rule meeting too.. Rosenthal had the cornerpeeps in the palm of his hand.

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by -Neil- on May 14, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions