Former World Extreme Cagefighting announcer Joe Martinez announced this event in place of Jimmy Lennon Jr., as Lennon was announcing that same night's Showtime-broadcast Super Six World Boxing Classic boxing card headlined by Carl Froch & Andre Ward.
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Wetherspoon appeared in his first and only fight with the Strikeforce organization at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni on June 22, 2007 against Mike Pyle and lost via unanimous decision.
Bret was scheduled to fight October 9, 2010 at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II against Cung Le product James Terry, but had to pull out due to an injury sustained while training for the fight.
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Bret made his Strikeforce debut on June 26, 2010 in San Jose California as he fought Vagner Rocha in the prelims.
Marunde faced former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo Souza as a late replacement for Derek Brunson at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey.
Griggs' next fight was against Valentijn Overeem at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum on June 18, 2011, in Dallas, Texas.
O'Brien was expected to make his debut with the DREAM promotion on July 10 in a Light Heavyweight bout against former Strikeforce and DREAM Champion Gegard Mousasi at Dream 15.
After Nate Moore had to withdraw from his fight against Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion André Galvão in Strikeforce, Patino took the fight in short notice for the Strikeforce: Houston event.
Kedzie was expected to face Germaine de Randamie as part of the Strikeforce Challengers 19 card on September 23, 2011, but withdrew due to injury.
After serving as a transport and support-ship during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Kirishima escorted the aircraft carrier strikeforce bound for the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Stewart went undefeated in his first five fights until losing a unanimous decision to Tiki Ghosn at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le on March 29, 2008.
Ricehouse made his Strikeforce debut in May 2010 as he faced Gregory Wilson at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery.
Moore made his debut for Strikeforce in 2009, defeating Louis Taylor by Submission due to punches in the second round.
Ovince returned to action less than a month after his win over Britt to fight UFC and Strikeforce veteran Benji Radach on the main card of Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II.
Won Strikeforce veteran Eric Lawson by TKO at GC 72 - Seasons Beatings, defeated Brandon Michaels by Rear-Naked Choke at his Strikeforce debut, loss by unanimous decision to Yancy Medeiros at Strikeforce - Challengers 6.
Roger then won his next bout via submission defeating Anthony Smith at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine
The bout between Marloes Coenen and Miesha Tate was originally scheduled to be for the Women's Welterweight belt, but it was renamed to a Women's Bantamweight Championship bout by Zuffa to achieve consistency with the weight class names in the promotion.
The event was hosted by Strikeforce in conjunction with bodogFight, and was streamed live on Yahoo! Sports.
The Fighter Exchange Program is intended to be a tie-in to the Career Mode of the EA Sports MMA game, and features multimedia documentation of four young prospects (Bettega, Cummins, Martytniuok, Phillips) traveling, learning, and training with four established veterans (Jacare Souza, Jason Miller, Gegard Mousasi, Luke Rockhold).
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Herschel Walker pulled out of his fight with Scott Carson due to a cut under his left eye.
Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem injured his hand and was unable to fight at this event.
AXS TV personality and Inside MMA reporter Ron Kruck handled commentary at this event in place of Mauro Ranallo, who was absent due to a private family matter.
Cook made his debut on July 22, 2011, at Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker replacing an injured Guto Inocente against Lionel Lanham.
Villefort made his promotional debut against fellow Strikeforce import Nah-Shon Burrell on February 23, 2013 at UFC 157.