Headliners on Weight for Strikeforce Challengers
By FCF Staff
The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host Strikeforce’s latest Challengers event tonight. The card will feature a middleweight bout between Antwain Britt and Lumumba Sayers in the main event, as well as a fight between rising 145lb fighters Ronda Rousey and Julia Budd.
Here are the official weigh-in results for the card, which will be broadcast on Showtime.
Main card
Lumumba Sayers – 185 vs. Antwain Britt – 184
Julia Budd – 146 vs. Ronda Rousey – 146
Anthony Smith – 188* vs. Adlan Amagov – 184
Trevor Smith – 205 vs. TJ Cook – 205
Nate James – 184 vs. Derek Brunson – 186
Preliminary Card
Bill Cooper – 154 vs. Matt Ricehouse – 155
JP Reese – 155 vs. Bobby Green – 155
David Hulett – 170 vs. Quinn Mulhern – 169
Andreas Spang – 185 vs. Willie Parks – 184
* Smith initially weighed in at 190. He made 188 on his second try, which still leaves him two pounds over. He will forfeit 20% of his purse and the fight will go on as scheduled.
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