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]
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] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editStrikeforce 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]
Results
editMain Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Catchweight (180 lb) | Jake Shields | def. | Robbie Lawler | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:02 | |
Heavyweight | Brett Rogers | def. | Andrei Arlovski | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:22 | |
Catchweight (180 lb) | Nick Diaz | def. | Scott Smith | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 1:41 | |
Welterweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Mike Kyle | def. | Rafael Cavalcante | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:05 | |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Mike Whitehead | def. | Kevin Randleman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (175 lb) | Jesse Finney | def. | Josh Bumgarner | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:55 | |
Middleweight | Lucas Lopes | def. | Scott Ventimiglia | Disqualification (illegal knee) | 1 | 3:26 | |
Welterweight | Tyron Woodley | def. | Sal Woods | Submission (Brabo choke) | 1 | 4:20 | |
Light Heavyweight | Booker DeRousse | def. | James Wade | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:06 | |
Lightweight | Pat Benson | def. | Dave Cochran | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:42 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Strikeforce expects return to St. Louis, further eastern expansion in near future". MMAjunkie.
- ^ "Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields | MMA Event".
- ^ "MMA Insider Blog - MMAWEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Rumors, Videos, Photos, Rankings & more". www.mmaweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21.
- ^ John Morgan. "Strikeforce: Hamman out; "Feijao" vs. Kyle likely for June 6 prelims". MMAjunkie.