STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGER WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS
Posted on | September 24, 2009 | No Comments
KENNEDY, CUMMINGS, LONGACRE, CALANOC, JORDAN, SEFO & MORE STEP ON THE SCALES
Strikeforce Challengers Friday, Sept. 25, on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from SpiritBank Event Center
TULSA, Okla., (Sept. 24, 2009) — All 22 fighters who will compete in the Strikeforce Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Friday, Sept. 25, weighed in on Thursday at the SpiritBank Event Center.
In the main event on SHOWTIME, American military hero Tim Kennedy (10-2) of Fayetteville, N.C., will face unbeaten Zak Cummings (10-0) of Springfield, Missouri in a middleweight (185 pounds) scrap. Both weighed in at exactly 186 pounds on Thursday.
Other fights include a showdown between promising, unbeaten local favorites Thomas Longacre (4-0) and Travis “The Dark Knight’’ Calanoc (4-0). K-1 legend and six-time world kickboxing champion, Ray “Sugarfoot” Sefo (1-0) of Las Vegas takes on Alabama-born Kevin “The Shaman” Jordan (11-7) in a heavyweight match, budding superstar and two-time All-American wrestler at the University of Missouri, Tyron “T-Wood’’ Woodley (5-0) of St. Louis, will face his sternest test to date when he meets former Tito Ortiz protégé, Zach “The Lisbon Outlaw’’ Light (4-8) of Huntington Beach, Calif., in a welterweight (170 pounds) fight.
Tickets for the STRIKEFORCE Challengers event, priced from $25, are on sale at SpiritBank Event Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800-745-3000), Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com), and STRIKEFORCE’s official website (www.strikeforce.com).
SpiritBank Event Center doors will open at 7:15 p.m. CT. The first preliminary bout will begin at 8 p.m.
FINAL WEIGHTS
Tim Kennedy – 186
Zak Cummings -186
Ray “Sugarfoot” Sefo – 240.8
Kevin “The Shaman” Jordan – 236.6
Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley – 171
Zach “The Lisbon Outlaw” Light – 170.4
Thomas Longacre – 148
Travis “The Dark Knight” Calanoc – 146.6
Daniel Cormier – 250.2
Gary Frazier – 245.2
Non-televised fights
Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman – 121
Jeri “Fists of Fury” Sitzes – 120.4
Levi “The Marine” Avera – 175.4
Paul Bradley – 176.6
Trey Houston – 183.6
Brandon Gaines – 187.8
Kenny Giddens – 155.2
Jon Carson – 155.8
Nick Gibbons – 147
Josh Pulsifer – 147.6
Lemont Davis – 168.4
Dillon Smith – 169.4
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