MMA Stars Brett Rogers & Jesse Finney To Throw Out First Pitch At Today’s St. Louis Cardinals Game

Posted on | May 12, 2010 | No Comments

Local sensation and MMA pioneer Jesse Finney and STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Championship Challenger Brett Rogers will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals game against the Houston Astros at 12:40 p.m. CT at Busch Stadium.

Immediately following the game, four STRIKEFORCE star fighters will participate in an autograph signing session at The Outfield at Mike Shannon’s from 4 – 6 p.m. CT. The Outfield at Mike Shannon’s is located at 620 Market Street in St. Louis, MO 63101. Participating in the event will be undefeated STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champion “King Mo” Lawal, unbeaten light heavyweight rising star Roger Gracie, former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral and heavyweight superstar Fabricio Werdum, who will be facing the number one fighter in the world – Fedor Emelianenko – in the live, SHOWTIME® televised main event from San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, June 26.

Knockout artist Rogers (10-1) will take on STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Champ Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (32-11) in the main event of Saturday’s STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery event at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. Finney (5-0), a local promoter and gym owner, will face Justin DeMoney, of Ottumwa, Iowa, (13-2-2) on the event’s non-televised undercard.

Tickets are on sale at the Scottrade Center ticket office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCE’s official website (www.strikeforce.com). Doors at Scottrade Center will open at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 15 with the first non-televised preliminary bout beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT.