An up-and-coming middleweight out of the American Kickboxing Academy Nate Moore will meet Chicago local Louis Taylor on the undercard of the Nov. 7 Strikeforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers, FanHouse has learned.
Moore was a captain while on the Purdue University wrestling team and was teammates with Jon Fitch, whom he followed to AKA in San Jose, Calif.
Taylor out of the Chicago Fight Team will hope to repeat his former success at the event's venue, the Sears Centre, where he was victorious in June 2008 against Adam Maciejewski on the HDNet-televised Adrenaline MMA 1 card.
CBS Bouts:
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers - Jake Shields vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller - Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva
Preliminary Bouts:
- Erin Toughill vs. Marloes Coenen - Mark Miller vs. Deray Davis - Christian Uflacker vs. Jonatas Novaes - Shamar Bailey vs. John Kolosci - Louis Taylor vs. Nate Moore
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