A total of four preliminary bouts and potentially one more will fill out Strikeforce and M-1 Global's Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum card this Saturday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, MMAFighting.com has learned from M-1 Global.
The matchups, featuring four M-1 Global representatives taking on four local fighters, are Gareth Joseph (M-1) vs. Yancy Medeiros, Derrick Burnsed (M-1) vs. Bobby Stack, Vagner Rocha (M-1) vs. Brett Bergmark and Chris Cope (M-1) vs. Ron Keslar.
Keslar (5-1) out of the American Kickboxing Academy was previously scheduled to face 2009 M- Challenge winner Magomed Shikshabekov, but Shikshabekov was forced out due to issues obtaining a VISA.
Share Showtime Bouts
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum
Cris Cyborg vs. Jan Finney
Scott Smith vs. Cung Le
Josh Thomson vs. Pat Healy
Preliminary Bouts
Yancy Medeiros vs. Gareth Joseph
Bobby Stack vs. Derrick Burnsed
Brett Bergmark vs. Vagner Rocha
Ron Keslar vs. Chris Cope
The matchups, featuring four M-1 Global representatives taking on four local fighters, are Gareth Joseph (M-1) vs. Yancy Medeiros, Derrick Burnsed (M-1) vs. Bobby Stack, Vagner Rocha (M-1) vs. Brett Bergmark and Chris Cope (M-1) vs. Ron Keslar.
Keslar (5-1) out of the American Kickboxing Academy was previously scheduled to face 2009 M- Challenge winner Magomed Shikshabekov, but Shikshabekov was forced out due to issues obtaining a VISA.
Share Showtime Bouts
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum
Cris Cyborg vs. Jan Finney
Scott Smith vs. Cung Le
Josh Thomson vs. Pat Healy
Preliminary Bouts
Yancy Medeiros vs. Gareth Joseph
Bobby Stack vs. Derrick Burnsed
Brett Bergmark vs. Vagner Rocha
Ron Keslar vs. Chris Cope