Photos: Esther Lin/STRIKEFORCE
001-002-003-004: Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante and Dan Henderson pose and face off after making weight Friday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. In Saturday’s main event at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Feijao will defend his STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight Championship against Henderson live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Tickets are on sale at Nationwide Arena ticket office, online at Ticketmaster.com and Strikeforce.com and Ticketmaster by phone (800) 745-3000. The first non-televised, undercard fight starts at 7:30 p.m. ET. Doors will open at 7 o’clock.
005-006-007: In the opening half of a STRIKEFORCE World Championship Doubleheader, unbeaten Liz Carmouche challenges defending champion Marloes Coenen for the STRIKEFORCE Women’s World Welterweight title.
008-009-010: Tim Kennedy will be opposed by Melvin Manhoef in an important middleweight fight on Saturday.
011-012: In the opening bout of the telecast Jorge Masvidal (shown hamming it up for the cameras) will face undefeated lightweight Billy Evangelista.
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014-015-016: The event, STRIKEFORCE’s first in the state of Ohio, is taking place in conjunction with The Arnold Sports Festival, the nation’s largest health and fitness exposition founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The STRIKEFORCE Booth was one of the most popular and busiest ones inside the Expo. STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz signed autographs while former STRIKEFORCE Champion Josh Thomson, who helped emcee the all-day festivities inside the booth, played video games and joked with the fans.
