Sunday, 17 July 2011

Fans invited to Thursday's Strikeforce Challengers 17 weigh-ins in Las Vegas

Fans are invited to Thursday's official fighter weigh-ins for "Strikeforce Challengers 17: Voelker vs. Bowling III."

The festivities take place at the Key West Ballroom of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT local time). Doors to the venue open to the public at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The following evening's event, which features a Showtime-broadcast main card, takes place The Pearl, which is also located inside of the Palms Casino Resort.

Featuring a trilogy-completing headliner in the welterweight division between Bobby Voelker (23-8 MMA, 3-1 SF) and Roger Bowling (9-1 MMA, 2-1 SF), "Strikeforce Challengers 17: Voelker vs. Bowling III" takes place July 22.

Heavyweights Lavar Johnson (15-4 MMA, 3-1 SF) and Devin Cole (18-9-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) meet in the evening's co-feature.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) will have live coverage of the weigh-in results, as well as a complete photo gallery of the proceedings.

Strikeforce Challengers 17 marks the promotion's first-ever event in Las Vegas. Beginning with Strikeforce Challengers 17, the prospects-based Challengers Series events will all take place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

The current Strikeforce Challengers 17 card includes:

MAIN CARD

  • Roger Bowling vs. Bobby Voelker
  • Lavar Johnson vs. Devin Cole
  • Joe Cason vs. Ovince St-Preux
  • Liz Carmouche vs. Sarah Kaufman
  • Adlan Amagov vs. Ron Stallings
PRELIMINARY CARD
  • Guto Inocente vs. Lionel Lanham
  • Ben Lagman vs. Anthony Smith
  • Bill Cooper vs. Maka Watson
  • Sterling Ford vs. Brian McLaughlin*
* - Not officially announced

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