Strikeforce has officially announced its rumored May show, Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery, that will take place May 15th at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
STRIKEFORCE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
ALISTAIR OVEREEM WILL FACE BRETT ROGERS, ANDREI ARLOVSKI TO MEET “BIG FOOT” SILVA
MAY 15 AT SCOTTRADE CENTER IN ST. LOUIS
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery
Go On Sale Friday, March 26; Pre-Sale Begins
Tuesday, March 23, via “STRIKEFORCE Insider”
ST. LOUIS (March 19, 2009) -World Heavyweight Champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (32-11) will make his highly anticipated return to action against heavy-handed knockout artist Brett “The Grim” Rogers (10-1) in the main event of a STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) extravaganza at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, May 15.
In another heavyweight confrontation, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski (15-7) will clash with Antonio “Big Foot” Silva (13-2).
An exclusive special pre-sale ticket purchase opportunity for STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery will take place for “STRIKEFORCE Insider” e-newsletter subscribers (http://strikeforce.com/insider.html ) from 10 a.m. CT on Tuesday, March 23, until 10 p.m. CT on Thursday, March 25. STRIKEFORCE Insiders will receive a special e-newsletter on Monday with the pre-sale code.
All fans that purchase tickets to the event during the pre-sale will receive a limited edition, 17″ x 23″ high gloss STRIKEFORCE collectible poster.
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Shamrock Promotions will assist STRIKEFORCE with local marketing for the event on May 15.
Doors at Scottrade Center will open for STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery at 6:15 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 15. The first non-televised preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.
The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Payout Perspective:
The release doesn’t explicitly state that Overeem will defend his belt against Rogers, but that has been the subject of much debate over the last few weeks and it appears as though the bout will be for the Strikeforce HW title.
This is a good follow-up to the CBS card. The two heavyweight matches have a fair amount of appeal to hardcore fans, and hopefully Strikeforce can do enough convincing on April 17th that it grabs the sustained attention of some of that casual base, as well.
Expect more in the coming weeks.
They have a HW title? I wasn’t aware. Regardless, ask any Joe Sixpack on the street and they will tell you that the WAMMA title is the only title that matters in MMA.
Another great card by an organization a lot of so called hardcore fans want to fail. Good start to the year for Strikeforce.
I want Fedor.