Champ Southworth out, Ruiz in for Sept. 20 Strikeforce fight with "Babalu"
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| www.cagepotato.com found this 8/26/2008 on mmajunkie.com [flag] |
With Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) out with an injury, Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7) will instead meet Anthony Ruiz (21-11) at the Sept. 20 "Strikeforce at the Mansion II" event.
Ruiz's sponsorship team at K.O. Sports Dynasty Management alerted MMAjunkie.com of the fight on Monday, though Strikeforce has not officially announced it or the nature of ...
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‘Babalu’ Gets New Opponent, Thomson Gets Non-Title Fight
Published 8/26/2008 by ben at www.cagepotato.com
... we wrote, “Right now, the only thing that’s certain is that Sobral will be fighting Bobby Southworth on September 20th for Strikeforce’s light-heavyweight championship.” But in this mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, can anything be certain? Not so much, apparently. MMA Junkie is reporting that Southworth has dropped out of “Strikeforce at the Mansion II” due to an undisclosed injury. Sobral will instead face Anthony Ruiz (21-11), who previously defeated Southworth via cut stoppage in a non-title fight last November, then lost ...
