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Strikeforce Announces Tim Kennedy vs. Robbie Lawler Signed For July 30 ‘Fedor vs. Henderson’ Card in Chicago

Continuing in Zuffa’s new social media trend of announcing newly-signed bouts before the MMA media gets wind of them, Strikeforce announced today via Twitter that a middleweight bout between Tim Kennedy and Robbie Lawler has been added to its July 30 Fedor vs. Henderson card in Chicago.

Continuing in Zuffa’s new social media trend of announcing newly-signed bouts before the MMA media gets wind of them, Strikeforce announced today via Twitter that a middleweight bout between Tim Kennedy and Robbie Lawler has been added to its July 30 Fedor vs. Henderson card in Chicago.

The bout should be a good one between the pair, who coincidentally both lost to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and beat Melvin Manhoef in the past year and a half. Kennedy lost a unanimous decision to Souza in August at Strikeforce: Houston and beat Manhoef at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson in March by way of first-round rear naked choke. Lawler lost to Jacare by third-round rear naked choke at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg in January and knocked out Manhoef at Strikeforce: Miami in January of last year.

The promotion did not clarify if the fight would be on the main televised portion of the card that will be headlined by a heavyweight bout between Former PRIDE champions Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson, but it’s likely considering both fighters have not seen prelim action in some time.

 

Robbie Lawler vs. Tim Kennedy Added to Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Card

Filed under: StrikeforceA fight pitting recent middleweight title challenger Robbie Lawler against Tim Kennedy has been added to Strikeforce’s July 30 show outside Chicago.

Strikeforce announced the fight via Twitter on Thursday. The fight is expecte…

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A fight pitting recent middleweight title challenger Robbie Lawler against Tim Kennedy has been added to Strikeforce’s July 30 show outside Chicago.

Strikeforce announced the fight via Twitter on Thursday. The fight is expected to be part of the main card for Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson, which takes place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., a northwest suburb of Chicago.

Lawler (18-7, 1 NC, 2-3 Strikeforce) fights for the first time since a January submission loss to Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in San Jose, Calif. Lawler got that title shot on the strength of a 50-second knockout of Matt Lindland about two months earlier in St. Louis.

Kennedy (13-3, 4-1 Strikeforce) returns after making quick work of Melvin Manhoef at Strikeforce’s March show in Columbus, Ohio. In that fight, he submitted the Dutch kickboxing specialist in the first round.

Kennedy, too, has a loss to Jacare on his resume. Kennedy, a Bronze Star medal winner in the Army, fought Jacare for Strikeforce’s vacant middleweight title after Jake Shields vacated the belt to sign with the UFC. That loss was his only one in six fights.

Lawler, the former EliteXC middleweight champion, has had an up-and-down stretch since winning that belt in September 2007 against Murilo “Ninja” Rua. After EliteXC folder, Lawler picked up with Strikeforce – but it was almost a year between fights for him. Since his Strikeforce debut, a loss to Shields, he had a pair of 2010’s best knockouts against Melvin Manhoef and Matt Lindland, plus a decision loss to Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Lawler hasn’t had a winning streak since 2007.

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson features a main event between light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson and former pound-for-pound MMA kingpin Fedor Emelianenko, who is looking to rebound from consecutive losses for the first time in his career.

The card also features a women’s welterweight title fight between champion Marloes Coenen and Miesha Tate, a welterweight bout between Paul Daley and Evangelista Santos and a light heavyweight bout between Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and Roger Gracie.

The show will be Strikeforce’s second in the Chicago area, and second at the Sears Centre. The promotion’s first trip to the venue featured a heavyweight tilt between Fedor and Brett Rogers, a fight Fedor won by second-round TKO – his last victory. That main card was broadcast live on CBS. The July 30 show’s main card will be televised by Showtime.

 

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MMA Knockout of the Day: Robbie Lawler Stops His Own Beating with KO Victory

Strikeforce: Miami and a fight to be remembered between Strikeforce middleweights, Robbie Lawler and Melvin Manhoef.In January of 2010, these two fighters squared off, and on a card featuring two title fights (Men’s welterweight and Women’s featherweig…

Strikeforce: Miami and a fight to be remembered between Strikeforce middleweights, Robbie Lawler and Melvin Manhoef.

In January of 2010, these two fighters squared off, and on a card featuring two title fights (Men’s welterweight and Women’s featherweight title bouts) and fighters like Nick Diaz and Herschel Walker, they stole the show that night.

Lawler was only a fight removed from defending his EliteXC middleweight belt, but Manhoef controlled the fight and was taking Lawler’s lead leg out. Manhoef was dialed in and just taking complete control of the fight with his striking.

In one second though, the fight dramatically changed in favor of Lawler. Lawler landed a nice punch to Manhoef’s dome, and that was it. One punch, one button and one fighter on the ground seeing stars and watching birds.

Lawler limped over to his corner, a sign of the damage Manhoef did and makes this victory all the more impressive.

Since this fight, Lawler has gone 1-2 with his losses coming against Renato Sobral and Ronaldo Souza. His only win came against Matt Lindland.

Manhoef has lost his last two fights since this incredible knockout and is on a three-fight losing streak. His other two losses came against Tatsuya Mizuno and Tim Kennedy. 

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Falling Action: Best and Worst of Strikeforce – Diaz vs. Cyborg

Filed under: StrikeforceStrikeforce hit us with another night of fun finishes and very few surprises on Saturday night, as both champs retained their titles and a Heisman Trophy-winning running back beat up the guy who was hired solely to get beat up b…

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Strikeforce hit us with another night of fun finishes and very few surprises on Saturday night, as both champs retained their titles and a Heisman Trophy-winning running back beat up the guy who was hired solely to get beat up by a Heisman Trophy-winning running back.

Success? That depends on how you define the word when it comes to fight promotion. For a look at the aftermath of Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg, join me below as we examine the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between.

Strikeforce Live Blog: Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler, a middleweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Souza (13-2), who won the title by beating …

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SAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler, a middleweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Souza (13-2), who won the title by beating Tim Kennedy, is making his first title defense. Lawler (20-6) last month scored a 50-second knockout over Matt Lindland.

The live blog is below.

Jacare Souza Submits Robbie Lawler to Retain Strikeforce Belt

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsStrikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza used a Brazilian jiu jitsu clinic in the second and third rounds of his title fight with Robbie Lawler Saturday night at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg, dominating the…

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Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza used a Brazilian jiu jitsu clinic in the second and third rounds of his title fight with Robbie Lawler Saturday night at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg, dominating the positional game in the second round and forcing Lawler to tap to a rear-naked choke in the third.

The victory was the most impressive of Jacare’s MMA career, a fight in which he came back from getting badly hurt in the first round to completely control the second and third.

“My English is so bad — I’m so sorry everybody,” the Brazilian Jacare told the crowd, before adding, “I came prepared for everything.”