Strikeforce: Nashville is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Strikeforce on April 17, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
* Middleweight Championship bout: United States Jake Shields (c) vs. United States Dan Henderson
* Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Armenia Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. United States Muhammed Lawal
* Lightweight Championship bout: United States Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Japan Shinya Aoki
Preliminary Card
* Middleweight bout: United States Jason Miller vs. United States Tim Stout
* Middleweight bout: United States Hunter Worsham vs. United States Zach Underwood
* Middleweight bout: United States Cale Yarbrough vs. United States Josh Schockman
* Welterweight bout: United States Dustin West vs. United States Andrew Uhrich
* Flyweight bout: United States Justin Pennington vs. United States Dustin Ortiz
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Ovince St. Preux vs. United States Chris Hawk
* Featherweight bout: United States Thomas Campbell vs. United States Cody Floyd
Background
The main event was originally rumored to be Fedor Emelianenko taking on Fabricio Werdum. However, the fight has been moved to a future event.
Cung Le is one of many fighters that has expressed interest to fight at this event.
Bobby Lashley was expected to fight on the card, as the promotion had already submitted an opponent for Lashley and was awaiting approval from the Tennessee Athletic Commission. According to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, the bout would likely be the fourth bout on the CBS televised portion of the event. On April 5, Lashley confirmed that he will not appear on the card since Strikeforce officials could not guarantee an appearance on the televised portion of the card due to time constraints. Jason Miller Took the fight against Tim Stout on 2 weeks notice