Strikeforce 32, is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. While not officially announced by the organization, it is expected to take place on March 5, 2011 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The event will be the first that the organization has hosted in the state of Ohio and will coincide with the Arnold Sports Festival, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans.
Official fight card
Main card:
*Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Rafael Cavalcante(c) vs. Dan Henderson
*Women's Welterweight Championship bout: Marloes Coenen(c) vs. Liz Carmouche
*Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy vs. Melvin Manhoef
*Lightweight bout: Billy Evangelista vs. Jorge Masvidal
Preliminary Card:
* Welterweight bout: United States Roger Bowling vs. United States Josh Thornburg
* Middleweight bout: United States Mojo Horne vs. United States Brian Rogers
* Lightweight bout: Brazil Jorge Gurgel vs. United States Tyler Combs
* Heavyweight bout: United States Jason Riley vs. United States Jason Freeman
* Middleweight bout: United States Marc Cofer vs. United States Mitch Whitesel
* Welterweight bout: United States J.P. Felty vs. United States John Kuhner
Background
A rubber-match between Tim Kennedy and Jason Miller was expected for this event. Miller was pulled from the card for unknown reasons, and was replaced with Luke Rockhold. Only a few days after announcing the Rockhold/Kennedy match-up, it was reported that Rockhold had been removed and will likely be replaced with Melvin Manhoef. Jessica Eye was scheduled to make her Strikeforce debut at this event against former title contender Jan Finney. However, the two could not agree upon a fight weight so the fight was called off.
Marloes Coenen was originally set to defend her title against no. 1 contender Miesha Tate. However, on February 23, it was announced that Tate had to withdraw from the contest and her replacement would be Liz Carmouche.
