Strikeforce Challengers: Voelker vs. Bowling III is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Strikeforce. The seventeenth Challengers episode will take place on July 22, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Televised Card
Welterweight bout: United States Roger Bowling vs. United States Bobby Voelker
Heavyweight bout: United States Devin Cole vs. United States Lavar Johnson
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Joe Cason vs. Haiti Ovince St. Preux
Women's (135 lbs) bout: United States Liz Carmouche vs. Canada Sarah Kaufman
Middleweight bout: United States Ronald Stallings vs. Russia Adlan Amagov
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Lionel Lanham vs. United States T.J. Cook
Middleweight bout: United States Anthony Smith vs. United States Ben Lagman
Lightweight bout: United States Maka Watson vs. United States Bill Cooper
Middleweight bout: United States Sterling Ford vs. United States Brian McLaughlin
Background
Russian MMA prospect Adlan Amagov recently signed with Zuffa and was expected to make his U.S. debut on this card against Ronald Stallings. However, he withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Strikeforce newcomer T.J. Cook.
-june 28 updated
-july 4 updated fightcard, background
-july 7 added a posterlike image
-july 10 updated fightcard
-july 19 updated fightcard / dent