Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Strikeforce. It is expected to take place on March 3, 2012 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The event will be the second that the organization has hosted in the state of Ohio and coincided with the Arnold Sports Festival, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans.



Official fight card

Main card (Showtime)

Women's Bantamweight Championship bout: United States Miesha Tate (c) vs. United States Ronda Rousey
Welterweight bout: England Paul Daley vs. Japan Kazuo Misaki
Lightweight bout: United States K.J. Noons vs. United States Josh Thomson
Middleweight bout: United States Scott Smith vs. United States Lumumba Sayers
Middleweight bout : Brazil Ronaldo Souza vs. United States Bristol Marunde


Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme)

Women's Bantamweight bout: Canada Sarah Kaufman vs. Canada Alexis Davis
Lightweight bout: United States Caros Fodor vs. United States Pat Healy
Lightweight bout: United States Ryan Couture vs. United States Conor Heun
Welterweight bout: United States Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling




Background

The event was expected to host the finals of Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix with Josh Barnett taking on Daniel Cormier, but the bout did not materialize due to Cormier's lingering hand injury.





Jan 27 - updated fightcard & background
Feb 15 - Updated bouts in work
Feb 21 - Updated bouts
Feb 28 - Updated bouts

Jan 27 - updated fightcard & background

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Feb 15 - Updated bouts in work

Derek Brunson scratches from 'Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey,' replacement sought




Undefeated Derek Brunson (9-0 MMA, 3-0 SF) has been forced out a "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" fight with fellow middleweight Ronald "Jacare" Souza (14-3 MMA, 4-1 SF).

Officials today announced that Brunson failed his medicals for the fight, though the undisclosed ailment is "not severe" in nature, according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker.

A replacement is being sought for next week's card.

"Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports Festival. The main card airs on Showtime, and prelims air on Showtime Extreme.

Coker said he expects Souza to remain on the main card.

Souza, a submission ace, fights for the first time since surrendering his belt to Luke Rockhold this past September. The result snapped a four-fight winning streak for "Jacare" and served as his first loss under the Strikeforce banner.

The latest "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Showtime)
Champ Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey (for female bantamweight title)
K.J. Noons vs. Josh Thomson
Paul Daley vs. Kazuo Misaki
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. TBA
Lumumba Sayers vs. Scott Smith

PRELIMINARY CARD (Showtime Extreme)
Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman
Caros Fodor vs. Pat Healy
Ryan Couture vs. Conor Heun




Source: Derek Brunson scratches from 'Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey,' replacement sought

Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling a late addition to 'Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey'





A welterweight bout between Ohio natives Roger Bowling (10-2 MMA, 3-2 SF) and Brandon Saling is a late addition to next week's "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" event.

Event sources today confirmed the matchup with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

"Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports Festival. The main card airs on Showtime, and prelims air on Showtime Extreme.

Bowling vs. Sailing will be part of the Showtime Extreme broadcast.

The hard-hitting Bowling has alternated between wins and losses since joining Strikeforce in 2010. Most recently, he rebounded from a TKO loss to Bobby Voelker with a 42-second knockout of Jerron Peoples at "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal." Bowling, who's based out of Cincinnati's Team Vision, now owns six knockouts in 10 career wins.

Saling, who's racked up 13 fights in just 12 months as a pro, makes his big-show debut on the strength of a 5-1 run in regional organizations, including Ohio's popular NAAFS promotion. Like Bowling, Saling, who's trained with Team Jorge Gurgel, has a penchant for knockouts; he's ended his past four wins via strikes.

The latest "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Showtime)
Champ Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey (for female bantamweight title)
K.J. Noons vs. Josh Thomson
Paul Daley vs. Kazuo Misaki
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. TBA
Lumumba Sayers vs. Scott Smith

PRELIMINARY CARD (Showtime Extreme)
Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman
Caros Fodor vs. Pat Healy
Ryan Couture vs. Conor Heun
Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling




Source: Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling a late addition to 'Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey'

Feb 21 - updated bouts (Derek Bunson out, Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling in, Mike Kyle vs Gegard Moussasi scratched)

Was going toupdate this but wikipedia says one thing, other sites another, strikeforce own site only shows 3 fights... I must say that since UFC purchased Strikeforced they have not exactly improved their website lol, on the contrary. Not sure what the final full card will be yet.

Feb 28 - updated bouts