Join us here at SB Nation MMA tonight as Luke Thomas (@MMANation) is live at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford for Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva. Tonight is the first event of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix tournament and all of the fighters on the main card are heavyweights.
Strikeforce: Fedor Vs. Silva Results And Live Play-By-Play
Tonight’s fights are as follows:
Ray Sefo, Valentijn Overeem, Chad Griggs, Gian Villante, Shane del Rosario and Lavar Johnson are all competing in tournament reserve bouts.
The first quarterfinal fight in the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament features former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski and PRIDE, K-1 and DREAM veteran Sergei Kharitonov. Neither man has ever faced the other nor are they favored to win the entire tournament.
The second quarterfinal final and tonight's main event features Fedor Emelianenko and American Top Team's Antonio Silva. Neither man has ever faced the other. Emelianenko is favored to win tonight's fight and the entire Strikeforce tournament.
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