The weigh-ins for Strikeforce: ‘Miami’ are now official. The fighters set to participate on Saturday’s card turned out to check their weight status, with the vast majority of them passing. There were two fighters who did not participate in the ceremony.
Strikeforce: ‘Miami’ features a welterweight title bout between Nick Diaz and Mariuz Zaromskis, along with the women’s 145-pound belt being put on the line between Cristiane Santos and Marloes Coenen.
Further stacking the deck, Strikeforce will also feature the promotional debuts of Herschel Walker and Bobby Lashley, who will each be fighting at heavyweight for Strikeforce: “Miami” this Sat. night on Showtime.
The full results from today’s weigh-ins can be found past the jump.
Main Card
170 lbs.: Nick Diaz (169.5) vs. Marius Zaromskis (169) – fighting for vacant title.
145 lbs.: Champion Cristiane Santos vs, Marloes Coenen (143.75)
265 lbs.: Greg Nagy (210) vs. Herschel Walker (214.25)
185 lbs.: Robbie Lawler (185.75) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185.75)
265 lbs.: Bobby Lashley (252.25) vs. Wes Sims (258.25)
Preliminary Card
170 lbs.: Jay Hieron (170.25) vs. Joe Riggs (170.5)
140 lbs.: Pablo Alfonso (139.5) vs. Marcos da Matta (139.75)
170 lbs.: Hayder Hassan (170.5) vs. Ryan Keenan (168)
170 lbs.: Sabah Homasi (171.5) vs. John Kelly (170.5) – agreed to at 171.5 catchweight
165 lbs.: Michael Byrnes (will weigh in at a later time) vs. David Zitnik (164)
145 lbs.: David Gomez (144.5) vs. Craig Oxley (144.75)
170 lbs.: John Clarke (169.75) vs. Joe Ray (will weigh in at a later time)
