he Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" event blew the roof off the Nationwide Arena tonight (March 3, 2012) in Columbus, Ohio, but before Miesha Tate put her bantamweight title on the line against Ronda Rousey on Showtime, there was plenty of preliminary action going down over on Showtime Extreme.
Alexis Davis and Sarah Kaufman put on quite a show for the Ohio crowd, in what was a potential number one contender's bout to earn the right to battle against the winner of tonight's main event, while the son of a mixed martial arts (MMA) legend also looked to make his own star shine brighter in Ryan Couture.
Lightweights Caros Fodor and Pat Healy looked to climb the 155-pound ladder while welterweights Roger Bowling and promotion newcomer Brandon Saling fought to make statements of their own. There was plenty of action to warm you up for the star-studded main card.
Make the jump for a complete recap of the undercard action for Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey."Welcome, friends, to the most bonerrific highly-anticipated women’s bantamweight fight in MMA history. Seven months after winning the Strikeforce 135-pound strap, Miesha Tate will attempt to make her first title defense against arm-snapping fire-cracker Ronda Rousey. And that’s just the cherry on top of a
loaded fight card that also features two former Strikeforce champions (Josh Thomson, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza), a pack of crowd-pleasing sluggers (Paul Daley, Scott Smith, KJ Noons), and the return of former PRIDE welterweight grand prix champion Kazuo Misaki.
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