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Strikeforce match canceled for tomorrow and weigh-in news PDF Print E-mail
By Dave Meltzer

 

Joe Riggs was pulled from tomorrow's Strikeforce show at the HP Pavilion by the California State Athletic Commission because he disclosed he had taken a prescribed Percoset, which is on the state's banned substance list, three days ago.

 

There was talk of Drew Fickett being brought in to replace Riggs in a match with Luke Stewart but that hasn't been confirmed.

 

Weigh-ins:

 

Gilbert Melendez (155) vs. Josh Thomson (155) for the Strikeforce lightweight title

Bobby Southworth (204.5) vs. Anthony Ruiz (203) for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title

Elaina Maxwell (146) vs. Miesha Tate (145)

Raymond Daniels (184) vs. Jeremiah Metcalf (185)

Anthony Figueroa (134.5) vs. Chris Cariaso (135.5)

Nam Phan (154) vs. Billy Evangelista (155)

Brian Caraway (140) vs. Alvan Cacdus (141.5)

Jesse Jones (169) vs. Cyrillo Padhillo (169)

Travis Johnson (205) vs. Jorge Interiano (201)

Alexandre Trivino (156) vs. Eric Jacob (156)

Bobby Stack (155) vs. Jose Palacios (155)

Jesse Gillespie (186) vs. Eric Lawson (185)    

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