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Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields

June 6, 2009 - 10 p.m. ET/PT

Scottrade Center

St. Louis, Mo.

Showtime

Main event  - 182 pounds

Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields

Heavyweight bout

Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers

Catchweight - 180 pounds

Scott Smith vs. Nick Diaz

Welterweight bout

Phil Baroni vs. Joe Riggs

Light-heavyweight bout

Kevin Randleman vs. Mike Whitehead

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Highlights from Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields press conference

Andrei Arlovski to fight Brett Rogers at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields

Report: Strikeforce: “Jake Shields vs. Robbie Lawler” Just Got An Upgrade

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You can catch this show via tape delay tonight on ESPN Deportes at 9pm EST.

MMA Journalist is ringside for promoter Lou Neglia’s Combat at the Capitale, an NYC kickboxing event in Chinatown. For those who don’t know, the Capitale is a nightclub that used to be a bank, so fighters are locked in a vault and must kick their way out. Okay, not really, but the venue is beautiful and the place gets pretty packed. There are 20 bouts on the card, and first up is a female bout between Daniele Farula of Dragon V Martial Arts and Kasey Matthews of Wing Martial Arts. An interesting thing about Farula… Anyway, for three rounds Farula throws a grand total of seven kicks, 2,000 punches, gets her nose bloodied and wins the unanimous decision. Next is Robbie Guliano of Bull Pen vs. Eric Anthamatten of Premiere Martial Arts. Not Secondary Martial Arts, but Premiere Martial Arts, which is better. Want proof? Look no further than Anthamatten’s three knockdowns of Guliano in Round 2 - an automatic stoppage and win for the Premiere rep.

Press Release:

UFC� LAUNCHES IN PORTUGAL WITH SIC RADICAL

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Fight fans in Portugal will have their first glimpse of a UFC pay-per-view

event with UFC 98: MACHIDA vs. EVANS, on Saturday, June 1 at 11:30pm, thanks to a new deal with SIC Radical, one of the leading cable providers in the country. UFC today announced an agreement with SIC, giving two million households in Portugal access to the UFC event.

“UFC fans all around the country can follow their favorite fighters and see UFC pay-per-view events and programs, starting with UFC 98 on June 1st,” said Dana White, UFC President. “UFC 98 was an incredible event, from start to finish, it’s the perfect event to kick off our new deal with SIC Radical.”

As part of its UFC schedule, SIC also airs UFC® Unleashed™, a weekly compilation show featuring the greatest bouts throughout the UFC’s 15-year history, Friday nights at 12:45pm. SIC will also show UFC® Countdown™, a one-hour program that takes an in-depth and exclusive look at UFC fighters preparing for an upcoming fight. UFC Countdown airs one hour prior to a UFC pay-per-view, launching with “Countdown: UFC 98” Saturday, June 1 at 10:30pm.

SIC Radical premiered in 1992 and today ranks as one of the top-10 most viewed cable channels in Portugal. SIC is available through all cable providers in the country, reaching approximately two million of the 3.5 million households in Portugal.

UFC television programming can be seen in over 100 countries and territories worldwide in 17 different languages. UFC is the largest pay-per-view content provider in the world and is the fastest growing sports organization in history.

For more information, or current UFC fight news, visit UFC.com, UK.UFC.com, GERMANY.UFC.com or UFCEspanol.com. All bouts live and subject to change.

The UFC just keeps expanding all over Europe, having access to 2 million of the 3.5 million in Portugal.  Is there anyone from Portugal that reads MMA4Real that can give us more insight on this deal?

He’s not disappointed. He’s not lying awake at night dreaming ‘what if.’ Andrei Arlovski insists he’s not haunted by his first-round knockout loss to pound-for-pound king Fedor Emelianenko.

And, perhaps most importantly, he’s not so consumed by thoughts of his fight with Emelianenko that he’s looking past unbeaten Brett Rogers, whom he meets in one of the featured bouts of a Strikeforce card at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on June 6.

Or, so he says.

Tiger Schulmann MMA fighter Linda Tarsio takes to the ring to face Norma Armijo of America’s Finest. These two dimunitive femmes throw down doggedly for the duration, with Tarsio taking the decision with crisper striking. Alicia Bourne, sister of Jason, from the Wat Gym is up next to take on Champion Fitness’ Heather Wagner. Before the bout gets underway Kru Phil Nurse takes a paintbrush and slathers Bourne with Vaseline. We’ll see if that is a factor. Hmmm, okay, it’s not a factor. What is though is the fact that Wagner brought karate to a kickboxing match, which means she gets knocked on her ass a lot and Bourne takes the decision. Alex Wilkie-trained Steve Sierra vs. TSMMA’s Steven Regman is up next. The two go at it hard, but Regman’s got the counter-striking edge and he takes the decision.