Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Official Weigh-In Results
The weigh-ins for Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery took place on Friday, May 14, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Four of the twenty-four competitors came in over the weight limit for their fights. Ronaldo Souza missed weight by 0.5 pounds, Jesse Finney by 1 pound, Thomas Aaron by 1.5 pounds, and Booker DeRousse by 1 pound.
Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, at the same venue as the weigh-ins. The card features a heavyweight title headliner between reigning champ Alistair Overeem and challenger Brett Rogers.
In the co-headliner, Andrei Arlvoski goes up against Antonio Silva in a heavyweight match-up. Also on the main card is a middleweight fight between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Joey Villasenor.
Here are the official weigh-in results:
MAIN CARD:
Heavyweight Title - Alistair Overeem (Champion) (253) vs. Brett Rogers (264)
Heavyweight - Andrei Arlovski (242) vs. Antonio Silva (265.5)
Middleweight - Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (186.5)* vs. Joey Villasenor (186)
Light Heavyweight - Roger Gracie (205.75) vs. Kevin Randleman (205)
Light Heavyweight - Rafael Cavalcane (206) vs. Antwain Britt (204.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Welterweight – Jesse Finney (172)** vs. Justin DeMoney (169)
Lightweight – Vitor Ribeiro (156) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (156)
Light Heavyweight – Francisco France (206) vs. Lee Brousseau (204)
Welterweight - Mike Chandler (170) vs. Sal Woods (170)
Lightweight - Eric Steenberg (155) vs. Thomas Aaron (157)***
Lightweight - Matt Ricehouse (156) vs. Gregory Wilson (155)
Light Heavyweight – Booker DeRousse (187)**** vs. Darryl Cobb (184)
*Ronaldo Souza missed the 186-pound limit by 0.5 pounds.
**Jesse Finney missed the 171-pound limit by 1 pound.
***Thomas Aaron missed the 156-pound limit by 1.5 pounds.
****Booker DeRousse missed the 186-pound limit by 1 pound.
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