LAS VEGAS – STRIKEFORCE®
women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will make her highly-anticipated
initial title defense against former champ Sarah Kaufman when STRIKEFORCE®:
ROUSEY vs. KAUFMAN comes to Valley View Casino Center on Sports Arena Blvd. in San
Diego, Calif. on Saturday, August 18. The five-round bout will air live on
SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) while preliminary fights
will be shown live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 8 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on West
Coast). Additional bouts will be announced in the coming days.
“We’re excited to head back
to the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego with the first title defense of
bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, arguably the best female fighter in the
sport today,” STRIKEFORCE CEO Scott Coker said. “She’s submitted all of her
opponents thus far, but number one contender Sarah Kaufman has the experience
and tenacity to push her like no one else. This is a great title fight for
STRIKEFORCE fans and we look forward to another tremendous night of fights in
San Diego!”
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE®:
ROUSEY vs. KAUFMAN, presented by Musclepharm®, go on sale to the general public
on Friday, June 29 at 10 a.m. PT and are priced at $150, $100, $75 and $45.
Tickets will be available at the Valley View Casino Center box office or online
at www.valleyviewcasinocenter.com. Tickets are also available online at
www.TicketMaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, and at all Ticketmaster
outlets.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will
have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, June 27 at 10
a.m. PT, via the website www.UFCFightClub.com. A special Internet ticket
pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter and STRIKEFORCE Insider
subscribers Thursday, June 28, starting at 10 a.m. PT. To access this pre-sale,
users must register for the UFC newsletter through www.UFC.com and the
STRIKEFORCE Insider through www.STRIKEFORCE.com.
Riding high off her recent
championship performance over Miesha Tate this past March, Ronda Rousey
(fighting out of Venice, Calif.) looks to continue her dominance in women’s MMA
and make her first successful title defense this August in San Diego. A bronze
medalist for the U.S. women’s 2008 Olympic Judo team, Rousey’s title win less
than a year into her professional career solidified her illustrious transition
into the sport of mixed martial arts. At 5-0, with all wins, including three
additional victories at the amateur level, coming by way of armbar submission,
“Rowdy” threatens victory every time the fights goes to the ground. In addition
to Tate, past opponents Julia Budd and Sarah D’Alelio have found that out the
hard way and no challenger to date has given Rousey any reason to think she
can’t finish every one of her fights the exact same way.
A former champion herself,
Sarah Kaufman (fighting out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) knows
exactly what it takes to win and defend the title in the toughest division in
women’s MMA. A brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Kaufman is undoubtedly one of
the toughest, most experienced and most well-rounded fighters in all of women’s
mixed martial arts. At 15-1 with pro victories over Tate, Alexis Davis, Liz
Carmouche and Shayna Bazler and currently riding a three-fight win streak,
Kaufman made it known that she was unhappy when Rousey was awarded her title
match with Tate, a match she felt she had earned. Now with her chance to prove
she’s the true top competitor in the division, Kaufman will look to defeat
Rousey and claim her second STRIKEFORCE bantamweight championship.
For more information or the
latest STRIKEFORCE news, visit www.strikeforce.com. All bouts live and subject
to change.
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