(Tim Stout vs. Brandon Melendez, 5/16/08.)
As first reported by MMA Junkie, a fight between colorful MTV host/middleweight contender Jason "Mayhem" Miller and some guy named Tim Stout (12-8) has been added to the preliminary card of Strikeforce: Nashville on April 17th. Stout, who has primarily competed as a welterweight in various southern regional promotions, is a Tennessee native who trains with Team Oxendine in Johnson City. He last competed in February, scoring a unanimous decision over Phillip Wyman at a Bangkok Fight Night event in Georgia, and his most notable victory was a first-round TKO over TUF 5 vet Brandon Melendez in May 2008.
You may be asking yourself how the hell one of Strikeforce’s biggest stars finds himself fighting a virtually-unknown 170-pounder on the dark portion of a CBS card on less than two weeks’ notice. Good question. Here’s what happened…
With three five-round title fights scheduled for the main card — Henderson/Shields, Mousasi/Mo, and Melendez/Aoki — Strikeforce and CBS wanted to avoid the possibility of the broadcast going significantly over time. So, the main card broadcast will only consist of those three fights, but if they end quickly enough, CBS will air a featured fight from the prelims. That featured fight was originally supposed to be Bobby Lashley vs. TBA. However, we learned yesterday that Lashley would not be competing on the card, even though he’s "fully prepared to step into the cage when the time is right." So who’s the biggest name Strikeforce has that can be slotted into a non-title bout against a local yokel on short notice? Yep, our boy Jason. No word yet if the match will be contested at middleweight, a catchweight, open weight, or moneyweight. The complete lineup for Strikeforce: Nashville currently looks like this:
MAIN CARD
– Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson (for middleweight title)
– Gegard Mousasi vs. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (for light heavyweight title)
– Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki (for Strikeforce lightweight title)
PRELIMINARY CARD
– Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Tim Stout
– Zach Underwood vs. Hunter Worsham
– Josh Schockman vs. Cale Yarbrough
– Dustin Ortiz vs. Justin Pennington
– Andrew Uhrich vs. Dustin West
– Chris Hawk vs. Ovince St. Preux
– Thomas Campbell vs. Cody Floyd
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commentsfitch or koscheck should go to strikeforce for the same reason.
Jesus, i felt gay just typing that.
Forget i said anything. (These are not the droids you are looking for.)"
You thought this was funny.
Should he lose, the UFC can snatch up a quality WW for cheap. Shields wants to fight the best, and regardless of what you think about his past performances, Shields would be an instantly relevant WW in the UFC. Perhaps even getting an immediate title shot as Fitch and Kos sit and watch from the sidelines in the FriendZone.
Should he win, which seems to be the minority thought here, his stock goes through the roof. He knows that, SF knows that, and the UFC knows that. Shields wins the payday lottery should he defeat Hendo. Dont count him out. The kind of money we are talking about is a powerful motivator. The same motivator that sent Hendo to the minors...
@Bojimbo -
Didnt you read the article??? They intend on airing an undercard match if time allows. How could they do that if they dont even film it? For your foolishness you get a /SLAP
"They don't even film the undercard bouts."
You're effing kidding me, right?
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Hey fellas, let's take up a collection and sponsor Uberqueef at the next SF card. I wonder how much money we'd need to put SuperJuice on Overroids's taint.
Jesus, i felt gay just typing that.
Forget i said anything. (These are not the droids you are looking for.)
Nut-hugging Lashley is getting really difficult these days, and I really have my work cut-out for me.
I would totally buy that drink.
It's better than the unofficial Mickey's slogan:
"Make the morning your bucket."
They aren't really building anybody on this card, and it's a really big chance to bring interest in your up and comers by showing those fights in a swing slot. If we have 3 first round tkos for the main fights, then what will they show?
They don't even film the undercard bouts.
@shitbag...you must be having the worst morning of all of us. I bet you even kicked the dog on the way out today.
@jimbonics...at 170, Shields will be relavant in the UFC and can help to shake up the whole AKA thing. He can't hang at 185 against Hendo or in the UFC.
Overall, I'm a little bummed about there only being three fights planned for the televised portion of the card. I realize that at least one undercard fight will probably make it, but I'm getting spoiled by the undercard on Spike/main card on PPV thing.
- Andrew Uhrich vs. Dustin West"
There's a good chance one of these fights will end faster and in a more spectacular fashion than Mayhem's.
I wonder if it's in jason's contract that his fight be televised if possible, though.
Well, not promoted I suppose. He's the middleweight champ and if you are a casual fan you wouldn't even know that.
Hendo is getting old. He's a great fighter and had a killer KO of Bisping at 100. But what else? Besides his name, and that highlight reel KO, what justifies the kinda cash that had Dana let him walk away?
Shields is young and has a lot of fights left in him. His asking price is going to be a pennies compared to what Hendo asked and odds are the UFC will get more fights outta Shields anyways. He can also be potentially built up. Henderson can not be built up. He lost to Silva at UFC 82 and while he was considered a top contender 6 months ago...he would be middle rung now.
So that is why they would sign Shields after letting Dan leave.
Actually, that would be a good slogan for an energy drink:
"SuperJuice: Make the morning your bitch."
So... you don't resign Hendo, because he isn't worth the asking price, but you'll sign the guy he just beat whose only claim to fame is wrestling and LnP. And implanting aliens in peoples necks.
Not entirely sure what a "UFC plant" is...unless you think I am working for the UFC and trying to promote them over the live event? It doesn't take much of a brain to realize how much better this card will be than watching a UFC rerun.
This isn't really a good place to talk business...but as much as Dana wants to counter-program Strikeforce, it's not a good thing. If you drive your competition out of business...your product suffers. You said it yourself: "These are great fights that the UFC couldn't pull off". So w/o one, or the other...you wouldn't realize what a good thing this is.
It's not a secret that Strikeforce (and CBS for that matter) are amateurs in promotions compared to the UFC.
When you don't promote your own products champion...and instead focus on the popularity of an ex-UFC guy, how does that not explain to you how much better the UFC is?
Is the UFC so fucking insecure they have to plant people on MMA websites to promote their shit? Yes, I guess they are, just look at these comments from above ^^^^
This card is fucking great and these are three fights the UFC couldn't pull off. Who the fuck fucking cares if something is on Spike, CBS or Strikforce or UFC. It doesn't fucking matter you fucking stools. You either like MMA, and like individual fighters, as this is an individual sport, or you're a douche-nozzle.
"Mousasi is the same way. M1 split and his contract is up after this fight..."
For reals? If UFC landed Mousasi, it would be a huge blow to SF. But UFC at 205 would become more interesting with the quickness. Bens, can we get a followup on this? Is Mousasi a free agent after this fight? Has DW talked to him? If 42 is the answer, what is the question?
Edit (from Bloody Elbow)>>
Gegard Mousasi likely to sign a seven fight deal with Strikeforce:
"I have one more fight left on my contract, but we are planning to sign a new deal," Mousasi said.
"I'm being treated very well," he said. "I feel like I'm a part of the family, so there's no reason for me to go anywhere else. I fight also in DREAM, so I don't have any desires to go anywhere."
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