Robbie Lawler vs. Tim Kennedy Added to Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Card

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A fight pitting recent middleweight title challenger Robbie Lawler against Tim Kennedy has been added to Strikeforce's July 30 show outside Chicago.

Strikeforce announced the fight via Twitter on Thursday. The fight is expected to be part of the main card for Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson, which takes place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., a northwest suburb of Chicago.

Lawler (18-7, 1 NC, 2-3 Strikeforce) fights for the first time since a January submission loss to Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in San Jose, Calif. Lawler got that title shot on the strength of a 50-second knockout of Matt Lindland about two months earlier in St. Louis.

Kennedy (13-3, 4-1 Strikeforce) returns after making quick work of Melvin Manhoef at Strikeforce's March show in Columbus, Ohio. In that fight, he submitted the Dutch kickboxing specialist in the first round.

Kennedy, too, has a loss to Jacare on his resume. Kennedy, a Bronze Star medal winner in the Army, fought Jacare for Strikeforce's vacant middleweight title after Jake Shields vacated the belt to sign with the UFC. That loss was his only one in six fights.

Lawler, the former EliteXC middleweight champion, has had an up-and-down stretch since winning that belt in September 2007 against Murilo "Ninja" Rua. After EliteXC folder, Lawler picked up with Strikeforce - but it was almost a year between fights for him. Since his Strikeforce debut, a loss to Shields, he had a pair of 2010's best knockouts against Melvin Manhoef and Matt Lindland, plus a decision loss to Renato "Babalu" Sobral. Lawler hasn't had a winning streak since 2007.

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson features a main event between light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson and former pound-for-pound MMA kingpin Fedor Emelianenko, who is looking to rebound from consecutive losses for the first time in his career.

The card also features a women's welterweight title fight between champion Marloes Coenen and Miesha Tate, a welterweight bout between Paul Daley and Evangelista Santos and a light heavyweight bout between Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Roger Gracie.

The show will be Strikeforce's second in the Chicago area, and second at the Sears Centre. The promotion's first trip to the venue featured a heavyweight tilt between Fedor and Brett Rogers, a fight Fedor won by second-round TKO - his last victory. That main card was broadcast live on CBS. The July 30 show's main card will be televised by Showtime.

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/06/23/robbie-lawler-vs-tim-kennedy-added-to-strikeforce-fedor-vs-he/

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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Canadian welterweight T.J. Grant is out of his bout with Charlie Brenneman on this weekend's UFC on Versus 4 event in Pittsburgh, Penn., after falling ill this week.

UFC officials announced his illness on Wednesday. With very little time before the event, they were unable to find a replacement opponent for Brenneman, and thus he has been removed from the card as well.

It's an unfortunate turn of events for Brenneman, who had already lost his originally scheduled opponent in Matt Riddle due to injury. He'll hope to get booked on another upcoming card as soon as possible after posting a 2-1 mark inside the Octagon thus far.

The preliminary card for Sunday's event will now feature seven fights, with the main card being headlined by a welterweight bout between Nate Marquardt and Rick Story.

Penick's Analysis: This would have been a good preliminary card fight, but it's simply one of those situations that can't be planned for, and unfortunately it has cost Brenneman his fight. It's possible the UFC will still pay Brenneman his show money, as they've done in the past for fighters removed from a card at the last minute. The Facebook prelims still have a lot of good fights on them, and this wasn't on the main card, so it won't be a huge hit for the card, but it's certainly too bad for Brenneman when he's healthy and able to fight but won't be able to.

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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"I think the fact that Rick Story just beat Thiago Alves, who was considered a former number one contender, that's a pretty big deal. I can't really think of anyone [Anthony] Johnson beat like that. Not saying that he's not tough, but their records, Story has that and Johnson doesn't.

I expect him to come forward the whole time and kind of try to make it a dirty fight, because I think he knows that I'm going to be better in most areas. I think he'll probably have a similar game plan as he did against Thiago Alves, really.

That's a good feeling to know that I know a lot more than this guy. The fact that he's this young up-and-comer, to me that just means that he doesn't know that I'm in a different league. He's going to have problems that way."

-Nate Marquardt talks to MMAFighting.com about his opponent this Sunday at UFC on Versus 4, Rick Story.

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