Le-Smith II, Thomson-Healy Official for 'Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum'
6/02/2010 8:09 PM ET By Ariel Helwani
Strikeforce has officially added two more fights to their upcoming "Fedor vs. Werdum" card on June 26.
As MMA Fighting first reported, Scott Smith (17-6) and Cung Le (6-1) will do battle a little over six months after Smith pulled off one of the most shocking comeback wins of 2009 in the same arena: the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Neither man has competed since the fight, which marked Le's first MMA loss.
In lightweight action, Strikeforce's former 155-pound champion Josh Thomson (16-3) will meet veteran Pat Healy (23-15). "Bam Bam" won his Strikeforce debut at last month's Challengers event against Bryan Travers.
Thomson dropped the lightweight title in his last fight to Gilbert Melendez at "Strikeforce: Evolution" in December.
The event will air live on Showtime.
Also officially announced for the card is, of course, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum and Cris Cyborg vs. Jan Finney. KJ Noons vs. Charles Bennett II was originally scheduled for the card, but Bennett recently pulled out of the fight due to an injury and Noons will now be fighting Conor Heun on the June 16 "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" card instead.
Below is the dramatic ending to Le vs. Smith I.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Le-Smith II, Thomson-Healy Official for 'Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum'
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