All Fighters Make Weight For Friday's

"Shamrock vs. Baroni" Mega-Fight

 June 22, 2007

HP Pavilion

San Jose, California

 

- Special Thanks go out to Mike Afromowitz for the following information and photographs:

 

Berto Replaces “Krazy Horse” As Valenzuela’s Opponent

From Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Grill at HP Pavilion; San Jose, CA

 

Friday, June 22, 2007 At 10 pm ET (7 pm PT)

Live On Showtime PPV

From HP Pavilion

Watch The Undercard Free On ProElite.com at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT)

 

All 22 fighters including Strikeforce world middleweight championship adversaries, Frank Shamrock and

“The New York Badass” Phil Baroni, made their contracted weights one day prior to the 11-bout

“Shamrock vs. Baroni” world championship mixed martial arts cage fight card. It was also announced during

the official weigh-in session for the Strikeforce-EliteXC co-promotion that lightweight star, Edson Berto, will

replace Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett as the opponent of Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela.

 

After being arrested earlier this week, Bennett was released from jail on bail and scheduled to fly from Florida

to San Jose today as part of a last-minute effort to secure a fighter’s license for his planned rematch with

Valenzuela. He missed his scheduled flight, however, but will still attend the event as a spectator.

 

“EliteXC, Scott Coker and Strikeforce almost pulled off a hat-trick,” said Gary Shaw, President of EliteXC’s

Live Events Division, “but (Bennett) got stuck in traffic and missed his plane. ‘Krazy Horse’ said, though, that

Edson Berto deserves praise for stepping up.”

 

     

               Wetherspoon vs. Pyle                Ludwig vs. Daley                   Villasenor vs. Rua                 Shamrock vs. Baroni

 

As many as seven bouts will be televised live on the pay per view telecast that is being produced and

distributed by SHOWTIME PPV. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased at the HP Pavilion box office

(408-287-7070); by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com, or at any TicketMaster outlet.

 

Official fighter weights are listed in bold face type beneath each fighter’s record.

 

- Opening Bout, 4:15pm

1 - 155 lb. Bout (3x3)

Sean Bassett

0-3

154 lbs.

vs.

David Smith

2-1

155 lbs.


- Internet Card, 4:30-6:30pm

2 - 185 lb. Bout (3x5)

Sam Spengler

4-0

184 lbs.

vs.

Seth Kleinbeck

6-3

184.5 lbs.

 

3 - 135 lb. Bout (3x5)

Chris Cariaso

3-0

134 lbs.

vs.

Anthony Figueroa

2-0

132.5 lbs.

 

Swing Bout

Rex Richards

3-0

305 lbs.

vs.

Ray Seraille

6-7

265.5 lbs.


4 - 175 lb. Bout (3x5)

Jason “Live Wire” Von Flue

12-7-1

173 lbs.

vs.

Luke Stewart

2-0 (14 jj titles, 2-0 amt mma)

173 lbs.

 

5 - 170 lb. Bout (3x5)

Mike “Quicksand” Pyle

13-4-1

168.5 lbs.

vs.

Aaron Wetherspoon

5-1

168.5 lbs.

 

- Transition Bout, 6:30pm

6 - 185 lb. Bout (3x5)

Nik Theotikos

3-0

181 lbs.

vs.

Nikk Covert

2-3

175 lbs.

 

- PPV Bout, 7:00pm

7 - 155 lb. Bout (3x5)

Edson Berto

10-3-1

155 lbs.

vs.

Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela

5-1-2 (0-2 boxing)

155 lbs.

 

8 - Heavyweight Bout (3x5)

Carter “The Beast” Williams

3-1 (kickboxing 13-5)

265.5 lbs.

vs.

Paul Buentello

22-9

250.5 lbs.

 

9 - EliteXC World Middleweight Championship (185 lbs) - 5x5

Murilo “Ninja” Rua

12-7-1

184 lbs.

vs.

Joey “The Dream Smasher” Villasenor

23-5

184 lbs.

 

1st Swing - 155 lb. Bout (3x5)

Josh “The Punk” Thomson

11-2

154 lbs.

vs.

Nick “The Ghost” Gonzalez

12-4 (3-1-1 boxing)

155 lbs.

 

2nd Swing - 170 lb. Bout (3x5)

Duane “Bang” Ludwig

15-6

170 lbs.

vs.

Paul “Semtex” Daley

13-6-2

170 lbs.

 

10 - 180 lb. Bout (3x5)

Cung Le

3-0, (kickboxing 14-0)

179 lbs.

vs.

Tony “The Freak” Fryklund

14-8

177.5 lbs.

 

11 - Strikeforce Middleweight World Championship (185 lbs) - 5x5

Frank Shamrock

21-8-1

184 lbs.

vs.

Phil “The New York Badass” Baroni

10-7

183 lbs.


 

- From StrikeForce with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

- Photos courtesy of Strikeforce

 

 

(6/21/07)