Strikeforce Returns To The Playboy Mansion

September 20, 2008

Playboy Mansion

Beverly Hills, California 

SAN JOSE, Calif. —Strikeforce mixed martial arts (MMA) will return to entertainment mogul Hugh Hefner’s

world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA with a star-studded lineup of cage fights on Saturday,

September 20^th. 

In addition to a full night of MMA action, all “Strikeforce At The Mansion II” guests will be entitled to a top-

shelf, open bar; buffet-style, gourmet dinner; and wine-tasting party featuring the spirits of various California

gold medal wineries.

Strikeforce wrote a new chapter in MMA history when it produced the sport’s first Playboy Mansion-hosted

event on September 29, 2007.  Amongst the host of celebrities who attended the affair were Hefner and “The

Girls Next Door;” comedians Gary Shandling and Joe Rogan; actress and model Jaime Pressly; actors

Michael Duncan Clarke, Christina Fulton, Ethan Suplee, Ernie Hudson, and Page Kennedy; MMA legends

Royce Gracie and Bas Rutten; and superstars Cung Le, Frank Shamrock, Josh Barnett, and Andrei

Arlovski. 

Former Strikeforce World Lightweight (155 lb. limit) Champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez battled his way to

a unanimous judges’ decision over Japanese road warrior Tetsuji Kato in the main event of Strikeforce’s

inaugural show at The Playboy Mansion while middleweight (185 lb. limit) star, Joe “Diesel” Riggs, stopped

ageless brawler, Eugene Jackson, in the first round of the 10-bout card’s featured contest. 

Competitors enlisted for “Strikeforce At The Mansion II” MMA action will be announced soon.

All inquiries regarding tickets for “Strikeforce At The Mansion II” should be directed to Dan Guiterrez

at Strikeforce’s corporate headquarters (Ph # 408-998-8232.)

About Strikeforce:

Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made

history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California

state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd

of 18,265. Since 1995, Strikeforce has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN

and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company

unveiled its mixed martial arts series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.” Since then, it has co-produced the first

SHOWTIME PPV mixed martial arts event in history with its world championship “Shamrock vs. Baroni”

card on June 22nd of this year followed by the first-ever mixed martial arts event at the world-famous Playboy

Mansion on September 29th.

Contacts:

Mike Afromowitz, Strikeforce – mike@strikeforceusa.net

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

(7/31/08)