Frank Shamrock will fight Phil Baroni
Frank Shamrock will fight Phil Baroni for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight title on June 22 on pay-per-view on June 22.
Shamrock, a former UFC middleweight champ, will be fighting in his hometown of San Jose, Calif. He had won 10 fights in a row, including a win over Tito Ortiz in 1999, before getting disqualified against Renzo Gracie on Feb. 10.
Baroni (10-7) lost four UFC fights in a row from 2003-2005. He moved to Pride and rebounded by winning four of his last six fights.
Other bouts scheduled for the PPV include Murilo Rua vs. Joey Villasenor; Carter Williams vs. Paul Buentello; Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund; and Charles Bennett vs. Victor Valenzuela.
Other undercard bouts will air on www.proelite.com before the PPV goes on the air.
Leanr more about the show at http://www.strikeforceusa.net/news.asp?ID=33.
DON’T FORGET – Tonight, you can get a double dose of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, starting at 10 Eastern. The winner’s of tonight’s semifinals will battle on the finale on June 23, along with a fight between coaches B.J. Penn and Jens Pulver.
The semifinalists are Gray Maynard, Manny Gamburyan, Joseph Lauzon and Nate Diaz.
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