{"id":8280,"date":"2011-03-03T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T20:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2011-03-03T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T20:52:36","slug":"justin-wilcox-faces-rodrigo-damm-in-strikeforce-challengers-breaking-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8280","title":{"rendered":"Justin Wilcox Faces Rodrigo Damm in Strikeforce Challengers: Breaking MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8281\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"justin wilcox header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/justin-wilcox-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii vs. Kickboxing Star Scott Lighty; David Douglas vs. Caros Fodor In Clash Of Lightweight Prospects<\/p>\n<p>Tickets For STRIKEFORCE\u2019s First Fight In Stockton Go On Sale<br \/>\nTomorrow\/Friday At 10 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Former body builder and NCAA wrestler Justin Wilcox will face former world title challenger Rodrigo Damm in the main event of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink at Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif., on Friday, April 1, live on SHOWTIME\u00ae at 11 p.m. ET\/PT (delayed on the West Coast).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wilcox (10-3), of San Jose, Calif., has emerged a contender in the deep lightweight (155 pounds) division, while Damm (9-4), of Brazil, is looking to climb back into title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets, starting at $20, for STRIKEFORCE\u2019s first fight in Stockton go on sale tomorrow\/Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m. PT at the Stockton Arena ticket office, online at www.StocktonTickets.com, by phone at (209) 373-1700 or (866) 373-7088 and STRIKEFORCE&#8217;s official website (www.strikeforce.com).<\/p>\n<p>The first non-televised, undercard fight will begin at 5:30 p.m. PT. Doors will open at 4:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In a featured, televised bout, 2008 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii (4-1), of Japan, will take on kickboxing specialist Scott Lighty (6-1), of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in a light heavyweight (205 pounds) bout.<\/p>\n<p>David \u201cTarzan\u201d Douglas (6-2), of Antioch, Calif., will face Caros \u201cThe Future\u201d Fodor (7-2), of Kirkland, Wash., in a featured lightweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Strikeforce Challengers is a SHOWTIME Sports\u00ae series that serves as a proving ground for up-and-coming Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, providing today\u2019s top prospects with the opportunity to step-up their level of competition and demonstrate their ability in a nationally televised event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Pre-Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii vs. Kickboxing Star Scott Lighty; David Douglas vs. Caros Fodor In Clash Of Lightweight Prospects Tickets For STRIKEFORCE\u2019s First Fight In Stockton Go On Sale Tomorrow\/Friday At 10 a.m. PT \u00a0Former body builder and NCAA wrestler Justin Wilcox will face former world title challenger Rodrigo Damm in the main event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2826,510,1051],"class_list":["post-8280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-challengers","tag-mma","tag-strikeforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}