{"id":8864,"date":"2011-03-21T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T17:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2011-03-21T13:09:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T17:09:29","slug":"strikeforce-shocker-josh-thornburg-replaces-conor-heun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8864","title":{"rendered":"Strikeforce Shocker: Josh Thornburg Replaces Conor Heun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6609\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"strikeforce challenger header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/strikeforce-challenger-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Josh Thornburg (6-2), of Stockton, Calif., a member of the Cesar Gracie Fight Team who\u2019s coached and cornered by STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, will replace an injured Conor Heun and face James Terry (9-2), of Livermore, Calif., in a televised 165 pound catch weight fight of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 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).<\/p>\n<p>Heun, of Los Angeles, tore ligaments in a knee during training and had to withdraw.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The up-and-coming, ultra-tough Thornburg had won two in a row and six of seven until losing his last start to local favorite and more-experienced Roger Bowling in a non-televised fight of STRIKEFORCE: Feijao vs. Hendo last March 5 in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg dropped a unanimous decision to Bowling, who had much to prove after being defeated by Bobby Voelker in his previous start, but the 6-foot, 26-year-old was competitive, rallied to have a good second round and nearly locked up a guillotine in the closing seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a moral victory and I was very disappointed I couldn\u2019t get it done (against Bowling),\u2019\u2019 Thornburg said. \u201cGoing in, I was super confident. But I appreciate that I\u2019m getting a chance to come right back and fight in my hometown on SHOWTIME.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tickets, starting at $20, are on sale for STRIKEFORCE\u2019s first fight in Stockton 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 the main event, former NCAA wrestling stud Justin \u201cThe Silverback\u2019\u2019 Wilcox (10-3), of San Jose, Calif., will face Rodrigo Damm (9-4) of Brazil in a lightweight bout. Other fights on SHOWTIME:  2008 Judo Olympic Games Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii (4-1), of Japan, makes his STRIKEFORCE debut against kickboxing specialist Scott Lighty (6-1), of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in a light heavyweight (205 pounds) bout, David \u201cTarzan\u201d Douglas (6-2), of Antioch, Calif.,  will take on Caros \u201cThe Future\u201d Fodor (7-2), of Kirkland, Wash., at 155 pounds, and Tarzan\u2019s unidentical twin, Damian (3-1), of Antioch, will meet Wayne Phillips (5-3), of San Jose.<\/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>Josh Thornburg (6-2), of Stockton, Calif., a member of the Cesar Gracie Fight Team who\u2019s coached and cornered by STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, will replace an injured Conor Heun and face James Terry (9-2), of Livermore, Calif., in a televised 165 pound catch weight fight of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[510,1051],"class_list":["post-8864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-mma","tag-strikeforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864","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=8864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}