Strike Force II June 9 Final Card

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Looking to build off the momentum of their debut event, which broke the North American attendance records for mixed martial arts, Strikeforce returns tomorrow night to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

The event was originally slated to feature a headline bout of Vitor Belfort vs. Kevin Randleman, but Randleman had to withdraw due to injury. The card, titled "Revenge," now features a rematch between Belfort and the man who handed him his most recent defeat, Alistair Overeem.

The weigh-ins took place tonight out in California. Belfort and Overeem's camps previously agreed to fight at heavyweight with a catch weight limit of 210 pounds.

Here are the weigh-in results, as reported by Dave Mandel:

-Vitor Belfort (209) vs. Alistair Overeem (210)

-Brian Warren (180) vs. Cung Le (184)

-Gilbert Melendez (154) vs. Clay Guida (156)

-James Irvin (209.5) vs. Bobby Southworth (203.5)

-Tyson Griffin (155.5) vs. Duane Ludwig (155.5)

-Harris Sarmiento (155) vs. Josh Thomson (154.5)

-Mike Seal (186.5) vs. Eugene Jackson (184)

-Tommy Tuggle (247.5) vs. Daniel Puder (219)

-Jared Hamman (204) vs. Scott Graham (191)

-Luke Stewart (185.5) vs. Bill Duvall (181)

-Juan Miranda (151) vs. Clint Coronel (155)

-Chris Aramante (185) vs. Sean Basset (185)

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Isn't San Jose Frank Shamrock's home base? Probably had a lot to do with the sell-out. Belfort and Overeem are not very big names in the US.

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I agree with Havoc.

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havokk is all over the correct.

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Unbreakable gym will go 3for3 tonight. warren @180 Hamman @204 Aramante @185

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go warren!

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Vitor interview up at http://www.insidefighting.com/betweenRoundsDisp.aspx?uid=3042

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Damnit! They took TBA off the card again? When am I going to be able to see this dude fight? He always pulls out!!

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that's a great card, and I love the main event. Much better than the Randleman fight.

13,000 tickets doesn't sound too shabby to me. I hope they do well--they deserve major props for putting together an event like this

This card blows away their first event

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I wasn't going to go until they added the Melendez fight. I'd like to be there to see Gil get the Strikeforce Belt.

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Psyched! I'm in the 2nd row. I may jump in the ring if i can

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melendez isnt walking away with any belt. Guida's bringing it back to the midwest.

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"melendez isnt walking away with any belt. Guida's bringing it back to the midwest. "

Ahem?