Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva

Event notes

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 14 at 10 AM and will be available at the IZOD Center Box Office and through Ticketmaster both online and by phone. STRIKEFORCE has assembled eight of the world’s top ranked heavyweights to compete in the STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament, a three-stage, single-elimination tournament that will take place over several events in 2011. The first two quarterfinal fights begin on Saturday, Feb. 12, live on SHOWTIME from the IZOD Center in E. Rutherford, N.J. In the main event, the 34-year-old Fedor Emelianenko will face the towering Antonio “Big Foot” Silva (15-2) in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL co-promoted event. Co-featured on Feb. 12, former world champion Andrei Arlovski (15-8) will face Sergei Kharitonov (17-4), Pride FC and K-1 veteran as well as the last man to defeat current STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight World Champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Silva (quarter-final) Andrei Arlovski vs. Sergei Kharitonov (quarter-final) Shane Del Rosario vs. Lavar Johnson (reserve match) Valentijn Overeem vs. Ray Sefo (reserve match) Chad Griggs vs. Gian Villante (reserve match)