Strikeforce 26

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Date & Time
Sat 26th June 2010 Local
Sat 26th June 2010 12:00am UTC

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Strikeforce

Season
2010

Round
Round 8

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HP Pavilion
(11,757 Attendance)

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Strikeforce 26: Fedor vs. Werdum was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce in association with M-1 Global on June 26, 2010 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Background:
Josh Thomson was originally set to face Lyle Beerbohm at this event. On May 21, Thomson announced that Beerbohm was injured in his previous fight with Vítor Ribeiro, and will be replaced. Pat Healy ended up facing Thomson. M-1 Global fighter Magomed Shikhshabekov was scheduled to face American Kickboxing Academy fighter Ron Keslar. However, Shikhshabekov was forced off the card due to visa issues, and was replaced by Chris Cope. The event drew an estimated 492,000 viewers on Showtime.

Main Card:
Heavyweight / Fabrício Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Women's Featherweight / Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Championship / Cristiane Santos (c) vs. Jan Finney
Middleweight / Cung Le vs. Scott Smith
Lightweight / Josh Thomson vs. Pat Healy

Preliminary Card:
Lightweight / Bobby Stack vs. Derrick Burnsed
Middleweight / Yancy Medeiros vs. Gareth Joseph
Welterweight / Bret Bergmark vs. Vagner Rocha
Middleweight / Chris Cope vs. Ron Keslar