Strikeforce 23

Date
Sat 17th April 2010 (UTC)
Sat 17th April 2010 (Local)

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League
Strikeforce

Season
2010

Round
4

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Bridgestone Arena

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Strikeforce: Nashville was a mixed martial arts event held on April 17, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and broadcast domestically on CBS.

Background:
The main event was originally rumored to be Fedor Emelianenko taking on Fabrício Werdum. However, the fight was moved to a future event. Bobby Lashley was expected to fight on the card, as the promotion had already submitted an opponent for Lashley and was awaiting from the Tennessee Athletic Commission. According to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, the bout would likely be the fourth bout on the CBS televised portion of the event. On April 5, Lashley confirmed that he would not appear on the card since Strikeforce officials could not guarantee an appearance on the televised portion of the card due to time constraints. The event drew an estimated 2,900,000 viewers on CBS. The event was marred by a post-fight brawl following the main event. During Jake Shields' post-fight interview, Jason Miller gained access to the cage and interrupted Shields, asking, "Where's my rematch, buddy?" After both Gilbert Melendez and Shields pushed Miller away, Nick Diaz then threw the initial punch to start the full-scale brawl. Members of the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu camp, including Melendez, Nick and Nate Diaz attacked Miller, while Miller was restrained on the canvas by members of Diaz's camp. The fight was then broken up by referees, members of Dan Henderson's corner and members of security.

Main Card:
Middleweight / Strikeforce Middleweight Championship / Jake Shields (c) vs. Dan Henderson
Lightweight / Strikeforce Lightweight Championship / Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Shinya Aoki
Light Heavyweight / Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship / Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. Muhammed Lawal

Preliminary Card:
Light Heavyweight / Ovince St. Preux vs. Chris Hawk
Welterweight / Andy Uhrich vs. Dustin West
Middleweight / Jason Miller vs. Tim Stout
Light Heavyweight / Cale Yarbrough vs. Josh Schockman
Middleweight / Zach Underwood vs. Hunter Worsham
Flyweight / Dustin Ortiz vs. Justin Pennington
Featherweight / Cody Floyd vs. Thomas Campbell