Strikeforce 20

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Sat 7th November 2009 (UTC)
Sat 7th November 2009 (Local)

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League
Strikeforce

Season
2009

Round
8

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Sears Centre

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Description

Strikeforce 20: Fedor vs. Rogers was a mixed martial arts event held on November 7, 2009 promoted by Strikeforce in association with M-1 Global. It was the first MMA event on network television since the now-defunct EliteXC promotion broadcast its final event, EliteXC: Heat, on CBS on October 4, 2008. The event had a four-fight main card with a broadcasting team of Gus Johnson, Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo. The event drew an estimated 4,040,000 viewers, with a peak at 5,460,000 on CBS.

Background:
Gegard Mousasi was originally slated to defend his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship, but eventually competed in a non-title bout. A previously announced bout between Bobby Lashley and Ron Waterman was announced to have moved to a later date, though it never officially took place. A women's bout between Marloes Coenen and Erin Toughill was set to serve as a reserve fight, but was cancelled when Toughill withdrew due to an undisclosed medical condition. Roxanne Modafferi stepped in to fight Coenen on this show. EA Sports showed a preview trailer for the new EA Sports MMA game coming out in 2010 during the event. A welterweight bout between Mark Miller and Deray Davis was scheduled for the undercard, but was canceled due to time issues.

Main Card:
Heavyweight / Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
Middleweight / Jake Shields vs. Jason Miller
Light Heavyweight / Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Heavyweight / Fabrício Werdum vs. Antônio Silva

Preliminary Card:
Women's Featherweight / Marloes Coenen vs. Roxanne Modafferi
Catchweight / Jeff Curran vs. Dustin Neace
Middleweight / Nate Moore vs. Louis Taylor
Middleweight / Shamar Bailey vs. John Kolosci
Welterweight / Christian Uflacker vs. Jonatas Novaes