Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields

Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields
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Information
Promotion	Strikeforce
Date	June 6, 2009
Venue	Scottrade Center
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance	8,867
Event chronology

Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields was a mixed martial arts event held by the MMA organization Strikeforce. It was held in St. Louis, Missouri on June 6, 2009. The event drew an estimated 275,000 viewers on Showtime.^[2]

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight (182 lb)	Jake Shields	def	Robbie Lawler	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:02
Heavyweight	Brett Rogers	def	Andrei Arlovski	TKO (punches)	1	0:22
Catchweight (180 lb)	Nick Diaz	def	Scott Smith	submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:41
Welterweight	Joe Riggs	def	Phil Baroni	unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Mike Kyle	def	Rafael Cavalcante	KO (punches)	2	4:05
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight	Mike Whitehead	def	Kevin Randleman	unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Catchweight (175 lb)	Jesse Finney	def	Josh Bumgarner	submission (kimura)	1	1:55
Middleweight	Lucas Lopes	def	Scott Ventimiglia	disqualification (illegal knee)	1	3:26
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley	def	Sal Woods	submission (arm triangle choke)	1	4:20
Light Heavyweight	Booker DeRousse	def	James Wade	TKO (punches)	1	4:06
Lightweight	Pat Benson	def	Dave Cochran	submission (armbar)	1	2:42

Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem injured his hand and was unable to fight at this event.^[3] He was replaced by Andrei Arlovski.

Renato Sobral was scheduled to face Rafael Cavalcante, but after suffering an injury, was replaced by Mike Kyle.^[4]