Southworth Shows Off Physique at Strikeforce Weigh-Ins

Fighters.com was live at the Strikeforce: Destruction weigh-ins Thursday night at the Hotel DeAnza in San Jose.

All fighters made weigh and, despite a delayed start and “Diesel” Joe Riggs’s (28-11) displeasure at having to strip, everything went smoothly.

Riggs was not the only one who had to strip further than his ginch; the California State Athletic Commission requested that each fighter have only one crack at the scale, resulting in several weigh-ins behind towels.

Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Southworth (9-4) looked cut.  He told Fighters.com Thursday afternoon that he had hired a new strength and conditioning coach.

“Everybody’s been commenting on how my physique looks and how I’ve been performing.  So we’ll see how I perform tomorrow night,” Southworth said.

Join Fighters.com Friday night for the live results.

The weights were as follows:

Terry Martin (18-5) 186 lbs v “Hands of Steel” Scott Smith (13-6) 185.5 lbs

“Babalu” Renato Sobral (29-8) 204 lbs v Bobby Southworth (9-4) 204 lbs

Yves Edwards (34-14-1) 164 lbs v “Bang” Duane Ludwig (17-8) 163 lbs

“Diesel” Joe Riggs (28-11) 170.5 lbs v Luke Stewart (5-1) 170.5 lbs

Nik Theotikos (5-0) 185 lbs vs Luke Rockhold (2-1) 185.5 lbs

Brian Schwartz (0-1) 175 lbs v Lemont Davis (1-2) 173 lbs

Josh Neal (4-3) 184 lbs v Kurt Osiander (2-1) 185 lbs

Cyrillo Padilha (1-1) 156 lbs v Bobby Stack (2-1) 155 lbs

Tony Johnson (0-1) 184 lbs v Eric Lawson (1-0) 185 lbs

Brad Royster (1-1) 134 lbs v Darren Uyenoyama (4-1) 136 lbs

Jose Palacios (1-1) 145 lbs v Alvin Cacdac (3-4) 143 lbs

Adam Steel (1-0) 168 lbs v Zakary Bucia (1-0) 168 lbs