Benji Radach vs. Ovince St. Preux added to "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu" for this Saturday

A last minute addition to this Saturday’s Strikeforce event, Benji Radach will return to the cage when he takes on Ovince St. Preux in a light-heavyweight match up.

UFC veteran Radach will return to action for the first time since a knockout loss to Scott Smith in April of 2009. He has stayed out of action for better part of 2010 due to mounting injuries, his last being a case of staph which infected his chest shortly after Benji had undergone surgery on a torn pectoral muscle.

Now, fighting as a light heavyweight for the first time in his career, Radach will return to action on just six-days notice against budding prospect, St. Preux.

Ovince was last seen in action at Strikeforce Challengers 12 when he took on veteran Antwain Britt on the main-card. The Haitian native walked away with the unanimous decision victory over Britt, and set himself up for the big time of the Strikeforce elite. Well Ovince, look no further.

Just as the Challenger Series is designed to find the best up and coming prospects of the new era of mixed martial arts, Strikeforce is showing their faith in Ovince when they paired him up with Benji, a perennial contender in any organization he’s in. St. Preux, 8-4 as a professional will put his skills to the test against Radach’s 19-5 record which spans nearly 10 years in the game.

“Razor” holds notable victories over the likes of UFC vets Brian Foster, Gerald Harris, and former EliteXC champ Murilo Rua–all by some form of knockout.

“Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu” takes place this Saturday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The addition of Radach and St. Preux comes in wake of the recent loss of Herschel Walker from the main card, who bowed out of his heavyweight tilt against Scott Carson due to injury.

So, MMA peeps, what do you make of the last minute addition to the Strikeforce card for this Saturday? The short-notice call should benefit Ovince, who was last in action on the 19th of Nov. Radach though should never be counted out, as his knockout power is the equalizer in all of his fights. Of his 19 wins, 15 of those have come by way of knockout. Sound off in the comment section below.