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Shark Fights light heavyweight champion Trevor Prangley (20-4) has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Strikeforce matchup versus former EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (16-5), according to Sherdog.

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Former EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (16-5) and recently crowned Shark Fights light heavyweight champion Trevor Prangley (20-4) will matchup at Strikeforce in San Jose December 19, the promotion announced.

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Canada’s Maximum Fighting Championship MMA promotion has cut their light heavyweight champion, Aussie Trevor Prangley (20-4), for breach of contract, the promotion announced Sunday.

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Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked Kazuo Misaki (21-8-2) TKO’d “Diesel” Joe Riggs (28-11) at 2:29 of round two Saturday night in Beverly Hills, north of Los Angeles.

“I’m happy with the win,” Misaki said through an interpreter.

There was a frustrating seven-minute build-up to the fireworks finale in which both veterans circled and strategized while  the crowd begged for action.

Riggs struck first in the second round, nailing Misaki with a big left and a kick; but, Misaki countered with a right cross that floored “Diesel”.

Misaki followed Riggs to the mat and landed several shots before referee Josh Rosenthal ended the fight.

“I had my hands covering my head,” argued Riggs after the stoppage.  “But it is what it is.”

Strikeforce Lightweight Champion “Punk” Josh Thomson (16-2) knocked “Archer” Ashe Bowman to the fence with a right and followed up with a flurry before referee Herb Dean ended the fight at 1:14 of round one.

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American Kickboxing Academy’s Trevor Prangley (17-5) will fill-in for injured “Babalu” Renato Sobral (30-7) to rematch “El Toro” Anthony Ruiz (21-11) Saturday in Beverly Hills, north of Los Angeles.

Prangely tapped Ruiz in an armbar in Fresno,southeast of San Francisco, in 2006.

More recently, Prangley won a referee’s decision over Falaniko Vitale (26-8) in San Jose last November in Strikeforce’s middleweight tournament, but was TKO’d the same night in the tournament final by Jorge Santiago (17-7).

Ruiz most recently won a UD over Jeremy Freitag (6-7).

The original main event was to have pitted Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) versus Sobral; but, both fighters have pulled up lame.

Thursday afternoon in San Jose, Fighters.com was welcomed into Javier Mendez’s American Kickboxing Academy by fight manager ”Crazy” Bob Cook (5-0) to watch the pros sweat, twist, and roll on the mat.

AKA is home gym to Fighters.com’s top welterweight contenderJon Fitch(17-2), fourth-ranked “Kos” Josh Koscheck (10-2), lightweight “Punk” Josh Thomson (14-2), UFC heavyweights “Hungarian Nightmare” Christian Wellisch (8-4) and Cain Velasquez (3-0), Affliction heavyweight “Headhunter” Paul Buentello (25-10), and other professional fighters.

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