Strikeforce welterweight prospect “T-Wood” Tyron Woodley (6-0) will headline Strikeforce's Challenger Series 5 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City November 20 versus local star Rudy Bears (10-3), Strikeforce officially announced Thursday. ...

One month after Fighters.com’s Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (29-1) and Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1) rattled Memorial Hall in Kansas City at M-1 Global Breakthrough, mixed martial arts will return to the venue 2 October with Titan Entertainment's Combat Sports Championships' Fight Night 1.

"After having established a strong track record with my old Titan MMA shows, I am excited to be back to promoting full-time MMA in the Kansas City market," said Titan Entertainment President Joe Kelly. "With Titan MMA on hiatus, we were able to bring some nationally televised MMA events to Kansas City and that gave me the itch to start promoting shows on my own again, but this time on a bigger and better scale."

Fight Night 1's card features a pair of fighters who fought at Breakthrough, middleweight Rudy Bears (10-3) and lightweight Tim Bazer (10-8).
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