Are there any 170-pound MMAmania.com readers who can make it to San Jose in about an hour or so to fight Luke Stewart? There are major problems finding someone to fight this guy.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace was originally set to face Shonie Carter at 170 pounds until “Mr. International’ had to withdraw because of a knuckle injury.
Then Joe Riggs was supposed to fill-in at a 178-pound catchweight; however, “Diesel” pulled out of the fight hours before the weigh-ins because he ingested a prescribed percocet three days ago and was notified that the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) would not allow him to compete.
Finally, Strikeforce officials informed Stewart that Drew Fickett would step up at the eleventh hour and take the fight at 185 pounds. Of course, there was a problem with that fight, too.
It’s only fitting.
It turns out that “The Master” has a contract with the Canadian-based fight promotion Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) that will not allow him to compete within six weeks of a scheduled fight — his July 25 title fight against Ryan Ford is five weeks away.
So, again, Luke Stewart is opponent-less … and it will stay that way at least for this weekend.
Unsurprisingly, Strikeforce was unable to find another replacement this late in the game. Therefore, after one of the weirdest 24 hours leading up to a fight there will indeed be no fight at all for Luke Stewart.
After all this drama within such a short time — and only a few hours before fight time — nobody would blame Luke Stewart for just having this fight scrapped altogether himself when things started going south. Being the true competitor that he is, Stewart would have likely signed a bout agreement to fight the Pope if Strikeforce officials proposed the match up.
Perhaps it’s a blessing in disguise. This was Stewart’s initial fight back since suffering the first loss of his career. And the bizarre circumstances could have been a little bit too much extra adversity for a young fighter such as himself to handle.
On the other hand, this was also Stewart’s first fight on the televised portion of a major event. It has to be a huge let down.
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poor guy letem fight major mc cheese at least
They should have just gave a call to Jeremy Horn. He will basically fight anyone at anytime, and has been called to do so more than anyone I can think of.
I feel bad for Stewart, but on to much BIGGER and Better news:
Nick Diaz vs. Mach Sakurai for the DREAM title is not scrapped, it wil just be postponed until Septembers DREAM 6 event!!!!!1 GREAT news because this would have been one of the best fights of the summer!
Other matches on this card will include the semi finals and the finals of the middleweight grand prix.
Another rumored fight for this card is:
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Dong Sik Yoon.This will be a hell of a fight!
I live about 15 minutes away and would love to fight. problem is…I’m abot 25 pounds too heavy. I have been working out every day, but am not in top fighting form right now. Catch weight and I’m there. Have a good week end guys, I’m exhausted!!
I’ve heard more about fights Fickett ISN’T doing then the ones he actually fights in.
Right!
Sounds more to me like Fickett is trying to get a bunch of fights in. Dudes got some balls to try and take a fight on such sort notice, it wasn’t his fault that it got scrapped. Besides I totally don’t care that he doesn’t fight for EXC, I’m just glad he didn’t get caught in that cespit
Poor Stewart. If I was in that area I would step up and let him kick the crap out of me for some extra money.
Im with you. What would you have to lose?
A couple of teeth I suppose
I weigh about 172. A quick workout and it would be off. Unfortunately, I’m in Oklahoma City, and damn sure couldn’t make it by tonight.
Does anyone know if Stewart will still receive pay, as this wasn’t his d@mn fault?
how much would it take for the average guy to step into the ring with a trained mma fighter?
I would probably do it for a grand.
Think he’d agree to catch-weight at 218? I could sure use that appearance payout.
I’d step in the ring for $3000, just shoot right away, get guillotined and go drinking.
haha, that’s awesome
I was thinking 5k, lose in about 30 seconds and go to the casino!
ha ha no shit
A little off topic but some friends and i Met Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson at the beach (Huntington) yesterday..Didn’t know Tito has a kid??
lol what cave you been living in?
God, I am so sorry you had to Jenna in a bikini. lol
damn im good at 170 pitty im about 5000 miles away! lol
somebody step up
Just a quick question. Why is Gomi often reguarded as #1 in many polls? He has losses to Aurelio, a questionabe split decision win over Aurelio, loss to Nick Diaz (yes that was a loss, pot does not enhance performance),loss to B.J Penn, and a loss to Joachim Hansen.The only ranked opponent that he’s ever beaten is Sakurai. I know this has nothing to do with this post, I just can’t figure this out, and want a professional’s perspective.
its called anti-ufcism. a common disease in many mma web-sites.
r u nuts? Gomi holds wins over everybody: azeredo (very tough Chutebox fighter)
Kawajiri close to a top 10 fighter,
Mach sakurai
Jens pulver
jean Silva (chutebox)
Ishida top 10 figher
yeah. i didnt mean it as a knock on gomi, but having him at #1 for so long before b.j even after b.j dominated him seemed like a farce. they still had gomi at #1 after he lost to diaz and aurellio and hansen. but he is still def a top ten fighter all the way.
Thats cause BJ left the lightweight division. Didnt he loose to hansen a whlie back, like before all gomi’s pride fights?
I want too see: Gomi vs:
Aoki
JZ
Eddie avarez
rematch Diaz
I wouldnt mind seeing gomi beat the living crap out of KJ Noons! Gomi would destroy Noons