Former BodogFIGHT middleweight champion Trevor Prangley has been announced as a late-addition to Strikeforce’s second-ever show at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. this Saturday.
The San Jose-based fight promotion revealed the news via a press release Tuesday morning.
Prangley will replace Renato “Babalu” Sobral in a light heavyweight match against Anthony Ruiz in a rematch between the two fighters. Sobral was forced to pull off of the card due to injury.
Prangley and Ruiz first met at Strikeforce’s “Tank vs. Buentello” event that featured Paul Buentello knocking out MMA pioneer Tank Abbott at 0:43 of round 1 on Oct. 7, 2006. Prangley was also victorious on the card, submitting Ruiz at 4:42 of round 1.
The former UFC veteran had been scheduled to compete during Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” event on Oct. 11 in Las Vegas against Matt Lindland but he became available to fight for Strikeforce after last week’s announcement that the event had been postponed until Jan. 17.
Prangley, a native of South Africa, has not competed since participating in Strikeforce’s single-night, four-man middleweight tournament last November.
