Strikeforce Challengers: Kaufman vs. Hashi was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

. The sixth Challengers episode took place on February 26, 2010, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium

San Jose Civic Auditorium

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 in San Jose, California

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Background

The Sarah Kaufman vs. Takayo Hashi fight was for the vacant Women's Bantamweight Championship and was the first female fight to headline a Challengers show.

The event drew an estimated 173,000 viewers on Showtime.

Televised card

• Women's Welterweight Championship bout:   Sarah Kaufman vs.   Takayo Hashi
  Takayo Hashi
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Kaufman defeated Hashi via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 50–45).

• Middleweight bout:   Trevor Prangley
  Trevor Prangley
  Trevor Prangley is a South African mixed martial artist who currently fights for Strikeforce. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions...
  
   vs.   Karl Amoussou
  Karl Amoussou
  Karl Amoussou is a French professional mixed martial artist. Amoussou is a M-1 Global, Dream and Strikeforce veteran and has fought for Cage Warriors.-MMA career:...
  
  

Technical Draw due to accidental eye poke from Prangley at 4:14 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Luke Rockhold
  Luke Rockhold
  Luke Rockhold is an American mixed martial artist. He is the current Strikeforce Middleweight Champion.Rockhold holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo.-Early Life:...
  
   vs.   Paul Bradley

Rockhold defeated Bradley via TKO (knees to the body) at 2:24 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   James Terry
  James Terry (fighter)
  James Terry is an American mixed martial artist from San Jose, California.. James has an extension college wrestling background. He moved to Northern California in 2005 when he began to sharpen his kickboxing under the guidance of Cung Le. James now trains in MMA and work as an instructor and...
  
   vs.   Tarec Saffiedine
  Tarec Saffiedine
  Tarec Saffiedine is an Belgian mixed martial artist of Lebanese descent, who competes in the welterweight division. He has fought in a number of promotions around the world including DREAM in Japan and Strikeforce in the United States....
  
  

Saffiedine defeated Terry via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Middleweight bout:   Raul Castillo
  Raul Castillo
  Raul Castillo is an American mixed martial artist from Half Moon Bay, California .Raul has been practicing martial arts since the age of four. Achieving the rank of Black Belt at the age of eleven, under George Marenco in the style of Kami-Do-Ryu, Raul later went on to once again achieve the rank...
  
   vs.   Yancy Medeiros
  Yancy Medeiros
  Yancy Medeiros is an American mixed martial artist from Wai'anae, Hawaii.-Early Life:Yancy Medeiros grew up in Wai'ane Hawaii and at a young age began training in Karate...
  
  

Medeiros defeated Castillo via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Non-televised card

• Middleweight bout:   Eric Lawson
  Eric Lawson
  Eric Lawson is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently competes in Strikeforce.-Mixed martial arts career:Eric Lawson began his professional mixed martial arts career on February 12, 2004 for the California based mixed martial arts promotion Gladiator Challenge at Colusa Casino in...
  
   vs.   Wayne Phillips

Phillips defeated Lawson via submission (armbar) at 4:47 of round 1.

• Middleweight amateur bout: Samuel Bracamnonte vs. Chris Stewart

Bracamnonte defeated Stewart via TKO (punches) at 0:59 of round 3.

• Lightweight amateur bout: Tristan Arenal vs. George Miller

Arenal defeated Miller via TKO (punches) at 0:30 of round 2.

• Featherweight amateur bout: Johnson Nguyen vs. Jesse Tobar

Tobar defeated Nguyen via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:24 of round 2.

• Featherweight amateur women's bout: Renee Robinson vs. Lilia Salas

Robinson defeated Salas via TKO (punches) at 1:06 of round 1.

• Heavyweight amateur bout: Steve Dickie vs. Alan Lummel

Dickie defeated Lummel via TKO (punches) at 0:33 of round 1.

• Bantamweight amateur bout: Ronald Carillo vs. Anthony De Los Santos

Carillo defeated De Los Santos via submission (armbar) at 1:20 of round 2.