The Cavalcante-Thomson match would serve as an undercard bout at the Strikeforce: San Jose event on October 9. The main event that night will be a grudge match for the Strikeforce welterweight title, as current champion Nick Diaz defends his title against former EliteXC champion K.J. Noons. Noons is the last man to defeat Diaz, as he took their November 10, 2007 fight by technical knockout due to doctor stoppage after one round. After the victory all hell broke loose as Diaz's corner stormed the cage, leading to a skirmish between both camps.

The Diaz-Noons rematch joins Cavalcante-Thomson, along with a women's welterweight title fight between Sarah Kaufman and Marloes Coenen and Matt Lindland vs. Luke Rockhold, as matches announced for the 10/9 event, which emanates from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, which is basically home-turf for the consensus number two mixed-martial arts promotion in North America.

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