The live stream starts at 9 p.m. U.S. Eastern time (6 p.m. Pacific) and will feature Joe "Diesel" Riggs versus Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron in a welterweight tilt. You can see it on the EA Sports MMA web site. The stream will precede the live telecast of the event's main fight card on Showtime. That begins at 10 p.m. Eastern, and will be delayed to 10 p.m. for viewers in the Pacific time zone.

Strikeforce is an MMA circuit lesser known than the UFC, which appears in THQ's Undisputed line of games. But it will be a featured league in EA Sports MMA, whose release date has yet to be announced. Both EA Sports and Strikeforce are trying to establish a greater visibility for Strikeforce to boost both the game and the league.