List of Strikeforce champions
Middleweight Championship

List of Strikeforce champions

Section Title: Middleweight Championship
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses

1	United States Frank Shamrock def. Phil Baroni	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni San Jose, CA, USA	June 22, 2007

2	Vietnam Cung Le	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le San Jose, CA, USA	March 29, 2008

The title was vacated on September 17, 2009 when Le stepped down due to filming obligations.

3	United States Jake Shields def. Jason Miller	Strikeforce: Fedor vs Rogers Hoffman Estates, IL, USA	November 7, 2009	1. def. Dan Henderson at Strikeforce: Nashville on Apr 17, 2010 in Nashville, TN, USA

The title was vacated on July 1, 2010 when Shields left Strikeforce and signed with the UFC.

4	Brazil Ronaldo Souza def. Tim Kennedy	Strikeforce: Houston Houston, TX, USA	August 21, 2010	1. def. Robbie Lawler at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg on Jan 29, 2011 in San Jose, CA, USA

5	United States Luke Rockhold	Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov Cincinnati, OH, USA	September 10, 2011	1. def.

The Strikeforce Middleweight title was vacated after the Strikeforce banner was dissolved into the UFC on January 12, 2013.

Sentence(s)

Lawler faced Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza on January 29, 2011 at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.

final_sentence: Lawler faced Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza on January 29, 2011 at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.