FanHouse John Kolosci

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- This is the Strikeforce live blog for the first five preliminary bouts on the Fedor vs. Rogers card featuring welterweights Mark Miller vs. Deray Davis, John Kolosci vs. Shamar Bailey, bantamweights Jeff Curran vs. Dustin Neace, lightweights Christian Uflacker vs. Jonatas Novaes and middleweights Louis Taylor vs. Nate Moore.

The first bout is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM ET. The live blog begins below.

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The Ultimate Fighter 6 contestant John Kolosci left a six-figure job exactly a year ago to pursue mixed martial arts as a full-time career, and he's hoping to make an impression Saturday in his Strikeforce debut on the undercard of the CBS-televised "Fedor vs. Rogers" event in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

He'll take on 26-year-old Shamar Bailey (12-1), a firefighter with a wrestling background who trains with UFC veterans Chris Lytle and Jake O'Brien.

Kolosci talks about mixed martial arts as a full-time job in this interview below with FanHouse and tell us experience will be his key to victory against Bailey.