"Bully Beatdown" avenger Conor Heun eyes June 6 Strikeforce fight

[Pitman]

Conor Heun (8-2), the mixed-martial-arts fighter who dished out justice on the latest episode of MTV's "Bully Beatdown," expects to fight at Strikeforce's upcoming June 6 event in St. Louis.

Heun discussed the possibility of the fight while a guest on today's edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).

Heun, an EliteXC veteran previously under contract to ProElite, expects to finalize a deal with Strikeforce this weekend.

"Nothing's signed yet, but that's definitely the hope I've been preparing for," Heun said in reference to the June 6 event, which features a headline bout between Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields, and airs on Showtime.

Heun, who scored a second-round TKO win over a bully on Jason "Mayhem" Miller's hit reality series, will be in San Jose, Calif., to watch this weekend's "Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz" event at the HP Pavilion. Heun's management plans to meet with Strikeforce officials to finalize a deal.

Earlier this year Strikeforce acquired more than 40 fighters' contracts from ProElite, EliteXC's parent company. Heun apparently wasn't one of the fighters immediately assigned to the Strikeforce roster, but he's optimistic that'll be the case soon.

"From what I've heard from my management, that's what we're shooting for," Heun said.

Heun, a former IFL fighter who turned pro in 2006, went 2-0 for EliteXC with a decision victory over Marlon Matias and a TKO win over James Edson Berto. He's won his past three fights and eight of his past nine. His only losses came to notables L.C. Davis and Brett Cooper.

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