Strikeforce Fighters to Appear on ‘NCIS: L.A.’
Loretta Hunt Feb 25, 2010
Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert
Melendez and former titleholders Josh Thomson
and Cung
Le have been cast in an upcoming episode of CBS’s “NCIS: Los
Angeles,” shooting next week in Hollywood, Calif.
Strikeforce fighters Dan Henderson, Frank Shamrock and K.J. Noons have also been cast in the episode.
“NCIS: Los Angeles” stars Chris O’Donnell and L.L. Cool J as agents with the Navy’s crime investigative service.
The fighters will play themselves as Cool J goes undercover as a mixed martial artist to investigate the death of a Marine, “tied to the world of MMA.” Referee “Big” John McCarthy has been tapped to play himself during an event sequence.
The MMA-centric episode is expected to air in April. “NCIS: L.A.” airs Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. EST/PST on CBS.
Strikeforce fighters Dan Henderson, Frank Shamrock and K.J. Noons have also been cast in the episode.
“NCIS: Los Angeles” stars Chris O’Donnell and L.L. Cool J as agents with the Navy’s crime investigative service.
The fighters will play themselves as Cool J goes undercover as a mixed martial artist to investigate the death of a Marine, “tied to the world of MMA.” Referee “Big” John McCarthy has been tapped to play himself during an event sequence.
The MMA-centric episode is expected to air in April. “NCIS: L.A.” airs Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. EST/PST on CBS.
