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STRIKEFORCE: Houston Official Weights & Photos, Event Saturday At Toyota Center Live on SHOWTIME
August 21, 2010 Toyota Center Houston, Texas
FINAL WEIGHTS STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight World Championship King Mo Lawal - 203 3/4 Pounds Rafael Feijao - 203 1/2 Pounds
STRIKEFORCE Middleweight World Championship Tim Kennedy - 185 Pounds Jacare Souza - 184 3/4 Pounds
K.J. Noons - 156 1/4 Pounds Jorge Gurgel - 154 3/4 Pounds
Bobby Lashley - 246 Pounds Chad Griggs - 228 1/2 Pounds
NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD Daniel Cormier - 249 Pounds Jason Riley - 256 1/2 Pounds
Andre Galvao - 170 3/4 Pounds Jorge "Macaco" Patino - 170 8/10 Pounds
Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhaes - 144 1/2 Pounds Rocky Long - 146 1/4 Pounds
Adam Schindler - 155 1/2 Pounds Kier Gooch - 155 1/4 Pounds
Jose Santibanez - 154 1/4 Pounds Reynaldo "The Truth" Trujillo - 155 1/4 Pounds
Chad "Robo" Robichaux - 131 Pounds Humberto DeLeon - 127 Pounds
Chad Cook - 205 Pounds Artenas Young - 204 Pounds
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Photo Credit: Esther Lin / STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight Champion “King Mo’’ Lawal (left) weighed in at 203 ¾ pounds and challenger Rafael “Feijao’’ Cavalcante measured 203 ½ pounds during Friday’s weigh in at Toyota Center in Houston.
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Lawal and Feijao will collide in the SHOWTIME® televised event beginning LIVE at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. A full, non-televised undercard will precede the televised portion at Toyota Center.
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Cavalcante, a winner of five of his last six starts, faces perhaps his toughest opponent yet in Lawal, a two- time NCAA Division I All-American and Big 12 wrestling champion for Oklahoma State University.
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Former Green Beret and American military hero Tim Kennedy (left) tipped the scales at 185 pounds and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza weighed in at 184 ¾ pounds. The two will battle for the vacant STRIKEFORCE Middleweight title in Saturday’s co-feature.
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A former sniper for the U.S. Special Forces, Kennedy is one of MMA’s fastest rising stars.
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The Brazilian Souza, a world-renowned grappler, will be getting his first shot at a world title after winning multiple Jiu-Jitsu championships.
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Former world champ KJ Noons (left) measured 156 ¼ pounds and Jorge Gurgel weighed in at 154 ¾ pounds. A Houston favorite, Noons was linebacker at nearby Clements High School in Sugarland, Texas, while the explosive Gurgel is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt and UFC veteran.
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Unbeaten and rising heavyweight star Bobby Lashley (left) weighed in at 246 pounds and Chad Griggs weighed in at 228 ½ pounds. Lashley, a former WWE superstar, will put his perfect record on the line against Griggs, who has earned six of his eight victories in the first round with seven of eight coming by way of knockout.
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Undefeated heavyweight and two-time United States Olympic Games wrestling team member Daniel Cormier, 249 pounds, will attempt to make it five wins in a row when he faces hard-hitting Jason Riley, 256 ½ pounds, on the event’s undercard.
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Welterweight prospect Andre Galvao, 170 ¾ pounds, will face Jorge Patino, 170 8/10 pounds, in another undercard bout. The Cormier-Riley and Galvao-Patino bouts will be streamed LIVE on Sherdog.com.
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A local favorite, Noons, who is also a professional boxer, signed autographs for nearly an hour following Friday’s packed weigh in. Hundreds of fans lined the concourse at Toyota Center to witness the weigh in and get autographs.
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A former NCAA Division I national championship runner up at Oklahoma State University, Cormier has won three of his four fights via knockout.
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The entertaining and charismatic Gurgel was another fan favorite during Friday’s free, open to the public event.
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STRIKEFORCE fighter and MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” host Jason “Mayhem” Miller made a guest appearance to support his fellow fighters.
- Press Release from Strikeforce - Photos courtesy of Esther Lin / Strikeforce
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