Strikeforce Teams With Toys For Tots

 To Brighten Holiday Season

For St. Louis Youngsters

MMA Fans Encouraged to Bring Unwrapped Gifts

 To Scottrade Center on Saturday, Dec. 4

December 4, 2010

Scottrade Center

St. Louis, Missouri

ST. LOUIS (Nov. 24, 2010) – In an effort to make the holiday season a happy time for as many St Louis

residents as possible, world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE has joined

forces with Toys For Tots, the Marine Corps-managed, non-profit organization, to collect new, unwrapped

toys for local underprivileged youth during the star-studded Henderson vs. Babalu MMA event, at Scottrade

Center on Saturday, Dec. 4.

During the 10-bout event, several stations staffed by volunteers from the local Marine Corps will be set up

inside Scottrade Center to collect toys from fans attending the event.  Monetary donations are accepted as

well.

“Everything we collect stays in St. Louis,” said Marine Corps Sergeant Gavin Lewis, who manages the

Toys For Tots program in the Gateway City area.  “It’s about local people helping local children, which is a

phenomenal thing. When a company like STRIKEFORCE pitches in, it really helps spread our reach in the

community and makes it a successful drive.’

“When considering what to bring, fans should think about what would make their own child, niece or nephew

happy.”

“Any time we can use one of our events as a vehicle to help with the needs of others, we’re more than happy

to do it,” said STRIKEFORCE CEO Scott Coker.  “St. Louis is a city that STRIKEFORCE has become

attached to since last year and being able to give back to the community is a very rewarding feeling.”

In the main event of a stacked card on STRIKEFORCE’s return to Scottrade Center, MMA superstar Dan

Henderson (25-8) of Temecula, Calif., faces former STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight world champion

Renato “Babalu” Sobral  (36-8) of Brazil in a rematch between world-class 205-pounders.

Other televised fights on SHOWTIME®: Former world heavyweight champion Antonio “Big Foot’’ Silva

(14-2), of Coconut Creek, Fla., by way of Brazil, confronts the older brother of STRIKEFORCE heavyweight

champion Alistair  Overeem, Valentijn “The Python’’ Overeem (28-23), of Amsterdam, The

Netherlands, Paul “Semtex’’ Daley (25-9-2) of Nottingham, England, battles Scott “Hands Of Steel”

Smith (17-7, 1 NC), of Elk Grove, Calif., in a matchup of explosive welterweights (170 pounds), former world

champion and exciting local favorite “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (17-6, 1 NC), of Granite City, Ill., goes up

against 2000 Olympic Games silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland (22-7) of Oregon City, Ore., in a

middleweight (185 pounds) scrap.

The fight card will include five undercard bouts, including a light heavyweight (205 pounds) match between

Lee Brousseau (7-2), of River Wood, Mo., and Mike Glenn (6-4) of Springfield, Mo. Ben Brown (1-0), of

St. Louis, will take on J.W. Wright (pro debut) of St. Louis by way of Steelville, Mo., in a 130 pound

catchweight bout. 

Tickets are on sale at Scottrade Center, online at Ticketmaster.com and Strikeforce.com or by phone (800)

745-3000. Doors at Scottrade Center will open for the event at 6 p.m. CT.  The first preliminary bout will

begin at 6:30 p.m. and the first televised main card fight will begin at 9 p.m.

About STRIKEFORCE

STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on

Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed

martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary

champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion,

played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE, sanctioned by ISKA, has

been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a

leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA)

series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of

STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000

to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose. In March

2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the premium

cable television network. The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime events on the CBS

Television Network.

Contact:

- Strikeforce

  Mike Afromowitz: mafromowitz@strikeforce.com

- Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc.

  Steve Pratt: Stevep@bzapr.com

  John Beyrooty: Johnnybey@aol.com

- Press Release from Strikeforce

Subject to change

(11/24/10)