The weigh-ins for this Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Houston” event took place this afternoon at the Toyota Center in Houston, Tex., the same venue for the Showtime broadcasted event.
The event features two title bouts with Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal putting his title on the line for the first time against Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante in the main event. While middleweights Tim Kennedy takes on Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the vacant Strikeforce title.
Two of the evenings cards preliminary bouts will be broadcast live on Sherdog.com leading into the Showtime broadcast of the main card.
The full weigh-in results for “Strikeforce: Houston” are as follows:
Main Card
Light Heavyweight: Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (203.75) vs. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (203.5) – Light-heavyweight title bout
Middleweight: Tim Kennedy (185) vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (184.75) – Middleweight title bout
Lightweight: Jorge Gurgel (154.75) vs. K.J. Noons (156.25)+
Heavyweight: Chad Griggs (228.5) vs. Bobby Lashley (246)
Sherdog.com live stream
Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (249) vs. Jason Riley (256.5)
Welterweight: Andre Galvao (170.75) vs. Jorge Patino (170.5)^
Preliminary Card
Featherweight: Rocky Long (146.25) vs. Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes (144.5)
Lightweight: Kier Gooch (155.5) vs. Adam Schindler (155.5)
Lightweight: Jose Santibanez (154.25) vs. Reynaldo Trujillo (155.25)
Bantamweight: Humberto DeLeon (127.25) vs. Chad Robichaux (131)*
Light Heavyweight: Chad Cook (205.25) vs. Arteneus Young (204)
+ – Gurgel conceded the one-quarter pound to his opponent, and Noons will not be asked to shed the additional weight
^ – Patino was not present at the initial weigh-ins but weighed in afterward
* – Robichaux has been given one hour to lose an additional pound for the 130-pound catchweight fight
HT: MMAJunkie.com