STRIKEFORCE: “CARANO VS. CYBORG” FREE PUBLIC WEIGH-IN DETAILS

Posted on | August 12, 2009 | No Comments

Official Weigh-In This Friday, Aug. 14, at 4 P.M PT At Marriott In Downtown, San Jose, Calif.

WHO: All fighters who will compete in this Saturday’s eagerly anticipated, STRIKEFORCE
world championship Mixed Martial Arts event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

WHAT: Media and fans are invited to attend the official weigh-in for the historic “STRIKEFORCE: Carano vs. Cyborg’’ mega-fight card this Saturday, Aug. 15, at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

Tickets, priced from $30, are on sale at HP Pavilion (408) 287-7070, all

Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online

(www.ticketmaster.com) and the official STRIKEFORCE website (www.strikeforce.com). HP Pavilion doors open at 5 p.m. PT. The first preliminary bout will begin at 5:30.

Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) and Cris Cyborg (7-1) will clash in the main event for the first STRIKEFORCE 145-pound Female Championship. Other STRIKEFORCE world title fights: Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) will defend his light heavyweight belt against superstar Gegard “The Dreamcatcher’’ Mousasi (25-2-1) and Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (15-2) will put his interim lightweight title on the line in a rematch against Mitsuhiro “The Endless Fighter’’ Ishida (18-5-1).

WHERE: Salon I, II, and III at San Jose Marriott, 301 South Market Street, San Jose, 95113, (408) 280-1300

WHEN: Friday, Aug. 14, 2009; 4 p.m. PT