Wednesday’s SHOWTIME Feature Shoot Pics: Sobral, Mousasi, Melendez, Ishida

Posted on | August 12, 2009 | No Comments

Photos: Esther Lin/Strikeforce (CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO SEE COMPLETE GALLERY)

Four of the fighters who will compete in two of the Strikeforce world title fights this Saturday at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., live on SHOWTIME (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) participated in a SHOWTIME Feature Photo Shoot Wednesday in San Jose.

In Saturday’s historic main event, Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) and Cris Cyborg (7-1) will clash in a five-round, five-minute fight for the first STRIKEFORCE 145-pound Female Championship.

Other STRIKEFORCE world title fights on SHOWTIME: 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).

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.