FREE PUBLIC STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS WEIGH IN THURSDAY

Posted on | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

MATT LINDLAND, KEVIN CASEY, NATE COY AND TYRON WOODLEY AND ALL OTHER STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS FIGHTERS TO STEP ON THE SCALES

Thursday, May 20 at 3:30 p.m. PT at The Game at the Rose Quarter

WHERE: The Game (located across the commons from the south entrance of the Rose Garden)

1 North Center Court Street

Portland, OR 93711?

WHEN: Thursday, May 20, at 3:30 p.m. PT

WHAT: All fighters who will compete in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) event this Friday, May 21, at Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., will weigh in the day before, Thursday, May 20 at The Game, located across the commons from the south entrance of the Rose Garden. The weigh in is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, free of charge and will start at 3:30 p.m. PT.

Oregon’s own middleweight (185 pounds) MMA superstar and former Olympic wrestling silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland (21-7), who recently ran for the state’s House of Representatives seat, will return to the cage to face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert and former Rickson Gracie protégé “King” Kevin Casey (3-1) in the main event.

Undefeated, rising star Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley (6-0) will face off with fellow welterweight (170 pounds) prospect and former Oregon State wrestling star Nathan Coy.

In other fights, undefeated welterweight prospect Roger Bowling (7-0), of Columbus, Ohio, will face veteran Bobby Voelker (21-7), of Kansas City, Kansas. Nate Moore (6-1), of San Jose, Calif., will square off with the dangerous Tarec Saffiedine (8-2), of Temecula, Calif., in another welterweight bout. And Portland’s own Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (22-15) will face rising star Bryan Travers (13-1), of Bakersfield, Calif., in a lightweight bout.

Tickets are on sale now at the Rose Quarter Box Office, all participating Safeway/ TicketsWest outlets, or by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), as well as online at ComcastTIX.com and STRIKEFORCE’s official website (www.strikeforce.com). Rose Garden Arena doors will open at 5:15 p.m. The first preliminary card bout will begin at 6 p.m. and the first main card bout will begin at 8 p.m.