NEW WEIGH-IN LOCATION–Strikeforce Open to the Public Weigh-In Moves to Crowne Plaza LAX

Posted on | June 15, 2010 | No Comments

“BABALU” SOBRAL, ROBBIE LAWLER,

TIM KENNEDY, KJ NOONS, CYBORG SANTOS

& ALL THE FIGHTERS TO WEIGH IN

Tuesday/Tomorrow, June 15 at 5 p.m. PT
NOTE NEW LOCATION — at the Crowne Plaza LAX (near the airport)

WHO: Former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral

Exciting Knockout artist “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler

American military hero and up-and-coming middleweight Tim Kennedy

Former World Champ KJ Noons

Hollywood’s Conor “Hurricane” Heun

DREAM belt-holder Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis

Welterweight Evangelista Cyborg

& More

WHAT: All 16 fighters participating in Wednesday’s STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 16, will weigh in on Tuesday/tomorrow at an OPEN TO THE PUBLIC event at the Crowne Plaza LAX in the Continental Ball Room Salon C (5985 Century Blvd., Los Angeles, 90045) near the Los Angeles International Airport. The fights will be televised LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Sobral (35-8), the former STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion who hails from Brazil and fights out of Orange County, will collide with exciting knockout artist Robbie Lawler (17-5) at a catch weight of 195 pounds in the main event.

American military hero and San Luis Obispo native Kennedy (11-2) will face former South African National Wrestling Champion Trevor Prangley (22-5-1) at middleweight (185 pounds). Kennedy, a former United States Army Special Forces sniper with the 19th Special Forces outfit based in San Antonio, has toured the Middle East multiple times, and earned the Army’s Bronze Medal Star medal for valor under fire. Inside the cage, Kennedy has won three in a row and 11 of his last 12.

Heun (8-3), who fights out of Hollywood, will face former world champion KJ Noons (8-2) of San Diego, Calif., in an excellent lightweight (155 pounds) match.

DREAM belt-holder Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis (13-4) will face Evangelista Cyborg (17-13) in a welterweight (170 pounds) contest

Tickets are on sale at STAPLES Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCE’S official website (www.strikeforce.com).

WHEN: Tuesday, June 15, at 5 p.m. PT

WHERE: Crowne Plaza LAX (Continental Ball Room Salon C)

5985 Century Blvd., Los Angeles, 90045

(323) 728-3600