Strikeforce “Payback:” Fighters Weigh In

Strikeforce  “Payback:”  Fighters Weigh  In
Denver,  CO. —Despite Tyra Parker’s failure to make weight, her Strikeforce “
Payback”  matchup with Michelle “Karate Hottie” Waterson will go on as
planned.  All other fighters scheduled to compete  on the Strikeforce MMA card at
Broomfield Event Center tomorrow successfully  made weight at Dave and Buster’s
in Westminster on  Thursday.
Parker  tipped the scales at 116 pounds, four pounds above the 112 pound
limit,  contracted weight of her bout.  Waterson weighed in at 111.4 pounds.
The following are the official fighter  weights from today’s weigh-ins:

Main Event:
165  lb. limit:
Sam  “The Squeeze” Morgan – 164.8 lbs.
Duane  “Bang” Ludwig – 165 lbs.
185  lb. limit:
Falaniko  “Niko” Vitale – 185.6 lbs.
Frank  “Twinkle Toes” Trigg – 183.8 lbs.
170  lb. limit:
Pete  “The Secret Weapon” Spratt – 170.8 lbs.
Donnie  Liles – 170.8 lbs.
155  lb. limit:
Billy  Evangelista – 155 lbs.
Luke  “Lil’ Hulk” Caudillo – 155 lbs.
112  lb. limit:
Tyra  Parker – 116 lbs.
Michelle  Waterson – 111.4 lbs.
205  lb. limit:
Carlos  Zevallos – 205.4 lbs.
Andre  “The Silencer” Walker – 202.4 lbs.
145  lb. limit:
Ricky  Johnson – 143.5 lbs.
Tyler  Toner – 146 lbs.
Tickets  for Strikeforce “Payback,” priced from $30, are on sale at
Ticketmaster  (303-830-TIXS) and Ticketmaster.com
Broomfield Event Center doors will open for Strikeforce  “Payback” at 5:30
PM MST tomorrow and the preliminary card will begin at 6:30 PM  MST.  The main
card will commence at  8 PM MST.
About Strikeforce:
Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial  arts cage fight promotion which,
on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with  its “Shamrock vs. Gracie”
event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight  card in California state
history.  The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank 
Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP 
Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265.  Since 1995,
Strikeforce has been the  exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN
and, after 12 years of  success as a leading, world championship kickboxing
promotion, the company  unveiled its mixed martial arts series with “Shamrock vs.
Gracie.”  Since then, it has co-produced the first  SHOWTIME PPV mixed
martial arts event in history with its world championship  “Shamrock vs. Baroni”
card on June 22, 2007 followed by the first-ever mixed  martial arts event at
the world-famous Playboy Mansion on September 29,  2007.  On April 12th of  this
year, Strikeforce launched the first-ever 52 week MMA series on one of the 
four major television networks in The U.S. – NBC.
Contacts: 
Mike  Afromowitz, Strikeforce – (917) 566-8754 or
_mafromowitz@strikeforce.com_ (mailto:mafromowitz@strikeforce.com)