Sherdog.com To Stream Live Cormier-Riley & Galvao-Patino

Strikeforce Undercard Fights This Saturday From Houston

 Bouts Will Begin at Approximately 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

 

August 21, 2010

Toyota Center

Houston, Texas

 

 

SAN JOSE, CALIF. (Aug. 17, 2010) – Leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) website Sherdog

(www.Sherdog.com) will stream two LIVE fights from the undercard of the world championship doubleheader

at STRIKEFORCE: Houston on Saturday, Aug. 21, at Toyota Center in Houston, Tex.  The live stream

will begin at approximately 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

 

Undefeated heavyweight and two-time United States Olympic Games wrestling team member Daniel

Cormier (4-0) will attempt to make it five wins in a row when he faces hard-hitting Jason Riley (9-3) during

the free undercard stream.  Also streaming LIVE on Sherdog will be a welterweight bout between Brazilian

Andre Galvao (4-1) and Houston’s Jorge Patino (20-12-1). 

 

A former NCAA Division I national championship runner up at Oklahoma State University, Cormier has won

three of his four fights via knockout.  Cormier won his initial MMA and STRIKEFORCE start with a second-

round TKO (punches) over Gary Frazier on Sept. 25 in Tulsa, Okla.  He dominated John Devine in his

second fight with a first-round knockout at a STRIKEFORCE: Challengers event on March 26 in Fresno,

Calif., and followed that up with a first-round TKO of Lucas Browne on July 31.  He is fresh off a 2:27, first-

round submission (rear-naked choke) over Tony Johnson, Jr., on Aug. 13. 

 

A heavyweight prospect who trains at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose., Cormier placed

fourth in the 2004 Olympics in freestyle wrestling. He was named captain of the U.S. squad for the 2008

Olympics, but was unable to compete due to injury.

 

Riley, of Columbus, Ohio, has won seven of his fights via knockout and is coming off two knockout victories

in the last two months.  Far more experienced professionally than Cormier, Devine has been in the cage with

MMA veteran Tim Silvia, who fought MMA legends Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira,

Randy Couture and Andrei Arlovski. 

 

Galvao, of Brasilia, Brazil, is coming off a split-decision victory over Luke Stewart at a STRIKEFORCE

Challengers fight on March 26 in Fresno, Calif.  Galvao, a submission specialist, will be tested by the

experienced Patino, who has triumphed seven times by submission, more than Galvao’s fours wins and one

loss combined.  The Brazilian-born Patino has fought professionally since 1995 but will be in the cage for the

first time in almost a year.  Patino, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist who has been in a handful of epic battles,

holds a notable 2003 win over Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who will fight for the vacant STRIKEFORCE

Middleweight title in Houston. 

 

Tickets for STRIKEFORCE: Houston are on sale at www.ToyotaCenterTix.com, by phone at 1-866-4-HOU-

TIX, at select Houston area Randalls locations, and at www.strikeforce.com and at the Toyota Center box

office. 

 

STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion “King” Mo Lawal will make the first

defense of his belt against devastating striker Rafael “Feijao’’ Cavalcante in the main event on the live

telecast on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).  The co-main event will pit Souza

against American military hero Tim Kennedy in a battle for the vacant STRIKEFORCE Middleweight (185

pounds) title. 

 

In a featured, televised bout, undefeated heavyweight rising star and former WWE personality Bobby

Lashley will return to the cage against Chad Griggs.   Also on the televised portion of the card, former

world champ KJ Noons will face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Jorge Gurgel in a lightweight (155 pounds)

match. 

 

Doors at Toyota Center will open at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday.  The first preliminary bout will begin at 6:30 p.m. 

 

About STRIKEFORCE

STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) 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, sanctioned by ISKA, 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 (MMA)

series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie."  In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of

STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000

to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.  In March

2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the

premium cable television network.  The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime events on

the CBS Television Network.

 

CONTACT: 

- Strikeforce

  Mike Afromowitz: mafromowitz@strikeforce.com

 

- Brener Zwikel & Associates

  Steve Pratt: Stevep@bzapr.com

  John Beyrooty: Johnnybey@aol.com

 

- Press Release from Strikeforce

 

 

 

 

Subject to change

 

 

 

(8/17/10)