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Gegard Mousasi will enter the DREAM Light Heavyweight Grand Prix with some familiar company. Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, the two fighters Mousasi beat in Strikeforce, are both set to compete in the tournament alongside him.

Gegard Mousasi, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Renato Sobral will all be participating in the Dream Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, which will begin on May 30 at Dream.15.

Mousasi confirmed his own participation in an interview with MMAFighting.com on Wednesday, and Dream officials confirmed that Sokoudjou and Babalu will be part of the tournament as well.

Considering Mousasi put both Babalu and Sokoudjou away rather handily in Strikeforce already, I think it’s safe to say he will remain the favorite in the grand prix.

In other DREAM.15 news, Marius Zaromskis is expected to return to action on the card. It’s unknown if his welterweight title will be on the line or who he will fight.

Image via Esther Lin for Showtime

Jason “Mayhem” Miller, King Mo, Babalu Sobral and Fabricio Werdum show Wanderlei Silva a little love for his upcoming fight against Michael Bisping at UFC 110.

This would be cool to attend if you’re going to be in Chicago for the Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” event.

Strikeforce “Carano vs Cyborg” took place earlier this evening at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event was broadcast live on Showtime.

In the night’s main event, the biggest women’s mixed martial arts contest in history took place between Gina Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral put his Strikeforce light heavyweight title up for grabs against Gegard Mousasi.

Gilbert Melendez looked to avenge the first loss of his career taking on Mitsuhiro Ishida in a rematch.

Jesse Taylor stepped in on short notice to face off against Jay Hieron.

Fabricio Werdum and Mike Kyle squared off in a heavyweight match-up.

Results and thoughts after the jump.

Here’s video of Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg weighing in. In case you haven’t heard, they both made weight. Full results and more pics here. I’ll post video of the full weigh-ins once I find a good one Posted. CombatLifestyle.com has a full gallery of photos from the weigh-ins to check out. And after the jump, Scott Coker talks about how they stayed on top of both girls all week long to make sure they hit their targets today.

Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse is a busy man in San Jose catching up with all the fighters on tomorrow’s Strikeforce card. Here’s a playlist of his interviews.

Strikeforce “Carano vs Cyborg” will take place tomorrow, August 15, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and will air on Showtime at 10:30PM ET/PT. The weigh-ins will be held this afternoon at the Marriott in downtown, San Jose, California at 7PM ET/4PM PT. They will be free and open to the public.

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The Fights

Minus (-) = favorite | Plus (+) = underdog

With a line of -150 & +150, you would have to wager $150 to win $100 if you’re picking the favorite. You would win $150 for every $100 if you bet on the underdog assuming he won.

Good luck!

Preview and picks after the jump.

Images via Esther Lin for Showtime Sports

So you’ll never guess how Gegard Mousasi predicts his fight against Babalu Sobral will end. Knockout? Nope. Submission? Nope. Decision? Wrong again. A cut stoppage, which for some odd reason cracks me up. I’ve never heard that one from a fighter before. Maybe he watched the Babalu-Heath fight one too many times.

Babalu’s interview after the jump.

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Inside MMA Archive

More segments with Renato “Babalu” Sobral, “King” Mo Lawal and Don Frye after the jump.