All photos courtesy Esther Lin/Showtime.

HOUSTON -- All eight fighters from Saturday night's Showtime-televised "Strikeforce: Houston" card took part in a pre-fight press conference today at Dave & Buster's on Richmond.

Attending the event were "King" Mo Lawal, Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante, Tim Kennedy, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, K.J. Noons, Jorge Gurgel, Bobby Lashley and Chad Griggs. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker did not attend the press conference after falling ill, but promised to attend the event on Saturday night.

Check out a selection of quotes from each fighter on the following pages.