A lightweight bout between veteran Pat Healy and rising prospect Bryan Travers has reportedly been verbally agreed upon for the televised main card portion of the Strikeforce Challengers 8 card on May 21 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.

Healy (22-15), who recently signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce, is 4-1 in his last five bouts, most recently picked up his second straight win by defeating Sidney Silva at W-1 MMA in March. His lone loss over that span came against Anthony Waldburger at Shark Fights 6 in Sept. 2009.

Healy has fought for an array of notable promotions throughout this eight-year career such as HOOKnSHOOT, Absolute Fighting Championships, WEC, King of the Cage, SportFight, IFL, MFC and the UFC. He has finished 19 of his 22 career wins and holds other notable career wins over Michael Guymon, Tiki Ghosn, Ryan Ford (x2), Carlos Condit, Dan Hardy and Paul Daley.

Travers is currently on a six-fight winning streak, which include wins over Strikeforce veteran Jeremiah Metcalf, current UFC lightweight John Gunderson, and most recently Tom Belt at War Gods 5 in May. He hasn't lost since suffering his first career defeat at the hands of UFC veteran Nate Loughran in October 2006.

Travers is a three-fight veteran of the now-defunct Palace Fighting Championship, however, he has fought the majority of his five-year career with the Gladiator Challenge organization, fighting 10 of his 14 career bouts with the promotion.

Travers has put together a nearly perfect 13-1 MMA record, with seven of those wins coming by stoppage. He holds a notable career win over former Strikeforce light-heavyweight title contender Anthony Ruiz.

Strikeforce Challengers 8 is expected to be headlined by former top ranked middleweight and Oregon based fighter Matt Lindland against a opponent to be determined.

Also featured on the main card will be top welterweight prospect Tyron Woodley taking on SportFight champion Nate Coy, as well as 135-lb women's bout between Kerry Vera and Julianna Pena.