MMA: Mixed martial arts

By Tom Ngo Former UFC fighter Joe Riggs will be taking on Luke Stewart on Strikeforce’s November 21st card at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. This will be a weterweight showdown, and yet another weight class for Riggs. The MMA veteran has fought in just about every weight division imaginable...

By feldmanlaw1 But wait, there's still the UFC and that's where MMA fans and fighters now want to see him battle Anderson Silva. Both Anderson Silva and Cung Le are at the top of their game right now, healthy and ready to go. MMA fans want it but at this point we'll have to let Strikeforce and the UFC duke this one...

on Wednesday launched its latest effort to provide even more information for the fans that constantly want to know more about their favorite stars from the UFC, WEC, EliteXC, Dream, Strikeforce, Affliction, and more… the MMAWeekly.com MMA Insider Blog...

By John Chandler — After undergoing successful surgery to repair a partially torn ACL, Renato “Babalu” Sobral will once again to attempt to challenge Bobby Southworth for his Strikeforce light heavyweight title at a planned November 21 event in San Jose, California according to what Sobral’s manager...

By Ivan Trembow(noreply@blogger.com) The verified paid attendance record for a mixed martial arts event in the United States is still held by the Strikeforce event that was held in San Jose, California on March 10, 2006. The verified paid attendance for that event was 17,465.

 TX - I am back once again and we had a full weekend on MMA with both Strikeforce and EliteXC presenting shows for us. October is a pretty stacked month as we ...

Strikeforce is an organization on the rise.  In fact, every time a new MMA outfit starts off they seem to reference the Strikeforce model, one that starts off with strong local talent and expands from there.  Said another way, besides the UFC the only MMA organization that’s known to be maki...

By Dave Walsh ShareThis   Here at Total MMA we have sent one Andrew Wallace to Strikeforce twice now to report live on what usually are some of the more fun MMA events in the United States. He has gotten to hang out with Dave Meltzer, some girl who started a site about MMA afterparties, talked about his abs an...

By Alan Conceicao ShareThis (Ishida and Misaki are among Japan’s best. How would their first stateside forays go? [Pictures: Sherdog]) This past weekend saw a pair of live events broadcast in the US for the benefit of American MMA fans. Each was shown on what would be considered “21st century media”, as S...

 - ESPN MMA Live takes a look at the latest in the world of mixed martial arts. Join hosts Jon Anik, Kenny Florian and Franklin McNeil as MMA Live examines the ... HDNet to televise M-1 Challenge starting this Friday Fight Ticker all 3 news articles

By Kid Nate This division remains a mess! Despite a wealth of talented fighters and seven major promotions (UFC, WEC, EliteXC, DREAM, WVR, Afflictiong and Strikeforce) booking top fighters, there's more confusion than clarity at 185. First off, Anderson Silva has cleaned out the UFC middleweigh...

By Chart Topper In the world of mixed martial arts, Frank Shamrock has done it all. Shamrock’s been the Interim King of Pancrase champion, won the UFC light heavyweight title, then won the WEC light heavyweight title which he vacated to win the Strikeforce middleweight championship which he only recently lost to Cung Le. The MMA News recently had a talk with Shamrock and here’s what was said: Frank Shamrock: For the fans: Keep working out, keep training. For my opponents: Keep working out, keep training. In the world of mixed martial arts, Frank Shamrock has done it all. Shamrock’s been the Interim King of Pancrase champion, won the UFC light heavyweight title, then won the WEC light heavyweight title which he vacated to win the Strikeforce middleweight ch...   [read the full post]

 TX - The "Young Guns" concept is Strikeforce's way of giving young MMA upstarts their own personal spotlight to showcase their skills against one another. ...

I follow MMA pretty closely, and we sell close to as many MMA tickets as anyone but the big ticket houses like Stubhub..and have not had one inquiry on this Elite XC show, and we usually get a lot of action on Northern California shows. We get calls for most Strikeforce shows, definitely lots for...

By Jonathan Snowden TUF Final: CB vs. Amir Kendall Grove v. Evan Tanner DW: I think the world needs an Evan Tanner win to reaffirm that overcoming your demons and being successful is possible. I’m not very high on Grove, so I think this could be the fight. Strikeforce: Carter out; Riggs in

 IL - This may have been the best night of Josh Thomson’s MMA career. In the end, this version of Strikeforce was a good one. The night, of course, ...

By Jason Bradford The tournament fights were made up of 8 fighters, with the most recognized being the out of shape Ricco Rodriquez. All of the fighters to put simply are low-caliber fighters. Obviously leading to very boring fights. None of these fighters would last a second in the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC...

Each episode of the hard-hitting series will feature Strikeforce mixed martial arts fights and highlights as well as fighter profiles. Mixed martial arts pits fighters skilled in a wide array of combat disciplines against each other inside a caged-in ring. Popular disciplines include...

By caleb@mmapredictions.com We have shows all the time now. Using a combination of MMA talent developed in-house and in the UFC, Strikeforce and EliteXC are putting on events that demand attention. In the near term, our respite from the mega-events is not going to last long. In short order we’ll have: WEC 33, March 26Stri...

By Sam Cupitt It is not often you get an MMA event without any real highlights but ‘Strikeforce at the Dome’ fitted that bill. The show is probably even more of a let down considering we have treated to action packed events such as EliteXC: Street Certified, WEC 32 and UFC 81 already this month.

By Ariel Helwani Needless to say, Southworth has reinvented himself as the top Light Heavyweight in Strikeforce but he will undoubtedly be forced to prove himself all over again whether it’s in a rematch against Ruiz or against the promotion’s newest signee - Renato “Babalu” Sobral.

By Ariel Helwani Coming off two tough losses on Strikeforce cards, Jason Von Flue is stepping back into an MMA cage this coming Saturday to face Brett Cooper (5-4-0) for the Pure Combat Welterweight title. I spoke to Von Flue about his upcoming fight, his future with Strikeforce and why he thinks the San Jos...

By Sam Caplan http://mmatakedown.net/MMA_Audio/Inside_the_Cage_Radio_9.22.07.mp3 Segment One - EliteXC’s female MMA controversy: Segment Two - UFC lightweight fighter Kenny “The Finisher” Florian: Segment Four - New Strikeforce middleweight fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs:

http://mmatakedown.net/MMA_Audio/Inside_the_Cage_Radio_9.22.07.mp3 Segment One - EliteXC’s female MMA controversy: Segment Two - UFC lightweight fighter Kenny “The Finisher” Florian: Segment Four - New Strikeforce middleweight fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs: