Strikeforce

When UFC President Dana White criticizes Fedor Emelianenko's decision to fight on M-1 Global and Strikeforce co-promoted cards instead of fighting in the UFC, he likes to say it's proof that Fedor doesn't want to fight the best on a consistent basis. Specifically, White says:read more

By Chart Topper MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed with sources close to the Strikeforce organization that “King Mo” and Mike Whitehead (24-6) have agreed to meet on Dec. 19 at the “Strikeforce: Evolution” show in San Jose, Cali. Lawal will make his Strikeforce debut against Whitehead putting his 5-0 record on the line. His last win came in quick fashion as he defeated Mark Kerr in his first M-1 Global fight last August in Kansas City, Kan. Whitehead, who has fought in many different promotions from the IFL, Affliction, M-1, the WEC, and more, is on a two fight win streak. He’s won 15 of his past 16 matches. The former ‘TUF’ season 2 fighter defeated Kevin Randleman in his last bout in June of this year, ruining “The Monster’s” return to the cage.   [read the full post]

By Leland Roling Sadollah's second professional bout took place at UFC 101 against a beefy NCAA D-I wrestler in Johny Hendricks. Surprisingly, Hendricks showed quick, powerful striking to down Sadollah early and finish him off in only 0:29 seconds. It was a huge disappointment for Sadollah, but he's a ra...

By Chart Topper Long have many, many MMA hardcore fans heralded Fedor Emelianenko as the worlds greatest fighter, but he’s never seemed to be able to get the popularity that many of his peers enjoy, especially in North America. If the Strikeforce show, and the resultant increase in fan viewership is any indication, the Fedor train is starting to roll down the tracks. Opinion. Long have many, many MMA hardcore fans heralded Fedor Emelianenko as the worlds greatest fighter, but he’s never seemed to be able to get the popularity that many of his peers enjoy, especially in North America. If the Strikeforce show, and the resultant increase in fan viewership is any indication, the Fedor train is [...]   [read the full post]

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) It offers San Jose-based Strikeforce an opportunity it can capitalize on if it continues to deliver a quality product inside the cage. A stacked December 19th Strikeforce 'Evolution' card at HP Pavilion will feature the return of former Middleweight titlist Cung Le, a fight of the night...

By fighttime On mmajunkie.com we  see that last saturday event on CBS have an average audience of 4.04 million viewers for the 9-11 p.m. timeslot??? It’s true that the pre-fights wasn’t as good as the Fedor-Roger’s fight (specially the Mayhem one) but i wish that a talented fighter like Emelianenko bring...

By Chart Topper After an extended absence from the cage, one that will last for over 20 months, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (6-0) will headline the December 18 “Strikeforce: Evolution” show in a fight against Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith. Le hasn’t fought since March 29 of 2008 when he defeated Frank Shamrock for the Strikeforce middleweight title. Le’s movie career took off shortly afterward, and the South Vietnamese mixed martial artist found he had no time to schedule a title defense. Earlier this fall Le handed the belt back to the Strikeforce organization because of the uncertainty of his availability.   [read the full post]

By MaZZacare Whos going to fight Fedor next? My personal pick would be Alistair Overeem you know the Strikeforce champ who hasnt defended the belt in 2 years. I dont know what Coker is being told but this shit would never have flied in UFC or Pride . This also would be a big fight its a free title defense on nati...

By Kid Nate BE commenter MMALogic did a very capable job of describing how a fighter, even a seemingly non-charismatic fighter like Fedor can become a star: The closer a fighter can get to being viewed as a "lead" character in a movie the more potential they have.

By Chart Topper With the first collaboration between Strikeforce, M-1 Global, and CBS finished, one has to think that the respective companies are quite happy with the end results. Here’s our take on the night, in our usual column we call “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” The Good Free, Free, Free. Jason “Mayhem” Miller’s entrance was exciting, and he brought some lacking showmanship to the night. The Bad The commentating was hard to listen to at times, with Shamrock providing the most useful insight, but with a lackluster quality and general lack of knowledge certainly pervading the telecast. The Ugly TheMMANews, opinion.   [read the full post]

By Michael Rome Fast overnight ratings are out for Strikeforce.  The overnights only measure the ratings from 8:00pm to 11:00pm, which means the numbers contained do not include the main event of the show.  The main event started at about 11:02, so the entire main event was in the overrun, which was not mea...

By Michael Rome While I would love to see Fedor fight Brock Lesnar, there's a small part of me that thinks it should never happen.  For Fedor to lose his streak at the hands of a giant 60 pounds bigger than him seems like an injustice to the greatest fighter in the history of the sport.  I won't complain about see...

By Leland Roling What many fans seem to forget is just how amazing Fedor Emelianenko is as a fighter. He's one of the first fighters in history to be equally great at nearly all aspects of mixed martial arts. He can grapple both offensively and defensively with some of the best jiu-jitsu fighters in the world w...

By Leland Roling Lightweight bout: Ousmane Thomas Diagne (1-0) vs. Merritt Warren (2-3): Diagne will look to bring his Sanshou style of fighting into the cage against a submission fighter in Warren. Diagne is a student under Cung Le, another Sanshou style fighter who made the transition to MMA. Pick your...

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) Q] How big is this upcoming event for Strikeforce with the CBS broadcast, the Fedor-Rogers heavyweight showcase, the Middleweight Shields-Miller title fight? Do you think this will be their biggest mixed martial arts event to date?

By Chart Topper After going 3-4 in the UFC, lightweight fighter Jorge Gurgel (13-5) couldn’t be happier facing undefeated Billy Evangelista in the main event of this Fridays Strikeforce Challengers show in Fesno, Cali. Gurgel was cut by the UFC after a unanimous decision loss to Aaron Riley at UFC 91 and, as he tells it, was unemployed for “four-minutes” before Strikeforce signed him to their organization. Under the Strikeforce banner and won his first fight at a previous Challengers show against Conor Huen in June. The fourth Strikeforce Challengers (ShoMMA) event will take place on Nov. 6 at the Save Mart Center at Fresno State in Fresno, Cali. The current Strikeforce Challengers card appears as follows:   [read the full post]

By mason_beer This is not about a post about anybody in Strikeforce being able to fight Anderson Silva, because nobody can.  But for all the lack of depth that Strikeforce is dealing with, one division that is stacked (relative to the company) is the middleweights.  So if Dan Henderson is looking for good...

By Leland Roling The question that immediately jumps out to fans is how will Strikeforce handle Lawal's career. Strikeforce certainly doesn't want to throw him to the wolves in a title bout with Gegard Mousasi in a few months, but do they feel the need to rush him into main event status because the division l...

By Chart Topper According to sources close to the fighters, the former UFC fighter will likely face the former EliteXC champion Antônio “Bigfoot” Silva in November 7 event. TATAME.com just learned the fight was agreed, and spoke with Werdum about the possibility. Strikeforce looks to stack it’s November 7 show on CBS by adding a heavyweight bout between Fabrício Werdum (12-4-1) and Antônio “Bigfoot” Silva (13-1). According to sources close to the fighters, the former UFC fighter will likely face the former EliteXC champion Antônio “Bigfoot” Silva in November 7 event. TATAME.com just learned the fight was [...]   [read the full post]

By MMASuPreMaCy Sherdog reports that Kerry Vera, wife of UFC fighter Brandon Vera, has signed with Strikeforce: Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker informed Sherdog.com Friday that the promotion has also pushed back plans to host two eight-woman tournaments –- at 135 and 145 pounds –- until early 2010.

By Dallas O'Malley In the aftermath of her historic fight against newly crowned Strikeforce Women’s Middleweight Champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos, Carano may become a bigger star than she was in the build up of her championship bout with Santos.  A promotional error on Strikeforce’s part was the decision no...

By sundownmotel Strikeforce just did great big monster numbers this past Saturday for Cyborg-Carano, which was one of the most highly-anticipated MMA fights in history, being built up from before EliteXC went under.  It’s a good damn thing that both ladies made weight, because pretty much everything w...

By Kid Nate Gegard Mousasi has silenced this doubter. His utter dominance of Renato 'Babalu' Sobral for the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt sent a message to the MMA world. There is a reason that the UFC is spending so much time trying to poison the well for Mousasi -- he is the fighter in the M-1/Stri...

By Luke Thomas Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg on Showtime HP Pavilion in San Jose, California Fabricio Werdum vs. Mike Kyle Mike Cook vs. Scott Lighty Mike Fagan: Trevino's 3-0.  Cung Le trains Hill who is 4-6-1.  Yeah, Alex Trevino by submission, round 1.

By Kid Nate The back-and-forth is starting now between the UFC and Strikeforce," Couture said Tuesday. "There were a lot of competitors out there for the UFC, and Strikeforce is the last one standing. So it was only a matter of time before the adversarial relationship started between them, I think, wi...

By random_asshole Strikeforce... Fedor isn't worth what you're offering.  You think this is win-win for you, but it's lose-lose.  If he doesn't sign, you lose.  If he does sign, you still lose because of how the UFC will destroy any mystique you can build around Fedor.

By Luke Thomas Oh yeah, and does anyone else get the feeling that the UFC's mostly laissez-faire attitude towards Strikeforce is about to come to a screeching halt? It's just a guess and I don't blame Strikeforce for trying to capture the sport's top free agent when the opportunity presents itself, but...

By Larry Vollmer Overeem made his debut with STRIKEFORCE at HP Pavilion on June 9, 2006, earning a one-sided, unanimous decision over Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort in the main event of the second STRIKEFORCE MMA card in history.  The outcome marked Overeem’s second career win over Belfort.

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By Leland Roling Bellator XII and Strikeforce Challengers will both take place this evening, so here's a small preview to the betting odds currently from BestFightOdds.com. The lines will be closing tonight, so get your bets in as soon as you can. There probably won't be very much movement from now until the...

By Brent Brookhouse I never understood why Strikeforce would have Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante on the undercard.  The assumption was that they wanted him to fight Sobral for the 205 title and having him fight off of TV didn't make a lot of sense for a promotion that needs to build stars.  However, all reports poin...

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By Leland Roling Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields, June 6th Robbie Lawler (-115, Sportsbook) vs. Jake Shields (-110, Bodog & BetCRIS) Mike Brown (+120, Sportsbook) vs. Urijah Faber (-125, 5Dimes, BetCRIS) Anthony Pettis (+260, Bodog) vs. Mike Campbell (-275, BetCRIS)

Del Rosario recently revealed that his contract was one of those purchased by Strikeforce in the acquisition of ProElite. Del Rosario has signed with Strikeforce and has stated that he could fight for Strikeforce as soon as August. ...

By Leland Roling The odds for Strikeforce's Shamrock vs. Diaz main card are available at BestFightOdds.com. Here's the breakdown: Frank Shamrock (-165) v. Nick Diaz (+145) Benji Radach (-165) v. Scott Smith (+145) Christiane Santos (-455) v. Hitomi Akano (+375) Brett Rogers (-440) v. Ron Humphries (+360)

By MMASuPreMaCy Carano in Strikeforce Around August Versus Cyborg? From Sherdog: Bobby Lashley Heading To Strikeforce? Seems like a logical fit to me. Shedog has the scoop: Lashley said he’s been impressed by Coker and the Strikeforce team’s business acumen.

By scotty23 An interesting sidebar to this fight is the minor feud between Shamrock, and Diaz's coach and teacher, Cesar Gracie, which led to a bout between the two under the Strikeforce banner in March '06, with Shamrock KO'ing Gracie just 21 seconds into the fight.  The Shamrock vs. Gracie card set th...

By Press Release Two years after making his highly-anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) debut, Le notched what is undoubtedly the greatest win of his career — a third round TKO of former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legend, Frank Shamrock on March 29th of this year. The live SHOWTIME televised victo...

By James Iannotti This Friday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, the 38-year-old product of American Kickboxing Academy will once again fill that role as he defends his light heavyweight strap against the uber-talented fan favorite Renato “Babalu” Sobral live in the main event of Strikef...

By Penny Buffington “We fought in Selinas, California in the War Gods Show. It’s a local show here, but they are doing a reality show with it. It’s airing on Comcast. It seems to be a big deal here in California.” Lawson has won all three of his Strikeforce fights via rear naked choke.

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 James Iannotti The San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion is set for “Strikeforce at the Mansion II” tonight at the world famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. “Strikeforce at the Mansion II” is set to stream live from the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sherdog.com begi...

By gorgeousgeorge@taggradio.com (Gorgeous George) November 20, 2007 - Ed Herman stiffed us today but it happens. It gave the guys a chance to review UFC 78 and talk about last weekend's Strikeforce card. The guys will do a show tomorrow, sans Trigg who will be flying to Chicago for Thanksgiving.

By promma A young man will make his Mixed Martial Arts professional debut tomorrow night (Friday Jul 27) at the Strikeforce event in San Jose. This MMA extravaganza will air live on HDNet at 7:30 PM PST/10:30 PM EST. As stated, this will be the young man's first professional Mixed Martial Arts event an...

 AZ - Other companies such as EliteXC and Strikeforce are willing to work together, sharing fighters and occasionally co-promoting cards. UFC is not. ...

By Eddie Goldman On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman begins by previewing the mixed martial arts fight between Frank Shamrock and Cung Le. This will be held Saturday night, March 29, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. It will be shown in the U.S. as the main event of a joint EliteXC and Strike...

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 Sam Caplan During Yahoo!’s live stream of Strikeforce’s show this past Saturday from the Playboy Mansion, Shamrock claimed while he was commentating that Thomson is “MMA’s first openly gay fighter.” PDG: Last night during the broadcast on Yahoo sports, Frank Shamrock was commentating. When you e...

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:

Tank" Abbott is a legend in North American mixed martial arts. Fighting in the early days of the UFC, Abbott has garnished a Strikeforce against American Kickboxing Academy fighter Paul Buentello. Tank talks the fight and his preparation for the October"s