For two days MMA fans were treated to 29 fights (16 televised) from the UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator. Yahoo! Sports’ Maggie Hendricks shared her three stars from UFC on Versus 3 and Strikeforce: Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson. I expand my observations to include Bellator 35, the promotion’s MTV 2 debut and the beginning of the [...]

Bellator, Strikeforce, UFC

The year of 2011 has the look of a breakthrough for Strikeforce. First was the formal announcement of a three-stage, single-elimination tournament to decide the Strikeforce heavyweight champion throughout the course of the year. It begins with the return of Fedor Emelianenko, after M-1 Global signed a multi-year agreement to co-promote events headlined by “The [...]

Strikeforce

Strikeforce welterweight champion, Nick Diaz (23-7, 1 NC) has signed a multi-year contract extension with his current employer. The twenty seven year old star had the following to say, “I’m looking forward to continuing my career with STRIKEFORCE. When I first got here, there weren’t a lot of great 170 pound fighters for me to [...]

Strikeforce

MMA legend Frank Shamrock will be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Late Night, tonight. He will be there promoting and discussing the upcoming STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Saturday, Dec. 4, LIVE on SHOWTIME from Scottrade Center in St. Louis and his anti-bullying campaign, Together We Stand Up. So be sure to tune [...]

Strikeforce

Unbeaten Ryan Couture (1-0) has been forced to withdraw from the  STRIKEFORCE Challengers  event Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss., due to a staph infection, STRIKEFORCE announced today. The son of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) legend, Randy Couture, is expected be sidelined for three to four weeks. The 28-year-old Couture, a [...]

Strikeforce

After Saturday night’s victory over KJ Noons, I’m sure Nick Diaz is questioning who is left for him to fight.  Nick Diaz is a big fish in a little pond right now but that certainly isn’t helping his career any.  Is Diaz the the most appealing fighter with a “name” for the UFC to pursue? [...]

Nick Diaz, Strikeforce, UFC

NEW YORK (Oct. 6, 2010) – Heavyweight star Lavar “Big” Johnson (14-3), of Madera, Calif., will continue his courageous cage comeback against aggressive-minded Virgil “RezDog” Zwicker (8-1) during a STRIKEFORCE Challengers event presented by Rockstar Energy Drink at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., live on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West [...]

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