strikeforce News

• Ongoing Contract Negotiations Nix Fedor Emelianenko From January Return

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 12/20/2010 04:01 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, M-1 Global, News
• With contract negotiations still ongoing, Fedor Emelianenko will not be a part of Strikeforce's January 29 event, a Strikeforce representative has confirmed to MMA Fighting. A match pitting Emelianenko against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in San Jose, California ...
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• Former Olympian Rhadi Ferguson to Make Strikeforce Debut on Jan. 7

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 12/20/2010 09:54 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• A light heavyweight bout has been added to the Jan. 7 Strikeforce Challengers show in Nashville, Tenn. Rhadi Ferguson, a former member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Judo team, has agreed to face Canadian Ion Cherdivara (1-0) on the televised portion of the card, ...
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• Strikeforce Books Robbie Lawler vs. Jacare Souza for Middleweight Title

• By Matt EricksonPosted: 12/18/2010 10:36 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• When Strikeforce attempted to put on a middleweight title tournament in Houston to fill the belt vacated by Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler figured he was only one night and two wins away from having a piece of hardware again. But because of commission rules, ...
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• MMA Top 10 Welterweights: No End in Sight to GSP's Dominance

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 12/15/2010 09:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce, Rankings, Welterweights
• Georges St. Pierre whipped Josh Koscheck for five rounds at UFC 124, bringing to 30 his streak of consecutive rounds won. Think about that: St. Pierre has fought the best of the best in the welterweight division, and although you can knock him for not ...
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• Alistair Overeem Wins K-1 World Grand Prix Final

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 12/11/2010 06:37 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, K1, News, Japan
• Alistair Overeem already owns the Strikeforce MMA heavyweight title. Now, he owns the most prestigious championship in heavyweight kickboxing. Overeem won the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 2010 with a brutal display of striking Saturday in Japan, using a ...
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• Strikeforce Challengers 13 Fight Card: Woodley vs. Saffiedine

• By Ray HuiPosted: 12/07/2010 01:40 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce
• Strikeforce will kick off its 2011 with a Strikeforce Challengers fight card on Jan. 7 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The event, to air live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET, will be headlined by two of Strikeforce's top welterweight ...
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• Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Signed for Dynamite!!

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 12/06/2010 11:34 PM ET
• Filed Under: DREAM, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• Fans won't get a chance to see Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki at Dynamite!!, but there will be an important lightweight DREAM vs. Strikeforce fight on the card after all. Josh Thomson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri has been signed for the Dec. 31 event, MMA ...
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• Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC & Strikeforce's Dueling Events

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 12/06/2010 12:31 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce
• Now that we've all caught our breath, gotten a little sleep, and prepared ourselves to approach Saturday night's dueling MMA events like calm, rational individuals, let's dig through the results and get worked up all over again. Without further delay, here ...
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• The MMA Wrap-Up: UFC/Strikeforce Double Episode

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 12/06/2010 10:18 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce
• After a busy weekend in MMA that saw the UFC and Strikeforce face off with competing events, the MMA Wrap-Up returns to sort through all the action and maybe even do an offensively reductive impression of Paul Daley. It's all in good fun, unless Daley sees it ...
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• The MMA Hour With Fitch, Phan, Barry, Sadollah and Palaszewski

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 12/06/2010 08:13 AM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Videos, UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• Another Monday, another live two-hour edition of The MMA Hour for you viewing pleasure. Here's who will be stopping by this week. * UFC welterweight star Jon Fitch will preview Saturday's title fight between Josh Koscheck and Georges St-Pierre, as well as ...
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• With Quick KO, 40-Year-Old Dan Henderson Proves He's Far From Done

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 12/05/2010 03:18 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce
• Put away the rocking chair, Dan Henderson is not ready for the retirement home just yet. Writing Henderson off was the instinct of some fans and media after Henderson's last fight, saying he'd gotten old fast and that his days as an elite fighter were gone for ...
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• Scott Coker Looks Back on Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 12/05/2010 03:47 AM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• ST. LOUIS -- MMA Fighting spoke to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker following Saturday night's event about what's next for all the big winners and losers and his impression of the furious finishes in the cage. if(typeof ...
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