strikeforce News

• Inside the Mind of Mayhem

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 09/02/2010 10:36 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce
• It's just after six p.m. in an upscale steakhouse in Houston and already Jason "Mayhem" Miller is yelling at me. Maybe it's not so much at me. More like near me. More like near everyone in the room, and people are starting to notice. "It's stupid, all these ...
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• Brett Rogers to Face 'Warpath' at W-1 in Canada

• By Ray HuiPosted: 08/31/2010 02:38 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• After back-to-back losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Alistair Overeem, Brett Rogers will face much less stiff competition when he meets Ruben "Warpath" Villareal at W-1 "New Ground" on Oct. 23 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Rogers (10-2) is currently under ...
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• MMA Top 10 Lightweights: Edgar Is the Best, Maynard on His Heels

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 08/31/2010 08:12 AM ET
• Filed Under: DREAM, UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Lightweights
• No one can doubt Frankie Edgar anymore. After Edgar beat B.J. Penn by unanimous decision in April, a lot of people believed that the fight was a fluke, that the judges erred, and that Penn was still the best lightweight in mixed martial arts. But now that ...
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• Herschel Walker Focused on Fighting This Year

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 08/26/2010 11:01 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive
• Seven months after making his mixed martial arts debut, former NFL star Herschel Walker says he hasn't lost any of his enthusiasm for MMA and will be back in the cage fighting for Strikeforce this year. "I have a little one, so my number one focus is my ...
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• Alistair Overeem Not Interested in Fedor Fight, Decides to Fight for K-1 in October

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 08/25/2010 06:19 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, K1, FanHouse Exclusive, M-1 Global, News
• On Wednesday afternoon, M-1 Global released a statement in which Fedor Emelianenko was quoted as saying that he now wanted to fight Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem sooner rather than later. But when MMA Fighting spoke to Overeem shortly ...
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• Fedor Emelianenko Now Says He Wants Alistair Overeem

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 08/25/2010 02:15 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, M-1 Global
• In a dramatic about-face, Fedor Emelianenko released a statement Wednesday saying he wants his next fight to come this year against Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. "This is an important match for me and something that I personally want to ...
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• Nick Diaz to Defend Strikeforce Title Against KJ Noons on Oct. 9

• By Ray HuiPosted: 08/25/2010 12:09 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz will put his belt on the line for the first time in a rematch against KJ Noons at Strikeforce: San Jose on Oct. 9 at the HP Pavilion, Strikeforce confirmed Wednesday to MMAFighting.com. Noons, who defeated Jorge ...
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• Why Nick Diaz vs. 'Mayhem' Miller Is Fight Strikeforce Needs Now

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/24/2010 03:04 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce
• Let's start with what we know: 1) Jason "Mayhem" Miller really wants to fight Nick Diaz, so much so that he went to the trouble of having a special t-shirt made for the occasion. 2) Both men were central participants in a well-publicized post-fight brawl on ...
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• Lawal, Noons Cleared in Canned Oxygen Controversy; Rules Vary by State

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 08/23/2010 02:45 PM ET
• Filed Under: Fighting, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• Before the start of two separate matches on national television Saturday night, fighters K.J. Noons and "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal could be seen inhaling from small, cylindrical canisters handed to them by their cornermen. In Lawal's case, the canister -- which ...
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• Falling Action: Best, Worst of Strikeforce: Houston

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/23/2010 12:30 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce
• You can learn a lot about what a fighter is made of by the way he loses. Take "King" Mo Lawal and Bobby Lashley, for instance. Both suffered TKO losses at Strikeforce: Houston, but both showed us something completely different about their respective characters ...
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• The MMA Wrap-Up Looks Back at Strikeforce: Houston

• By Ben FowlkesPosted: 08/23/2010 11:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, Videos
• Some nights the hardest thing is finding an interesting topic to talk about once the fights are over. Other nights the only problem is narrowing it down to just one interesting topic. As you'll see in the video below, the Wrap-Up struggled with this very ...
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• 'Mayhem' Miller Insists Nick Diaz Is Scared to Fight Him

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 08/23/2010 10:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• MMA Fighting caught up with the always outspoken Jason "Mayhem" Miller backstage at Strikeforce: Houston. The star of MTV's Bully Beatdown was fired up as he was campaigning for a fight against Nick Diaz in order to settle their long-standing score. Of ...
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