strikeforce News

• Women's MMA Notebook: Miesha Tate Considering Move to AKA

• By Ray HuiPosted: 03/12/2010 05:24 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• To move closer to Strikeforce's base operations, Miesha Tate will soon leave her longtime Victory Athletics camp in Olympia, Wash. and head farther south to San Jose, Calif. Tate, who faces Zoila Frausto in a 135-pound bout at the next Strikeforce ...
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• MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Cruz, Benavidez Belong

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/12/2010 11:00 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, M-1 Global
• Two of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts were in the cage Saturday night at WEC 47. They just weren't the two we thought they were beforehand. Prior to WEC 47, a lot of people had bantamweights Brian Bowles and Miguel Torres in their ...
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• The MMA Hour Featuring Jens Pulver and Miesha Tate

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 03/10/2010 10:50 PM ET
• Filed Under: WEC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Videos
• It's been two months, but The MMA Hour is finally back, and it's better than ever. Behold episode 31 of the show in our new studio in New York City. On this edition, we talk to Jens Pulver, who lost to Javier Vazquez at WEC 47 last weekend, about his fighting ...
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• Antwain Britt: I'm Fighting 'Feijao' at Strikeforce in May

• By Ariel HelwaniPosted: 03/10/2010 04:53 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, News
• Strikeforce has yet to officially announce their May show, but light heavyweight Antwain Britt told MMA Fighting Wednesday that he has agreed to fight Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante on the card. Britt said he hasn't been told when and where the fight will take ...
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• High School Teacher Ben Holscher Confirmed for Strikeforce Challengers 7

• By Ray HuiPosted: 03/10/2010 04:50 PM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• Ben Holscher will fight Alex Trevino in a preliminary lightweight bout at the March 26 Strikeforce Challengers 7 event in Fresno, Calif., Strikeforce announced Wednesday. Nicknamed "The Teacher," Holscher (5-0) works as a full-time health teacher at Clovis ...
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• Couture: Time for Fedor to Step Up and Fight the Best

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/10/2010 07:15 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce, M-1 Global
• No one has more respect for Fedor Emelianenko than Randy Couture. For years, Couture has proclaimed Fedor the best fighter on the planet, and Couture's burning desire to test himself against Fedor was a big reason that he tried to leave the UFC in 2007. So ...
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• Ring or Cage, Doesn't Matter to Shinya Aoki

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/09/2010 07:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: DREAM, Strikeforce
• As Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki prepares for his first fight outside Japan and his first fight in a cage, he says that he doesn't see much reason for concern in going over the differences between Strikeforce rules and Dream rules. ...
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• Cung Le: 'I'm Hoping to Get a Rematch With Scott Smith ASAP'

• By Ray HuiPosted: 03/09/2010 10:37 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, News
• If Cung Le has it his way, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion would like the opportunity in his next fight to avenge the only loss of his career. "I"m hoping to get a rematch with Scott Smith ASAP," Le said in the above video on the Strikeforce ...
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• Alistair Overeem K-1 Fight Set for April 3

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/06/2010 08:30 AM ET
• Filed Under: Strikeforce, K1
• Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem is scheduled to fight a K-1 kickboxing match against Dzevad Poturak on April 3, just six weeks before he is supposed to defend his title against Brett Rogers at the May 15 Strikeforce show. The scheduling calls ...
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• CBS Keeping 'Options Open' In Light of Potential UFC Competition on April 17

• By FanHouse NewswirePosted: 03/05/2010 09:23 PM ET
• Filed Under: MMA Media Watch, UFC, Strikeforce
• With reports indicating that the UFC is looking to put on a show on the same night as the upcoming Strikeforce: Nashville event on April 17, Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President of CBS Television Primetime, told SiriusXM Fight Club Friday that the ...
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• UFC Readying Competing April 17 Event to Counter Strikeforce on CBS

• By Mike ChiappettaPosted: 03/05/2010 11:50 AM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive
• The UFC is in the process of laying the groundwork for an April 17 show to counter the Strikeforce on CBS offering, MMA Fighting has learned. Though the company has not officially announced the event and it should not be considered a done deal, two separate ...
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• M-1 Global: Fedor Fine With Strikeforce, No Talks With UFC

• By Michael David SmithPosted: 03/04/2010 08:00 PM ET
• Filed Under: UFC, Strikeforce, M-1 Global
• Rumors have swirled in the mixed martial arts world about the status of the sport's heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko, who was surprisingly not included in the upcoming Strikeforce card on CBS. Is Fedor hurt? Will Fedor still fight Fabricio Werdum? Are ...
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