Josh ‘The Punk’ Thompson, who in actuality is anything *but* a ‘punk’, talks about the crime of dog fighting and our friends at Knock Out Dog Fighting at the Strikeforce media day. Thompson is a great fighter and is an equally impressive person outside of the cage.
Knock Out Dog Fighting website:
Though they’re kind of late to the party, Sherdog has a good article on the Hoelzer Reich situation that elucidates several of the points that we made in our coverage:
In September, a producer from HBO’s “Real Sports” contacted me about the show doing a piece on MMA and skinheads.
Specifically, it was to be a [...]
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Fedor Emelianenko is named the ‘Russian Athlete of the Year’. Bonus footage of hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak getting a ‘lifetime achievement award’ of some sort. Tretiak is very likely the best goalie to never play in the NHL, and was the backstop on the USSR teams that dominated international hockey [...]
Trevor Prangley has suffered a knee injury and has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Strikeforce fight against Robbie Lawler. They’re apparently looking for a replacement opponent for Lawler.
Strikeforce has signed former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley to a multiyear deal. The monstrous Lashley will make his debut for the organization on January 30. Here’s the press release and we’ve got some analysis:
NEW YORK (December 10, 2009)–Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) heavyweight champion and undefeated mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Bobby Lashley [...]
Still not a lot of details, but a lot of talk the great Shinya Aoki could appear on a March Strikeforce card. No secret we’re huge Aoki fans. Still no idea what the significance of the animated mouse is. Also worth noting in this video–Jung Bu-Kyung’s entrance music, a techno updated version [...]
Here’s Fedor’s new Snickers’ commercial from Korea:
Strikeforce has confirmed that Dan Henderson has signed a multiyear deal. They haven’t announced when he’ll debut for the promotion or a potential first opponent.
Here’s the promo video for the 12/19 Strikeforce show featuring Cung Le’s return to action:
Former NFL great Herschel Walker will make his MMA debut on a January 30th Strikeforce card in Florida. No opponent has been named.
