Archive for 'Strikeforce'

Takanori Gomi to Strikeforce?

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The essential Japanese MMA blog Nightmare of Battle is reporting that Strikeforce may have the inside track toward signing Takanori Gomi. Affliction’s Tom Atencio indicated in a postfight interview after ‘Ultimate Chaos’ that his organization was close to signing Gomi, but that may not be the case:
From Gomi’s latest interview in MMA magazine Kamipro [...]

Jake Shields interview from RawVegas.TV

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Here’s a RawVegas.TV interview with Jake Shields:

Watch Jake Shields Partying In Vegas on RawVegas.tv

Gina Carano on ‘Sports Science’

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Via MMA Opinion:
Here’s MMA pinup hearthrob Gina Carano on ‘Sports Science’:

The marketing of Gina Carano

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Good article at MMA Opinion about the marketing of Gina Carano:
It should be made clear from the offset that Gina Carano’s role in women’s MMA is not debatable. She is the face of the female incarnation of the sport. She is beautiful, charismatic and an incredible fighter. It is not possible to debate any of [...]

Fedor and Josh Barnett interviewed on STRIKEFORCE show

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Here’s the interviews with Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett from the STRIKEFORCE Lawler vs. Shields event:

Joey Villasenor interview video from New Mexico Combat Sports

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Here’s an interview with Joey Villasenor, who’ll headline the STRIKEFORCE Challengers event on Showtime tonight. Props to New Mexico Combat Sports for this–man, but there’s a ton of good fighters coming out of or training in New Mexico these days. In addition to Smokin Joey V, Abel Cullum and Donald Cerrone come immediately [...]

Cyborg v. Carano promo video

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Showtime’s production team for boxing and MMA has improved significantly in the past couple of years, and this promo for the STRIKEFORCE matchup between Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg is excellent:

STRIKEFORCE: Diaz crushes Smith

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Just posted–our recap of the first of two big MMA events from this past weekend. Nick Diaz made a compelling case for ‘pound for pound’ supremecy as he crushed tough Scott Smith in impressive fashion:
Strikeforce: Diaz crushes Smith @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE

Strikeforce: Shields vs. Lawler promo clip

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Here’s a promo clip for the Strikeforce: Shields vs. Lawler event. We’ll have live coverage of the event starting at 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific.
STRIKEFORCE: Lawler vs. Shields live MMA event coverage @ The Savage Science

Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Sheilds weigh in video

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Here’s the video from Friday’s weigh ins for Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields. We’ll have live coverage of the event starting at 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific.
STRIKEFORCE: Lawler vs. Shields live MMA event coverage @ The Savage Science
First up, Andrei Arlovski and Brett Rogers. Arlovski is an absolute sweetheart outside the ring but [...]