So sayeth Kevin Iole. The Dana also confirmed what we reported awhile back that UFC 91 would be here in The Rose City:
Though UFC president Dana White had held open the possibility of another fight in Montreal before the end of the year, he dashed Canadian fans’ dreams on Thursday when he said UFC …
Basically its Strikeforce’s version of ShoXC, where up and coming fighters get a chance to show their stuff. Young Guns III will be in San Jose at the SJ Civic Auditorium on 9/13/08.
YoungGuns III @ Strikeforce USA
FightTicker is reporting that STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth will face the very tough challenge of veteran BJJ monster Renato “Babalu” Sobral at their forthcoming Playboy Mansion show:
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight (205 lb. limit) Champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) will face the greatest challenge of his nine-year mixed martial arts (MMA) career when he puts his …
Strikeforce sent out a press release announcing that an excellent fight between Joe Riggs and former PRIDE welterweight GP winner Kazuo Misaki has been added to the Strikeforce at the Mansion card:
Former Pride Fighting Championship Grand Prix winner, Kazuo “Grabaka Hitman” Misaki (22-8-1) will take on fellow middleweight wonder Joe “Diesel” Riggs (28-10) at Strikeforce …
Strikeforce will be holding another show at the Playboy Mansion on September 20, 2008. No official fights as of yet, but Joe Riggs is saying in interviews that he’ll be there and we’re also hearing Josh Thomson and Renato “Babalu” Sobral’s names mentioned as well:
The California-based Strikeforce organization today officially announced its upcoming return …
NBC Sports has a nice archive of the fights from ‘Strikeforce on NBC’. Among this archive is the excellent battle between Gilbert Melendez and one of our favorite fighters, Clay Guida:
Strikeforce on NBC fight archive
We talked about the ‘cursed match’ at tonight’s Strikeforce show that has seen three different opponents for Luke Stewart–Shonie Carter, Joe Riggs and Drew Fickett–pull out for one reason or another. Joe Riggs’ deal is the toughest as Bloody Elbow reports today. Here’s what happened….Riggs did what he was supposed to do to …
MMA Junkie is reporting that Drew Fickett is also off the Strikeforce card due to a 45 day non-compete with another organization he’s scheduled to fight for:
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Just hours after Drew Fickett had agreed to fight Luke Stewart in place of Joe Riggs at tonight’s Strikeforce event, Fickett, too, has been forced …
MMA Junkie is reporting that Joe Riggs wasn’t cleared by the California State Athletic Commision and will be replaced by Drew Fickett on Friday’s Strikeforce show:
Riggs had been scheduled to fight for the first time since injuring his back at a February Strikeforce event. The bout was halted after Riggs was injured during a hip …
The American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, home to a ton of first rate fighters such as Cung Le, Jon Fitch, Mike Swick, Josh Thompson and more, is doing something really cool–they’re working with an anti-dog fighting group called ‘For Pits’ Sake’ to help raise awareness to the barbaric abuse of pit bulls and other …
