Here’s the promo clip for the next STRIKEFORCE event:

Lengthy interview with former pro wrestling manager/promoter Paul Heyman at UGO.com. Among other things, he talks about the promotional aspect of MMA:
UGO: You were involved in an attempt to purchase the MMA promotion Strikeforce that did not come to fruition. If you were in charge of a major MMA promotion, how would you promote …

3 days or so after we confirmed that the Cro Cop/Overeem fight was a done deal, Overeem is saying the same over at Sherdog:
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem confirmed to Sherdog.com that he will meet former Pride Open Weight Grand Prix winner Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at Dream 6 on Sept. 23 at the …

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 …