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Throwback Thursday: The Strikeforce Brawl (Video Replay)
Most MMA fans remember this very crucial point in MMA History. The Strikeforce Brawl. Strikeforce was a national promotion on the verge of a break out moment. Having reached the largest television audience in MMA History, Strikeforce and CBS had a budding relationship… Until this happened. Many credit the Strikeforce brawl for the eventual demise […]
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Former ZUFFA Fighter Conor Heun Files BK Over Unpaid UFC Insurance Claims
Former Strikeforce slugger, Conor Heun (pictured), isn’t a name most fans will recognize. The 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu fighter never made it that big, having gone just 1-3 during his time under the ZUFFA owned Strikeforce banner. Conor wasn’t one of the many fighters who got picked up by the UFC when ZUFFA shutdown Strikeforce, […]
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UFC Names 20 Stikeforce Fighters Who Are Headed To The Octagon | UFC NEWS
20 Strikeforce fighters have been named as newly signed UFC fighters. The news comes way of last nights UFC on FUEL TV’s “UFC Tonight”. While many names on the Strikeforce roster are not present on the announcement, such as the likes of Josh Barnett amongst others, the current list of imports is an impressive starting […]
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Medical Suspensions Report: Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine | MMA NEWS
The state of Oklahoma doesn’t play around when it comes to medically suspending combat sports athletes. We are so used to seeing a laundry list of fighters being put on the shelf for precautionary reasons that it is a breath of fresh air to list off just five-men. The final Strikeforce card last Saturday night […]
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Salary Report: Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine | MMA NEWS
It’s over, the Strikeforce promotion was bought, plundered and forced to shut down after a ZUFFA owned company purchased the fight promotion nearly two-years ago. The promotions last stand was put up on Showtime last Saturday and the guys who partook in the evenings festivities took home a pretty decent salary. Josh Barnett topped the […]
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PHOTO | Nate Marquardt Tweets Out Pic Of Battered Leg | MMA NEWS
Leg Kicks do damage and Nate Marquardt learned that the hard way.
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VIDEO | Scott Coker’s Final Strikeforce Interview | MMA NEWS
Strikeforce founder and CEO discusses the closure of his company and the final event.
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VIDEO | Cormier Happy To Finally Express His UFC Goals | MMA NEWS
Check out what Daniel Cormier had to say following his final Strikeforce performance.
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VIDEO | Josh Barnett Says He Serves No Master | MMA NEWS
Will Barnett go to the UFC? He answers those questions and discusses his most recent victory last Saturday.
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VIDEO | Ryan Couture Thought KJ Noons Was Going To Take Judges Decision | MMA NEWS
Check out what Ryan Couture said about his controversial win over KJ Noons.
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VIDEO | Pat Healy says Gilbert Melendez made a ‘business decision’ by not fighting | MMA NEWS
Pat Healy’s Post Fight interview following last Saturday’s final Strikeforce event.
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VIDEO | Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine video highlights | MMA NEWS
SHOWTIME Sports presents the recap of the January 12 Strikeforce event featuring headliners Nate Marquardt and Tarec Saffiedine. Watch highlights of Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, plus Jacare Souza vs. Ed Herman, Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle, Josh Barnett vs. Nandor Guelmino, and Daniel Cormier vs. Dion Staring.
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VIDEO | Fight Journal: Daniel Cormier | MMA NEWS
Go behind the scenes with Daniel Cormier in daily life before his final fight for Strikeforce on Saturday night.
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Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Weigh-In Results | MMA NEWS
MAIN CARD: (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET) Champ Nate Marquardt (170) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (170) Daniel Cormier (230) vs. Dion Staring (240) Josh Barnett (249) vs. Nandor Guelmino (229) Mike Kyle (205) vs. Gegard Mousasi (205.5) Ed Herman (193) vs. Ronaldo Souza (193.25) – 194-pound catchweight PRELIMINARY CARD: (Showtime Extreme, 8 p.m. ET) Pat Healy (156) […]
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Watch Today’s Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Weigh-Ins Live on BJPENN.COM (5PM ET)
Today marks the final weigh-ins ceremony in the history of the Strikeforce promotion and you can catch it live right here on BJPENN.COM at 5:00 PM ET.
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Win or Lose, Jacare Souza Guaranteed UFC Shift | UFC NEWS
Last week we reported here on BJPENN.COM that, former Strikeforce middleweight champion, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza had signed a five-fight deal with FORZA LLC, which is basically a subsidiary of the UFC and it’s partners. Now his X-Gym coach, Josuel Distak, tells sherdog.com that the grappling sensation is guaranteed a UFC bid regardless of the outcome […]
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VIDEO | Dion Staring Discusses Daniel Cormier Bout | MMA NEWS
Tomorrow night Dion Staring comes into his Strikeforce debut against Daniel Cormier in a fight that has him pegged as a historically lopsided underdog. In this interview we get his take on the fight and what the opportunity means to him.
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Mousasi: I think people underestimate me | MMA NEWS
“I see a lot of fighters getting knocked out, but they still, they praise them a lot more than me. I haven’t been beaten badly in any fight. I just lost one fight in, I don’t know how many fights. I think people underestimate me. And I feel like now, with the good training I […]
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As a 20-1 Favorite Cormier Unhappy With Disrespectful Odds | MMA NEWS
“It’s very unfair. It’s unfair to him and it’s disrespectful to Dion because of all that he’s done in his career. And it’s a little, it’s kind of unfair, there’s a lot of pressure that comes with that. Because I can go on not even thinking about it, but at some point someone’s going to […]
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier: I’m A Fighter | MMA NEWS
Watch a profile of Strikeforce fighter Daniel Cormier, the Olympian who fought his way to the top of mixed martial arts. Don’t miss Cormier vs. Dion Staring on Sat. Jan 12th at 10PM ET/PT as a part of the SHOWTIME Free Preview Weekend.
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Gilbert Melendez Excited To Hear His Name Out Of “The Don’s” Mouth | UFC NEWS
Bay Area native, Gilbert Melendez has been on a mission to prove he is the best lightweight fighter in the world. His time under the Stikeforce banner has proved that no one outside of the UFC can hang with him, but can he keep that streak going amongst the worlds best? Recently UFC president Dana […]
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VIDEO | Dana White Apologizes To Strikeforce Fighters | UFC NEWS
UFC president Dana White took to the post UFC 155 media scrum to apologize to his employees at Strikeforce for the way business has been handled as of late.
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Strikeforce Fighters Bobby Green & Caros Fodor Make UFC Crossover, Booked For UFC 156 & UFC 157 | UFC NEWS
With Strikeforce holding their last show in history next month, the wave of fighters making the jump to the UFC is now eminent. Earlier this week we announced that Derek Brunson will face Chris Leben at an upcoming event and today we have news that two Strikeforce lightweight fighters have agreed to come to the […]
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Ed Herman replaces Lorenz Larkin, fights ‘Jacare’ Souza at final Strikeforce show | MMA News
Strikeforce officials announced yesterday that current UFC middleweight Ed Herman (20-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will be heading to Strikeforce for the promotions final event to face former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (16-3 MMA, 6-1 SF) on the evening main-card. Souza’s original opponent, Lorenz Larkin, was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering a […]
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Report: Jorge Masvidal Injured, Bout With Healy In Jeopardy | UFC NEWS
Poor Pat Healy just can’t catch a break. After having his title shot pulled from him twice against Gilbert Melendez, the top lightweight fighter was put into a scheduled bout against former title challenger Jorge Masvidal. Now, in a report from MMAMania.com it appears as if Masvidal too may be forced to withdrawal from the […]
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Gilbert Melendez Wants A Unification Bout With Benson Henderson | UFC NEWS
“I want to fight Benson Henderson. I think a champion versus champion fight makes absolute sense right now. I think we already know how things are going to work out between Benson Henderson and a lot of other lightweight fighters in the UFC, but I’m that mystery fighter. No one really knows how I’m going […]
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Mousasi: I don’t believe I ever trained for a fight | MMA NEWS
“I was overstrained, not motivated, not training well. I think that had something to do with it. This year-layoff got me hungry again and I’m training really good now. I think, it was good (the layoff), I’m making it a positive thing. I was just fighting. I won the belt in DREAM, I won the […]
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After Sparring With Rockhold, Bisping Claims The Unofficial Strikeforce Title | UFC NEWS
Fight fans, fighters and industry insiders consider the UFC roster host to the best fighters in the world. In some instances fighters from other popular promotions have crossed over to the Octagon and done very well. Mark Munoz, Carlos Condit, Benson Henderson and Donald Cerrone all came from the WEC and proved they can hang […]