Strikeforce

Strikeforce invades San Jose, Calif. tonight with an impressive fight card that will air on Showtime. The televised card will start at 10PM E.T. Strikeforce: Evolution is headlined by a bout between to impressive strikers Cung Le and Scott Smith. The night’s co-main event will be a lightweight title unification bout between champ Josh Thomson and interim champion Gilbert Melendez. The bout is a long awaited rematch and the third time that the fight has been scheduled. In the first two bouts of the night, “King Mo” Lawal and “Jacare” Souza make their long-awaited promotional debuts. Expect a big night [...]

It was reported earlier today that Nick Diaz will return to Strikeforce in January to face Marius Zaromskis for the Strikeforce welterweight championship. Zaromskis (13-3) has been a big name in the mixed martial arts community for quite some time, but just this year he really exploded onto the scene and gained the American fans attention. Zaromskis is currently riding a 5 fight win streak and his last three victories have come by way of spectacular head kicks. Here is a video to highlight Zaromskis. Hopefully it exposes him to some fans that may not be familiar with the name. [...]

Nick Diaz has been absent from the cage since June when failed to show up for drug testing prior to his fight with Jay Hieron. His return to Strikeforce finally has a date. Diaz will return to the organization on January 28 to headline the “Strikeforce: Miami” card. The opponent for Diaz will be Marius Zaromskis, the DREAM welterweight grand prix winner. MMAWeekly.com was the first to report the story. Here was their scoop: MMAWeekly.com has learned that Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis have verbally agreed to a welterweight battle in the Jan. 30 event’s top slot, set for the [...]

In this interview with Fight Magazine, Frank Shamrock talks about the Strikeforce signing of Dan Henderson. Shamrock discusses who Henderson should fight and he even welcomes a bout with Hendo. Shamrock had some harsh words for current Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields. Shamrock stated, “I just want to see anybody beat up Jake Shields.” Shamrock also says that Shields will never get a shot at him, because “I don’t like him.” Shields has previously said Shamrock won’t fight him because he’s a ground fighter. Shamrock answered by saying, “I don’t want to fight Jake because he has no personality and [...]

USA Today is conducting a poll on the top ten sports breakouts of 2009. Mixed martial arts is ever growing and it’s emergence into the mainstream is currently leading the poll as top breakout. I encourage everyone to go vote in the poll and keep MMA at the top. Here is what USA Today had to say about MMA: Into the ring — or the octagon — exploded mixed martial arts, a sport with roots in ancient Greece but as modern as short attention spans. The sport combines wrestling, boxing and open-fingered gloves mostly in three five-minute rounds, and, since [...]

The Strikeforce organization invades San Jose, Calif. tomorrow night in an event that will be aired on Showtime. The fight card is headlined by a bout between two strikers, Cung Le and Scott Smith. Strikeforce’s lightweight title will unified in a bout between current champ Josh Thomson and interim champ Gilbert Melendez. Adding to the impressive card is Team Quest’s Mohammed “King Mo” Lawal who is one of the sports hottest prospects. King Mo will make his Strikeforce debut against Mike Whitehead. Another fighter making his promotional debut is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, Ronald “Jacare” Souza. His opponent will [...]

Mixed martial arts is continuing it’s expansion worldwide and the latest area to sanction MMA is Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver City Council held a vote today and by a 6-3 vote the sport will now be allowed to hold events in Vancouver after  being banned for two years. “I’m ready to now support this sport,” Vancouver councillor Heather Deal said during the council meeting. “I think it’s time.” Per the report: Lawrence Epstein, a lawyer for Zuffa, which owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship, told council that the prominent MMA promotion has “never really had any serious injuries” or deaths at [...]

Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse has some exciting news today. According to his report: A CBS spokesperson informed FanHouse on Tuesday that the network will broadcast its fifth MMA event next year, and that it will most likely air during the month of the April. While no specific date or venue has been made official, Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson have agreed to compete on the card. Their opponents have yet to be signed. Henderson was recently signed by Strikeforce and his addition will really bolster the organization. Fedor Emelianenko is a great fighter, but he doesn’t have the appeal [...]

Herschel Walker will be making his mixed martial arts debut for Strikeforce on Jan. 20, 2010. He has not yet been given an opponent, but the event will be held in Sunrise, Florida. Walker has been working at the American Kickboxing Academy, which is one of the countries top gyms. In this video you can see Walker working with one of the UFC’s top heavyweights, Cain Velasquez:

Two Brazilian jiu-jitsu legends go at it in a grappling match as part of Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) 2005 in this video. Roger Gracie, who is the much bigger fighter, takes on Aoki who happens to be a lightweight. Both of these fighters have recently signed with Strikeforce and this fight should show you some of the excitement you can expect.