Published: December 30, 2011
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar is set to welcome former Strikeforce and K-1 Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem at UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem. Overeem is making his UFC debut on Friday night when he meets Lesnar in the Octagon for the right to fight current UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos some time next [...]
Published: August 5, 2011
UFC president Dana White hinted at the UFC 133 pre-fight press conference that current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson could end up going back to the UFC. “We’ll see what happens. ‘Hendo’ and I have had some history in dealings. We’ll see if we can figure something out and get him back in the [...]
Published: August 4, 2011
The ongoing feud between Zuffa and Golden Glory is getting worse. Just days after news on the release of then Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem came about, UFC and Strikeforce owner Zuffa released former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Marloes Coenen, Valentin Overeem and Jon Olav Einemo from their contracts.
Alistair Overeem was the first fighter [...]
Published: August 2, 2011
There has been an exodus of fighters since UFC owner Zuffa purchased Strikeforce. UFC president Dana White is now at the point of no longer moving Strikeforce fighters to the UFC to help retain the pool of talents in both promotions and keep the brand distinction.
It is common knowledge that Strikforce is now in dire [...]
Published: August 2, 2011
Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on Saturday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois was supposed to have a heavily stacked main card. Save for the main event and co-main event, the other bouts in the main card may have just met expectations at best.
Take for instance the welterweight bout between Tarec Saffiedine and [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
Fedor Emelianenko suffered his third straight defeat at the hands of Dan Henderson in their heavyweight bout at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on Saturday night at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Henderson clinched and pushed Emelianenko to the fence for almost three minutes of the first round. Action picked up when they [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
Miesha Tate used her solid wrestling background to wear down and submit Marloes Coenen, to become the new Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship on Saturday at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Tate had an easy time scoring on takedowns that by the fourth round Coenen was visibly tired [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
Tim Kennedy took control and avoided the big shots from Robbie Lawler when they fought at middleweight at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on Saturday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Kennedy went on to win by unanimous decision with scores of 30-27 on all cards.
The former Army Ranger knew that Lawler [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
The bout between Tyron Woodley and Paul Daley at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson could very well be for the number one welterweight contender now that former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz has moved to the UFC. Daley thought that this was his chance at redemption after being cut by the UFC for that infamous cheap [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
Zuffa officials have reportedly released Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem from the promotion after disagreement on some business matters. It can be recalled that Overeem pulled out of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinals against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, citing that he did not have enough time to train after recovering from various injuries.
The Dutch [...]