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 [...]
Published: July 31, 2011
Talks between NBA players and own have been set to continue on Monday to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement. It has been a month since the NBA lockout stemming from differences on a lot of economic concerns with owners locking out the players when the old collective bargaining agreement expired on June [...]
Published: July 30, 2011
The co-main event at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on Saturday at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois brings back women’s mixed martial arts. Potential poster girl Miesha Tate attempts to take the Strikeforce Women’s Welterweight Championship from current titleholder Marloes Coenen.
Then Strikeforce and women’s mixed martial arts poster girl Gina Carano has not [...]
Published: July 30, 2011
Mixed martial arts legends Fedor Emelianenko and current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson made weight on Friday for Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson to be held on Saturday at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
A visibly trimmed down Emelianenko tipped the scales at 223 pounds. The Russian fighter aims to remain relevant marketable [...]
Published: July 28, 2011
Two mixed martial arts legends collide at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson on July 30 at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Fedor Emelianenko faces Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson hoping to remain relevant in the sport and maintain his marketability as his contract with the promotion is expiring.
The main event may yet be [...]
Published: July 27, 2011
Two UFC heavyweights are looking to bounce back from bad first-round losses and get back on track to being relevant in their division. UFC announced on Tuesday that the promotion’s tallest fighter, Stefan Struve (21-5), is set to face 5-foot-11 Pat Barry at UFC on Versus 6 on October 1 in Washington, D.C.
Struve is coming [...]