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Strikeforce’s weekend of mixed martial arts action is officially halfway over as “Challenger Series IV” is now in the books from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.
Former UFC lightweight fighter and jiu-jitsu stud Jorge Gurgel squared off against hometown favorite Billy Evangelista in the night’s main event, and as expected it was an all [...]

November 7th, 2009     18 Comments

Click the banner above or right here for up-to-the-minute results and blow-by-blow coverage of Strikeforce Challengers: “Evangelista vs. Gurgel.”
Preliminary card fights are officially in the books and round-by-round coverage of the main card action is underway with the Showtime telecast at 11:00 p.m. ET.
If you’re going to leave comments and discuss the fights with all [...]

November 6th, 2009     Comment

Strikeforce will return home to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2009, for its next major event titled, “Evolution,” according to promotion officials.
While a headlining bout for the card is still up in the air, Strikeforce Director of Communications, Mike Afromowitz, confirmed an intriguing middleweight battle between 2008 DREAM middleweight grand [...]

November 6th, 2009     44 Comments

Strikeforce is now set to kick off an action-packed weekend of mixed martial arts action tomorrow night (Friday, Nov. 6) from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., with its latest “Challenger Series” installment.
The main card is set to hit the Showtime airwaves, beginning at 11 p.m. ET.
Today the 18 fighters set to compete on [...]

November 5th, 2009     24 Comments

Strikeforce Challengers IV is just a couple of days away from kick-starting an action packed weekend of mixed martial arts courtesy of the San Jose based promotion. “Evangelista vs. Gurgel” is all set for the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, and the main card will air live on the premium cable network, Showtime, beginning [...]

November 4th, 2009     Comments

Despite previous reports that bantamweight contenders Takeya Mizugaki and Damacio “The Angel of Death” Page would collide at WEC 45: “Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” from “The Pearl” at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 19, the promotion recently announced that Japanese import Mizugaki (12-3-2) would instead face five-fight WEC veteran, Scott Jorgensen (7-3).
Jorgensen is [...]

October 31st, 2009     Comments

Tickets for the upcoming World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) show at the “The Pearl” from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. on Dec. 19, are scheduled to go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. ET.
WEC Newsletter subscribers can pick up their pre-sale tickets a day early, starting [...]

October 30th, 2009     Comments

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber’s (22-3) will likely return to action against one-loss submission expert, Raphael Assuncao, at WEC 46 from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2010, according to MMAWeekly.com.
“The California Kid” is on the mend from a broken hand suffered during the first round of his rematch with Mike [...]

October 29th, 2009     Comments

A fantastic bantamweight match up between, Joseph Benavidez (10-1), and decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist, Rani Yahya (15-4), has been announced as the co-headliner for WEC 45: “Cerrone vs. Ratcliff” at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 19.
Benavidez — the protege and training partner of Urijah Faber — last fought Dominick Cruz [...]

October 29th, 2009     Comments

Last week, it was reported that former WEC featherweight number one contender Jeff Curran had been added to the Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” event opposite Sam Thao in a featherweight battle at the Sears Centre on November 7.
Today, however, MMAFanhouse revealed that the fight failed to meet the approval of the Illinois Athletic Commission, and [...]

October 28th, 2009     Comments




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