“Sobral is so tough. When he comes, he comes to fight. It will be a good test for me. With Sobral, I will try to fight (my) stand-up game. If it goes to the ground, I will take top position and work him over with my ground and pound. Sobral will have to watch out […]

“I just had a baby two weeks ago so I was unable to fight on the Strikeforce show. My family is very important to me and Strikeforce was great with that. I’d like to apologize to Rafael ‘Feijao’ for not being able to fight him. I would love to fight him in the future and […]

It appears that a failure to agree on an appropriate weight class has shelved the rumored bout between Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort at the Affliction: ‘Trilogy’ event, as M-1 Global today reports that Mousasi instead will remain at light heavyweight to challenge current Strikeforce 205-pound champion Renato Sobral on August 1.
Mousasi surrendered his DREAM […]

Renato “Babalu” Sobral is expecting to soon have another baby, forcing him to withdraw from his first-ever light heavyweight title defense against former Elite XC superstar, Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, on the next major Strikeforce event slated for the the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 6.
The good news is that the fight is […]

Strikeforce officially announced today that light heavyweight champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral (32-7) has agreed to defend his title for the first time against former Elite XC superstar Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (7-1) on the June 6 card set to air live on Showtime from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Feijao — a training partner of […]

It didn’t take long for the “African Assassin” to find a new home.
Affliction MMA today announced that it has picked up Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and will pit him against Renato “Babalu” Sobral in a light heavyweight attraction at “Day of Reckoning” at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on January 24.
Sokoudjou — who burst onto […]

Ladies and gentleman … your new Strikeforce light heavyweight champion:

Strikeforce: “Destruction” will take place tonight at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and will air live on HDNet beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
In the main event of the evening the former Elite XC number one contender at 185 pounds - Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith - will take on six fight UFC veteran […]