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"However, his recent rematch against Bobby Voelker on Strikeforce proved to be ever more challenging as Roger was forced to dismiss his initial game plan due to a fractured leg he suffered after throwing a leg kick approx 30-40 seconds into the first round which was checked by Bobby causing the fracture."
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Brock Lesnar and Chuck in EA Sports MMA
Scott Coker: Fight Promoter, Black Belt Martial Artist, and Movie Star?
by MMASuPreMaCy on Oct 19, 2010 3:16 AM EDT
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Just wanted to create a fan post to address how little MMA fans know about Scott Coker and his background. Everyone knows that he was well respected within the Martial Arts industry before he jumped into the MMA scene and created Strikeforce MMA. Even Dana White himself once said that this sport needs more promotions like Strikeforce and people like Coker involved in the industry. Obviously, a lot has changed since 2007 but lets take a look at the Strikeforce CEO's interesting past.
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Strikeforce Diaz vs Noons 2 poster:
Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons [WW Title]
Sarah Kaufman vs Marloes Coenen [135 lbs Title]
Matt Lindland vs Luke Rockhold
"JZ" Cavalcante vs Josh Thomson [Rumored]
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Strikeforce: San Jose coverage
UFC Forces TAPOUT to Drop Fedor Sponsorship, RVCA Relates
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 26, 2010 2:15 AM EDT
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It was only fitting that I followed up on this since I posted about the RVCA and Clinch Gear ban last year as Strikeforce made their primetime debut on CBS. BJPenn.com explains in more detail what happened with the RVCA ban and Tapout's predicament this time around...
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Miguel Torres Tweeting During UFC 112
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Latest Strikeforce Nashville CBS Promos
by MMASuPreMaCy on Apr 5, 2010 10:30 PM EDT
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Strikeforce: Nashville Shields vs. Henderson CBS Promo:
- Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson
- Gegard Mousasi vs. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki
- Bobby Lashley vs. TBA
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Strikeforce: Nashville on CBS coverage
Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Poster:
- Alistair Overeem vs. Brett Rogers
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva
- Lyle Beerbohm vs. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
- Roger Gracie vs. Kevin Randleman
- Antwain Britt vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante
Pre-sale tickets for "STRIKEFORCE Insider" e-newsletter subscribers go on sale on Tuesday, March 23.
HT: strikeforce.com
Strikeforce on Showtime in May coverage
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KJ Noons vs Billy Evangelista Set For Strikeforce Miami:
Former Elite XC lightweight champion KJ Noons (7-2) is set to make his return to Strikeforce against Billy Evangelista (10-0) on the main card of the upcoming Strikeforce: "Miami" event slated for the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, on Jan. 30.
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Strikeforce in Miami coverage
"Guess what boys and girls.... Thiago alves vs john fitch for the 27th!!!!!!"
UFC 111: MARCH 27, 2010
Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy (WW Title)
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir (Interim HW Title)
Thiago Alves vs. John Fitch
Ricardo Almeida vs. TBA
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UFC 111 coverage
Strikeforce Signs DREAM WW Tarec Saffiedine:
Belgian welterweight Tarec Saffiedine has become the latest DREAM fighter to ink a multi-fight deal with American partner Strikeforce.
The 23-year-old follows Marius Žaromskis, Melvin Manhoef and Gegard Mousasi in signing up with the California-based organisation
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"I’ve signed with Strikeforce but I don’t have anything coming up at the moment," the Belgian told MMA Exclusive.
HT: MMA Exclusive
Shinya Aoki and Hidehiko Yoshida latest additions to "EA Sports MMA"
Two more fighters were today confirmed for the forthcoming "EA Sports MMA" video game, and both share honors as the first Japanese competitors in the game.
Company officials today announced that DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and former judo Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida will be featured in EA Sports' first mixed martial arts title.
HT: MMAJunkie
Game Informer Features EA Sports MMA: Randy Couture and Jeff Monson pictures
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Jeff Monson Signs With Shine Fights Promotion
Shine Fights Promotion announced that they have signed Jeff Monson, and is rumored to be fighting at 205 lbs.
Monson is also rumored to be in the EA Sports MMA video game. He is featured in Game Informer's January issue which covers EA Sports MMA.
DIAZ VS. ZAROMSKIS FOR STRIKEFORCE 170-LBS BELT:
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 BankAtlantic Arena in Sunrise, Fla. The two will fight for the promotion’s vacant welterweight belt.
An announcement of the match-up is expected for the Showtime telecast of Strikeforce: Evolution on Saturday evening in San Jose, Calif., according to sources close to the situation.
HT: MMAWeekly
"Free Preview of Super Channel in HD
Super Channel HD1 (270/355) and Super Channel HD2 (271/356) will be on a free preview from December 18, 2009 until January 18, 2010. Here's a sample of what will be showing on Super Channel for December."
Super Channel Fights:
Showtime's Strikeforce MMA and Showtime Championship Boxing.
Dave Meltzer Talks Strikeforce: Past, Present and Future Plus UFC's Network Deals
by MMASuPreMaCy on Dec 18, 2009 7:45 PM EST
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Strikeforce: Past, Present, and Future
Dave Meltzer writes a wonder article over at Yahoo detailing how Scott Coker was able to build the Strikeforce brand over the past several years and where they may be heading in 2010. Here is his take on Strikeforce's growing roster, partners and deals they've attained the past year:
... In the past year, Coker has signed television deals with Showtime and CBS, a video game deal with EA Sports, and has signed contracts with fighters ranging from genuine top-level stars like Fedor Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Cris "Cyborg" Santos, Marius Zaromskis and Dan Henderson, as well as potential drawing cards and celebrity fighters like Gina Carano, major pro wrestler Bobby Lashley and NFL legend Herschel Walker. All that means he’s a proverbial bulls-eye to UFC, which counter programs most of Strikeforce’s major events.
"A year ago, we had 15 to 20 guys under contract," said Coker, who promotes his final show of the year Saturday night on Showtime, in the first of what will no doubt be a number of head-to-head battles with UFC owner Zuffa, which has its sister World Extreme Cagefighting promotion running on Versus in a show from Las Vegas that night. "Now we’ve got … as many as 155 athletes under contract. Before we relied on Fedor and Gina, but now we have good fighters in all the weight classes."
Meltzer indulges on what fans can expect from Strikeforce in terms of events and a business model for 2010:
And there’s no break in sight. Coker expects to run 20 shows during the next fiscal year (March 1, 2010-February 28, 2011) on Showtime, CBS and pay-per-view, the same number industry-leader UFC ran in 2009. The business models are different. Strikeforce went from live-events based to one whose top priority is television events. The UFC’s goal is to build fights for monthly pay-per-views. Strikeforce is looking at building television fights and if and when the right big fight falls into place (like a potential Emelianenko vs. Alistair Overeem fight) then going to pay-per-view.
Cokers plans for Overeem and a co-promoted event with DREAM, giving the fights some mega fights between the two promotions:
If everything goes perfectly, and in MMA, that’s a crap shoot, the idea would be to first get Overeem, a 6-5, 258-pounder who looks like he stepped off the pages of a bodybuilding magazine, onto CBS before putting him in the company’s ultimate heavyweight match on pay-per-view.
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One of Coker’s big goals for 2010 is to have a show televised from Japan with a Dream vs. Strikeforce theme, matching up the best fighters in each organization.
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Still, Coker talks of bringing Dream’s top stars to the U.S., with ideas for fights next year like Nick Diaz vs. Hayato Sakurai, Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki against the winner of Saturday’s Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez match for the Strikeforce lightweight title, a deal he said was "about 90 percent there," or even a legends match with Frank Shamrock vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, which would have been one of the biggest matches possible eight years ago.
Meltzer and MMAPayout talk UFC Network Deals past, present, and future after the jump...
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RUMOR: Sean Sherk Out Of UFC 108?
The injury bug continues to bite the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Former lightweight champion Sean Sherk has suffered an injury and will not fight on the Jan. 2 UFC 108 card, The Times learned Thursday from sources close to Sherk's camp.
Sherk reportedly was scheduled to fight Jim Miller, though the bout had not yet officially been announced by the organization.
Ironically, Sherk was replacing Tyson Griffin, who just last week was forced off the card with an injury of his own.
Bobby Lashley vs Shane Del Rosario In The Works For Strikeforce Jan. 30th?
Two up and coming undefeated heavyweights could collide January in Strikeforce. The 9-0 Shane Del Rosario confirmed to MMA Worldwide that he was offered and accepted a fight with 4-0 Bobby Lashley. Del Rosario’s camp stated that Lashley accepted the offer as well and are both awaiting confirmation from Strikeforce.
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Strikeforce in Miami coverage
Bellator MW Champ Hector Lombard Wants To Face Dan Henderson In Strikeforce:
"I would sign that contract today," Lombard said. "Dan Henderson is a great fighter and a legend in the sport, but I know I have the skills to beat him."
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Lombard's managers, Malki Kawa and Ricky Llorente of First Round Management, said Bellator officials have given Lombard their blessing to pursue the fight.
"(Bellator CEO) Bjorn Rebney has told us he's on board with Lombard taking this fight," Kawa said. "Obviously Hector will need to defend his title in 2010, but in the meantime, he'd really like to make this fight happen. Thankfully, Bjorn understands how Bellator can also benefit from a great performance by Hector at Strikeforce – not to mention what a great fight it would be for all MMA fans."
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"I look forward to hearing something from Strikeforce," Lombard said. "I know they want to put on a great show on such a big stage, and I promise I can give that to them."
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Strikeforce on CBS In April coverage
- Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida [MMA]
- Masato vs. Andy Souwer [K-1]
- Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou [MMA-Super Hulk]
- Hong Man Choi vs. Semmy Schilt [MMA]
- Gegard Mousasi vs. EwertonTeixeira [K-1]
- Alistair Overeem vs. Kazuyuki Fujita [MMA]
- Badr Hari vs. Jerome Lebanner [K-1]
- Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal)
- Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal)
- Tsukasa Fuji vs. Ryuya Kusakabe (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal reserve)
To Be Announced Soon:
5 DREAM vs. SENGOKU/SRC Fights Are Set
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Dynamite!! 2009 coverage
Brock Larson, Denis Kang, Roli Delgado, and Jason Dent have been cut from the UFC.
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Gracie Fighter Comments On Dan Henderson and UFC Fighters Coming To Strikeforce:
Jake Shields was elated upon hearing the news Strikeforce had signed Dan Henderson. The Jiu-jitsu blackbelt has been on a 13 fight win streak and has steamrolled all challengers in Strikeforce and in the now defunct EliteXC show.
Dan Henderson is a big name fight. Having headlined several shows in Pride and in the UFC, the veteran is the type of fighter a true champion looks forward to facing. A win over the crafty fighter at the 185lbs weight would catapult Shields to the top of the world's pound for pound elite.
To Jake it's always been about testing himself and looking for the next challenge. In the past it seemed as if he would have to go to the UFC in order to do that. Fortunately it now seems that the UFC's best could very well be coming to him.
Today, Henderson told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) that he wouldn't be surprised if more top-level fighters follow his example and explore options outside of the sport's biggest promotion.
"It's inevitable," Henderson said. "For a while, there wasn't any other options, and fighters were not really keen on that idea of not having a place to shop around. They weren't real happy with the UFC kind of having a monopoly on everything. It's their way or the highway, and now there is another option. That makes [fighters] feel a little more comfortable."
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"If I was the only guy over there and would walk through everybody that they had, I wouldn't have gone over. Strikeforce has some guys that are going to challenge me. I don't do this just for the money or whatever. I do it for the challenge. If none of these matchups were going to excite me or give me goosebumps, then I'm not going to do it. I do have goosebumps thinking about pretty much all three of their champions at those weight classes."
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"[My first Strikeforce fight] will be on the next CBS show, and I'm not sure when that is," Henderson said. "I've still got about four months, probably. We're not exactly sure of the date.
ATO confirms Monson Signing With Strikeforce at 205:
Former UFC heavyweight #1 contender Jeff Monson has signed with Strikeforce ATO has learned through a source close to the fighter. Monson will debut in Strikeforce in 2010 and likely drop to 205.
Monson has won 7 out of his last 8 fights. He dropped a unanimous decision to Pedro Rizzo in Brazil back in September. "The Snowman" has fought a who’s who of MMA heavyweights. Monson defeated TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson back in March. There was a four year stretch from 2003 to 2006 where he won 16 straight fights.
Nick Diaz, Cris Cyborg, and Hershel Walker Official for Jan 30th Strikeforce Event in Florida:
STRIKEFORCE: JANUARY 30, 2010
BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida
-Cris "Cyborg" Santos (8-1) vs. Marloes Coenen (17-3)
-Nick Diaz (20-7)
-Jay Hieron (18-4)
-Herschel Walker (0-0)
-K.J. Noons (7-2)
-Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro (20-3)
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Strikeforce in Florida coverage
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