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Despite broken hand, battle-tested Cormier expects 'plus-one fight' before year's end
Daniel Cormier has faced his share of battles, and that doesn't even include Saturday's grueling "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" win over fellow tournament finalist Josh Barnett. After a life fraught with personal tragedies, Cormier admits his recent success feels all the sweeter. So despite a broken hand, he anxiously awaits his return to the cage, which could come by year's end ... Read More
Coker: 'Feijao' vs. Mousasi likely for vacant Strikeforce light-heavyweight title
Following an ACL injury he recently revealed to MMAjunkie.com Radio, Gegard Mousasi won't be back in the cage anytime soon. And that's just fine with his likely next opponent, who's expected to fight Mousasi for Strikeforce's vacant light-heavyweight title. Following a grueling training camp, Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante - who made quick work of Mike Kyle at Saturday's Strikeforce event - is looking for a little rest and relaxation before his t... Read More
Video highlights and interviews from 'Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final'
After 15 months, the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix has finally come to an end. At Saturday's Strikeforce event, Daniel Cormier scored a lopsided points victory over fellow finalist Josh Barnett to win the tourney championship. Showtime has now released video highlights of the fight, as well as post-fight interviews with other winners from the event's main card. ... Read More
Ronda Rousey-Sarah Kaufman title fight targeted for late-summer Strikeforce card
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The "rock star" is returning. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is expected to return in late summer at a currently unannounced card, likely in August. Rousey, who's quickly become on of the sport's biggest stars, is expected to defend her title against former champ Sarah Kaufman at the Showtime-televised event. ... Read More
Strikeforce's Barnett to see orthopedist, manager says 'anything's possible' with UFC
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Josh Barnett immediately went to the hospital after a grueling five-round fight that saw Daniel Cormier earn a unanimous-decision victory to win the Strikeforce world heavyweight grand prix. Barnett broke his left hand in the first round of the fight and had it set in a splint by a doctor, who said it was not a "spiral" break, manager Leland LaBarre told MMAjunkie.com early Sunday morning. An orthopedist now will determine ... Read More
Strikeforce champ Melendez, CEO Coker say no to fourth fight with Thomson
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Finding motivation to fight Josh Thomson wasn't the grand struggle it was made out to be for Gilbert Melendez. "It's tough to get motivated sometimes just because if I was on the other end of the stick and I got a good opportunity, it's a lot easier to get motivated," he said after a close decision victory over Thomson at "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final." Finding momentum during the fight was a different story. ... Read More
'Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy' officially adds Marquardt vs. Woodley title fight
A long-rumored matchup for Strikeforce's vacant welterweight title is now official. Strikeforce broadcasters announced during Saturday night's "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" that Nate Marquardt and Tyron Woodley will meet on July 14 with the belt on the line. The card, which also features Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold defending his belt against Tim Kennedy, takes place at Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. The evening's m... Read More
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- When Strikeforce’s Heavyweight Grand Prix began 16 months ago, Daniel Cormier was just a promising up and comer and not a member of the tournament’s field of eight. Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Cormier became the Grand Prix champ after defeating Josh Barnett by way of a near-sh...
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- On the heels of tonight’s successful STRIKEFORCE® event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., the Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that it will return to the venue on Wednesday, July 11 with an action-packed card. Headlined by an explosive five-round fight between middleweight contenders ...
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- With regular recapper and national treasure Dan Downes stuck at an all-day "Engagement Enrichment" retreat, this week's rehashing duties fall to the second string. Two live fights and one big announcement are supposed to fit into an hour-long show, so there's little time for house hijinks,. After a ...
- For the first time under the Zuffa banner, Strikeforce returned to its spiritual home of San Jose, California for the Heavyweight Grand Prix finals between Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier, featuring a title defense by Gilbert Melendez against Josh Thomson. The undercard – televised on SHO Extreme ...
- Melendez Survives Late Rally by Thomson, Retains Lightweight Belt Not surprisingly, Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson gave fight fans five rounds of high level mixed martial arts in their rubber match at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California Saturday night. But what may have been shocking ...
- On Friday evening's episode of The Ultimate Fighter® Live, UFC President Dana White officially announced Renan Barao, 30-1 with 1 no-contest, will face Urijah Faber for the UFC Interim Bantamweight Title at UFC 148. The fight card change comes on the heels of reigning UFC bantamweight champion...
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- Gilbert Melendez got the job done, but it was clear-cut by no means.....
- Daniel Cormier looked stellar in his unanimous decision victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett on Saturday night.....
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- Cuts under both eyes and across the bridge of Josh Barnett’s nose told a tale of domination in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix final.....
- Sherdog.com will report from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., at approximately 8:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Cormier”, headlined by the heavyweight grand prix final between Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier, and featuring the Strikeforce lightweigh...
- Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts export Isaac Vallie-Flagg looked nothing like an underdog.....
- UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence.....
- Friday’s Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Cormier” weigh-in event can be viewed following the jump.....
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- Boxer David Haye makes light of bottle attack by putting it in iPhone game.....
- Former welterweight champion Andre Berto has tested positive for a banned substance, and the promoter of his rematch with Victor Ortiz next month says the fight is off.....
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- Australia's Will Tomlinson successfully defended his IBO super featherweight title Friday after a power failure forced an early end to his fight with Daniel Ruiz of Mexico.....
- Karim Mayfield staggered Raymond Serrano at the fourth-round bell, and then landed a solid right hand less than a minute into the fifth that stopped the challenger in the NABO junior welterweight title fight Friday night.....
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- Saturday from Copenhagen, Denmark former super middleweight's Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green look to get back on track after dropping key fights and spending extended time out of the ring. They are stepping up in weight to meet in a 12-round light heavyweight bout after participating in the Showtime...
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- Mauro haters, hit mute now. Actually, everyone hit mute and read what I say about the fights below. (Video: YouTube/ShoSports) Bruised and battered. Cut and bloodied. Josh Barnett's face wasn't one of a man who got out-wrestled last night. Olympic-level or not, wrestling doesn't leave you looking ...
- (The time for talking is over. The time for looking into a camera and screaming has just begun. Photo via Esther Lin/SHO Sports.) If you had told me 16 months ago that the Strikeforce 2011-2012 Heavyweight Grand Prix would conclude with an unheralded reserve-fighter ending up in the finals, and tou...
- When we last saw Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang in the cage with each other, the two nearly started brawling during a post-fight interview at Bellator 66. Anticipation for their main event clash at last night's Bellator 69 from Lake Charles, Louisiana was high, even though Falcao initially missed ...
- (Video props: YouTube/MMAVictor) There's nothing new about Bob Sapp losing a fight without dignity, but every week he seems to hone his craft as an MMA-Theatre master thespian. A typical Sapp fight consists of him lumbering in toward his opponent, waiting until he feels incidental contact, then fei...
- I'm not touching this one. *Innocently whistles* *Walks Away* Props to reader Johnnyozone22 for the tip. This doesn't look good, folks. Initially reported by TMZ.com and confirmed by Josh Gross, UFC Light-Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been arrested in Binghamton, New York on DUI charges after ...
- By Elias Cepeda We've got two quarter final match ups today so let’s jump right in. From Coach Dominick Cruz’ team we have Vinc Pichel taking on Coach Urijah Faber’s Chris Saunders. After that, Team Faber teammates Al Iaquinta and Andy Ogle lock up. At the end of the episode, injured Cruz'...
- (Video: TMZ.com. Props to reader Jeff Willson--Salem Oregon--for the tip) If you haven't followed Dan Quinn's insanity over the years, you've been missing out. The man may very well be MMA's most tortured mind, and that's seriously saying something. Things started off simply enough with him issuin...
- (Video via YouTube.com/AllElbows) It may have lost some steam along the way, but the Heavyweight Grand Prix, Strikeforce's little engine that could, is pulling into the station this evening. Tournament finalists Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett will slug it out to decide who rules the now-defunct Str...
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- Daniel Cormier talks about his Saturday win over Josh Barnett in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix finals.....
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- All fighters for Saturday's Strikeforce card in San Jose made weight on Friday, including main event heavyweights Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett and lightweight title fighters Gilbert Melendez and.......
- In our knockout video of the week, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo finished Chad Mendes with one second left in the first round at UFC 142 in Brazil.....
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