Giving black eyes is nothing new to the Cristiane Santos, better known by her moniker “Cyborg” but usually she gives the black eyes in a cage or a gym but today she gave one to women’s mixed martial arts on the whole.
Sometimes you have to work with the tool you have, that’s exactly what this Saturdays Strikeforce outing is victim of since Zuffa, LLC, the parent company to the UFC have begun stripping the number-two ranked organization for parts they don’t have the star-power to work with that they once had.
Some unfortunate news was released today by the California State Athletic Commission. As if women's MMA hasn't been under the microscope enough, Cristiane Santos, the Strikeforce women's 145-pound champion, has tested positive for steroids following her 16-second knockout win over Hiroko Yamanaka back on Dec. 16 in San Diego, California.
Today the fighters taking part in Saturday's (Jan.7) Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine fight card will take to the scale at the HRH Lounge at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Fighting out of Perth, Australia “The Hulk” is fresh off the heels of a 16-second dismantling of Queensland based slugger Matt Walker for Australia’s premiere MMA organization, Cage Fighting Championships.
Bangkok, Thailand - DARE is back on January 7 to start 2012 off with a bang! Continuing the tournament that began in 2011, DARE is ready to make its mark in the MMA world by putting $1 million dollars on the line for the winners’ of DARE’s 8 weight division.
Yesterday the UFC confirmed UFC on Fuel 2 would be going down on April 14 in Stockholm, Sweden. Today the organization filled the card up significantly by announcing six bouts.
Can you name the Strikeforce middleweight champion? If so, congratulations. I guarantee you the casual MMA fan has never heard the name Luke Rockhold. Rockhold took to the MMA scene in 2007 when a few of his friends convinced him to come down and train with them at American Kickboxing Academy in California.
Ever since Ronda Rousey finished Julia Budd in 39 seconds and called out the Strikeforce bantamweight women’s champion Miesha Tate, they have both been going back and forth with each other in a bitter twitter quarrel.
