Tarec Saffiedine defied the odds and closed the book on the days of Strikeforce by upsetting Nate Marquardt to win the Strikeforce welterweight title...
Strikeforce will put on their last card tonight from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The main event is for the welterweight championship,...
This weekend marks the death of Strikeforce, and after the promotion's final event most of the fighters are expected to make their way over to the UFC. I say most and not all because there are many who are fighting for their jobs with Zuffa this weekend, but there have already been a few who have been assured that they will move over to the UFC win or lose on Saturday night in Oklahoma City.
The demise of Strikeforce has been a long time coming, but in just a few days it will finally become a reality.
On Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, the promotion that Scott Coker started in 1986 as a kickboxing venture and that later turned into the No. 2 MMA promotion in the world will finally close down its doors after it holds its last event, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine.
Former UFC middleweight title-challenger Nate Marquardt is once again swimming in Zuffa waters, just not in the UFC.
Marquardt, a longtime top-ranked middleweight got released...
