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The 21 year old Canadian fighter made his debut at Strikeforce: Barnett vs Kharitonov with an explosive tko win against Evangelista Santos @ 3:18 of the 3rd round. He has notable wins over Marius Zaromskis, Josh Burkman and Joe Riggs. His first amateur fight was at the age of 14 and he amassed...
With the semi-finals of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament wrapping up last night, one has to wonder who will win in the finals.
Back in June, Daniel Cormier beat a very game Jeff Monson in Grand Prix Alternate Bout. Just three months later Cormier has entered the Grand Prix due to Alistair Overeem’s departure and is now in the finals against Josh Barnett. Last night (Sept, 10) Cormier defeated Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva via ...
Despite being tagged by a pretty good punch by Sergei Kharitonov, Josh Barnett made fairly quick work of his adversary at last nights second leg of The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix. With the win Barnett will now take on tournament replacement Daniel Cormier.
Tonight at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio the next leg of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix takes place. The two semi-final bouts are Josh Barnett against Sergei Kharitonov and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva against Daniel Cormier. The fight card also features a middleweight title bout betwe...
The fighters made their way to the scale today at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov will feature the semi finals of the heavyweight grand prix tournament, with the main event being Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov and the co-main event between Daniel Cor...
Yesterday in Cincinnati, Ohio the competitors from Saturday’s Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov’s main card came together for the pre-fight press conference. This card is stacked from the prelims to the main card. The main event is a heavyweight semi finals match between Josh Barnett and Sergei...
When you are away from your job for an extended period of time, you are either not looking forward to going back or excited to go back. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal fits the latter. The former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion returns to the cage this coming Saturday night as faces Roger Gracie ...
It was speculated to no end whether or not the winner of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix would be the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion. With the current champ, Alistair Overeem leaving Strikeforce it was presumed that the winner would indeed be the new champion.
When the name Josh Barnett comes up, people think of the fact that he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, he tested positive for PED’s three times and in some people’s opinion caused Affliction to fold after he tested positive for the third time. Which in turn caused his bout with Fedor Emelian...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – STRIKEFORCE® announced today that HDNet will broadcast live preliminary bouts and official weigh-ins for the WORLD GRAND PRIX SEMI-FINALS on Sept. 10 in Cincinnati, as well as for the WORLD GRAND PRIX FINALS scheduled to take place in the coming months.
The true face of women’s MMA has been “Haywire” lately. Yes that was sort of tongue in cheek. She was off for the last little while filming a Steven Soderbergh film called Haywire.
Novemeber 12, 1993 in Denver, Colorado was the birthmark of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event live on pay per view and the event was a one night tournament with Royce Gracie emerging victorious. On November 12, 2011 in Anaheim, California another historic moment for the UFC will be t...
Who would like to see a unification bout between the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, Dan Henderson and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones (Well that’s if Jones beats Rampage)? Dan Henderson would and he spoke about that with MMAWeekly Radio this past Wednesday.