Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT; Ticket Pre-Sale Begins Today SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2010) – A grudge rematch that fans, media, and the confident fighters themselves have been clamoring for since the first fight ended in bloody controversy nearly three years ago, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9, when KJ Noons [...]
With over 300 million fans worldwide and second only to the NFL in popularity in the US, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is rapidly becoming a global sporting phenomenon that draws audiences of over 20,000 people per event in the UK, to say nothing of the 70,000+ in Japan. Highly trained and conditioned fighters go head-to-head [...]
PHOENIX, ARIZ. (Aug. 13, 2010) — On the night that STRIKEFORCE crowned its first-ever Women’s Welterweight Tournament Champion, hometown hero Joe “Diesel” Riggs upended tough up-and-comer Louis “Handgunz” Taylor and Ryan Couture won his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut on Friday night on STRIKEFORCE Challengers on SHOWTIME®. Miesha “Takedown” Tate won two fights on the [...]
Kudegra Championship Fighting has secured an exclusive TV deal with the Active Channel, (Sky 281 and www.theactivechannel.com for the minimum of 10 months. They have the rights to show the monthly shows on their sky TV channel and also online through media streaming. This is a massive boost for british MMA in general and a [...]
Colleen Schneider and Liz Carmouche will tangle in the “reserve bout” in the first-ever Strikeforce women’s single-elimination welterweight (135 pounds) tournament at Strikeforce Challengers on Friday, Aug. 13, from Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., live on Showtime. The match will take place during the non-televised undercard. If a winner of a completed tournament semifinal fight [...]
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EVERETT, WASH. (July 22, 2010) — The fighters who will compete in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Friday, July 23 weighed in on Thursday at the Ice Box at Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Wash. Undefeated heavyweight prospect Shane Del Rosario (9-0) faces Lolohea Mahe (6-1-1) in the main event [...]
A deal hasn’t been reached between Batista and Strikeforce yet but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed interest in a fight, bringing up the idea of Batista vs. Bobby Lashley. Batista was asked about Lashley as a potential opponent and said he would do it, but he wants a few fights to build to Lashley. Coker [...]
Last Saturday, Nick and Nathan Diaz lived up to their reputation as loose cannons when they took part in a post-fight brawl with Jason Mayhem Miller on national TV. In part 2 of this FIGHT! Life series, the Diaz brothers set the record straight on why they don’t have any love for their opponents.
Following WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo’s dominant victory over Urijah Faber on Saturday, UFC President Dana White suggested that the ultra talented Brazilian could become a three-division titleholder. Before he ventures down to 135 pounds, up to 155 and over to the UFC, though, Aldo says he wants to defend his 145-pound WEC belt. “At [...]
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Dana White has confirmed Chael Sonnen will be Anderson Silva’s next opponent, and he has made a promise to all UFC fans that he will cut the middleweight champion if he repeats his UFC 112 antics. White was left furious by Silva’s performance against Demian Maia, when he ruined his initial brilliance against the Jiu-Jitsu [...]
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