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Saturday, Nov 7
CBS Likes Strikeforce Demographics, but Will MMA Return?
Now the question is whether MMA will improve to CBS in 2010. Kahl said it's too soon to say about that, but that a significant improvement in the targeted demographic means CBS accomplished its first goal. Kahl noted that MMA on CBS beat college football on ABC in the demographic.CBS Likes Str...
Monday, Jun 15
Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy Restarts MMA Career With Strikeforce
NY Thompson (38-10-1) has a significant edge in experience and once fought Jake Shields for the EliteXC welterweight title. But Kennedy will have a significant size advantage as the fight will be contested at 185, a full weight-class higher than ...
Saturday, Jun 6
Phil Baroni: 'I Have Unfinished Business With My Whole Career'
NY high-profile card on a network like Showtime? Yeah. Why wouldn't I be? What the f**k kind of question is that? Joe is a great fighter and can beat anybody on any given day. I've heard some crazy stories about how EliteXC operated behind-the-scenes. ...
Monday, Jun 1
For Scott Smith, Fight With Nick Diaz Could Test 170-Pound Waters
NY As a fighter who was in EliteXC, what does it feel like to be with Strikeforce now. Does it have a more comfortable, stable feeling? Do you think it will have more legs? I definitely do. EliteXC did treat me great. I got along with everyone there. ...
Tuesday, May 26
Gina Carano on Fame, Strikeforce and Fighters She Admires
Gina Carano is America's most popular female fighter, but for the past seven months she's been a cage fighter without a cage to fight in. That may soon change, as Carano -- who lost her promotion when the EliteXC organization went under -- told ...
Wednesday, May 13
Gary Shaw: Kimbo Slice Will Make His Pro Boxing Debut This Summer
NY After washing out as a mixed martial arts fighter and taking the EliteXC organization down with him, Kimbo Slice is turning to boxing. Gary Shaw, the promoter who brought Kimbo to EliteXC, told Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald that Kimbo (real name: ...
Friday, May 8
Quick Strikes: Spanning World of MMA
411mania.com NY The former EliteXC fighter was once rumored to be fighting current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, but thus far, no deal has been reached. Right now, there is one slot to be filled on the Showtime portion of the card, as the Rafael ...
Tuesday, May 5
Bellator Hopes to Ride Early Buzz
NY - Ariel Helwani, Ariel Helwani He believes that one of the reasons why the IFL and EliteXC failed is because they never built towards pay-per-view events, which is obviously where the organization stands to make most of its money. "We paid attention like crazy to what they were ...
Sunday, May 3
Renzo Gracie Plans Return to Action
Gracie has not fought since February 2007 in the maiden voyage of EliteXC, and was awarded a victory in the main event after Frank Shamrock was disqualified for delivering an illegal knee while Gracie was grounded. Gracie has fought just four times in ...
Thursday, Apr 23
Gina Carano Close to Signing With Strikeforce, Still Hopes to ...
Since the demise of EliteXC last October, Gina Carano has remained relatively quiet. The female mixed martial arts fighter is one of the biggest stars in the sport and it seems like every day someone's talking about her proposed super-fight with ...
Thursday, Apr 9
Brett Rogers: I'm in This to Hurt, to Smash, to Win
Ten months ago, Brett "The Grim" Rogers was riding high. He had just knocked out another opponent to improve to 8-0 in his mixed martial arts career, a win that carried special significance because it was the first MMA fight ever carried live on network television.
Wednesday, Apr 8
Frank Shamrock on Nick Diaz, Cung Le, Tito Ortiz, Ken Shamrock and ...
Do you expect Strikeforce to succeed as a promotion where EliteXC and others failed? I definitely think they will succeed. Above all things, Strikeforce is a stable, established business that has experience with live events, and it has the martial arts ...
Monday, Mar 23
Gina Carano: Cris Cyborg Fight Will Happen in 2009
by Michael David SmithFiled under: EliteXC, Strikeforce Gina Carano still hasn't signed a contract with Strikeforce, but in a new interview she sounds confident that she will, and that her next fight will be against Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos.
Tuesday, Mar 17
Kimbo Slice to Leave MMA for Boxing?
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson may be ready to give up mixed martial arts and take up boxing.Kimbo Slice to Leave MMA for Boxing? originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Thursday, Mar 12
Jake Shields to Fight Robbie Lawler Next, Not Joe Riggs
When Strikeforce acquired the assets of EliteXC, the best fighter who came aboard was EliteXC welterweight champ Jake Shields. But the question facing Strikeforce was whether it would be able to find Shields any high-quality opponents, considering that other than Shields, all the top...
Wednesday, Mar 4
Cris Cyborg to Fight Hitomi Akano, Not Gina Carano, for ...
Carano has still not said whether she will fight for Strikeforce after the promotion purchased her EliteXC contract last month. Carano was woefully underpaid by EliteXC, and she'll want to renegotiate before she agrees to get back into the cage. ...
Tuesday, Mar 3
Ex-EliteXC VP Jared Shaw: 'I Have Been Singled Out as the Bad Guy'
NY Jared Shaw, the former vice president of EliteXC, has given his first interview since the organization folded in October, and he says he believes that the MMA promotion's failures have been unfairly pinned on him. I believe in some way I have been ...
Monday, Mar 2
Fabricio Werdum Tarnishes His Reputation, Calls Out Kimbo Slice
He then turned his Internet fame into a lucrative deal to fight for EliteXC, and now that Strikeforce has purchased most of EliteXC's assets, he'll probably start making some pretty good money fighting for Strikeforce. Kimbo is a good businessman. ...
Affliction's Tom Atencio on Fedor, Dana White, Tito Ortiz and More
NY What do you think of Strikeforce acquiring most of the EliteXC fighters? I think it's great. Scott Coker is a great guy. He's a great businessman. It's good for the industry. I like Scott a lot and I hope nothing but success for him. ...
Wednesday, Feb 18
Jake Shields vs. Joe Riggs Scheduled for Strikeforce April 11 on ...
The former EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields is expected to fight Joe Riggs in the April 11 Strikeforce event on Showtime, in a bout continuing the trend of the extremely talented Shields being unable to work out deals to fight top-notch ...
Sunday, Jun 22
No Kimbo Slice, but EliteXC's Second CBS Show Will Be Better Than Its First
The July 26 main event will feature Robbie Lawler against Scott Smith, a rematch of their fight last month that was well on its way to being a very good one before it was called off because of an unintentional eye poke. The undercard is expected to feature Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons for EliteXC's lig...
