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The Bottom Dollar in MMA News (Nov. 29, 2008)
Sat, Nov 29 | Bleacher Report
Jeremy Botter is the editor-in-chief of Inside Fights, a blog title covering the mixed martial arts and boxing industries. He has been writing about mixed martial arts and the professional wrestling industry for 15 years. His weekly news column, The Botterm Dollar in MMA News, is publish...
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Quick Hits for December 3, 2008
News and Notes Former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough will take on Marcus Hicks at WEC 38.Rich Clementi and Gleison Tibau will square off in February.The Ultimate Fighter 8 cast member Karn Grigoryan, who was forced off the show early in the season due to an injury, was victorious o...
21 hours ago | MMAFrenzy.com
Bellator Signs Jorge Masvidal
According to reports from FiveOuncesOfPain.com, Jorge Masvidal is the latest fighter to sign with Bellator Fighting Championships, which is scheduled to starting airing fights on ESPN Deportes in April. Masvidal, who has seen recent success with both Strikeforce and Sengoku, is amo...
Tue, Dec 2 | Bloody Elbow
Lindland vs Belfort Set For Affliction II
Vitor Belfort vs Matt LindlandA planned catchweight bout between Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral and former Olympic Greco-Roman silver medalist Matt Lindland has been scrapped from Affliction Entertainment's next pay-per-view event scheduled fo...
Tue, Dec 2 | groundnpound.org
Renato Sobral, Joe Riggs Top Strikeforce: Destruction Fighter Payouts
Here are the official fighter salaries from Strikeforce: Destruction. Renato Sobral - $50,000Joe Riggs - $40,000Scott Smith - $40,000Duane Ludwig - $32,500Brian Schwartz - $28,000Terry Martin - $20,000Bobby Southworth - $20,000Yves Edwards - $12,000Luke Stewart - $10,000Eric La...
Mon, Dec 1 | Bleacher Report
Gina Carano: WEC Vs. Strikeforce
Early in Carano’s career, Strikeforce saw potential in the talented female fighter. In December ’06, Carano was offered a spot in “Triple Threat”, a Strikeforce Promotion. Shortly after, Carano began fighting for EliteXC. Now, EliteXC has gone out of business and Strikeforce wants Cara...
Sat, Nov 29 | Bleacher Report
Babalu Will Cut You, Man! And Other Strikeforce Results
What’s the most anti-climactic way for a title fight to end? Okay, the second-most anti-climactic, right behind double KO via simultaneous cardiac arrest? You guessed it: stoppage due to a cut. That’s what did Bobby Southworth in at last night’s Strikeforce. As you can see, it was a nasty o...
Sat, Nov 22 | Cage Potato
Opinion: Left but never gone: Bobby Southworth interview exclusive with MMAmania.com
This Friday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, the 38-year-old product of American Kickboxing Academy will once again fill that role as he defends his light heavyweight strap against the uber-talented fan favorite Renato “Babalu” Sobral live in the main event of Strikef...
Thu, Nov 20 | MMAmania.com
Will fight for food: A conversation with Strikeforce middleweight Tony Johnson
“We fought in Selinas, California in the War Gods Show. It’s a local show here, but they are doing a reality show with it. It’s airing on Comcast. It seems to be a big deal here in California.” Lawson has won all three of his Strikeforce fights via rear naked choke.
Tue, Nov 18 | MMAmania.com
Downfall of EliteXC Opens Doors for Strikeforce
EliteXC on CBS opened up a lot of eyes that MMA can be a succesfull television venture for networks to undertake. Strikeforce already has a deal with NBC and rumors that a live event will be broadcast early next year are becoming stronger everyday. With a primetime network deal and a quality o...
Sat, Nov 1 | Bloody Elbow
'Strikeforce at the Mansion 2' Results: Thompson retains title
Strikeforce held their second annual 'Strikeforce at the Mansion' show this weekend and it featured some of the organization's best fighters going toe-to- toe in front of Hef and the girls at the Playboy mansion. Lightweight champion Josh Thomson...
Mon, Sep 22 | Houston Chronicle
Opinion: Strikeforce: Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock Betting Odds
Cung Le is new to MMA...kind of. Record wise he's 5-0 and two years into his new career, but previously he fought in San Shou and compiled a 17-0 record with 12 KO's. He also trained with Shamrock in the past and according to Josh “The Punk” Thompson, Cung "used to throw Frank around like a rag doll, l...
Sat, Sep 6 | UFC Betting Odds
World's Number One Karate Champion Makes Professional MMA Debut at Strikeforce
A young man will make his Mixed Martial Arts professional debut tomorrow night (Friday Jul 27) at the Strikeforce event in San Jose. This MMA extravaganza will air live on HDNet at 7:30 PM PST/10:30 PM EST. As stated, this will be the young man's first professional Mixed Martial Arts event an...
Thu, Jun 26 | promma (WordPress)
HDnet special on San Francisco's Gilbert Melendez vs San Jose's Josh Thomson debuts Friday
Update] HDNet to preview "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson" - MMAjunkie.com. The upcoming Strikeforce event features a headline fight between Strikeforce world lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson. The June 27 event takes place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and...
Thu, Jun 12 | Sharkspage
The Bounce: Kimbo Slice a cut above UFC's TV field?
AZ - Other companies such as EliteXC and Strikeforce are willing to work together, sharing fighters and occasionally co-promoting cards. UFC is not. ...
Fri, May 30 | Tucson Citizen
Opinion: Why was “Strikeforce at the Dome” so bad?
It is not often you get an MMA event without any real highlights but ‘Strikeforce at the Dome’ fitted that bill. The show is probably even more of a let down considering we have treated to action packed events such as EliteXC: Street Certified, WEC 32 and UFC 81 already this month.
Mon, Feb 25 | Five Ounces of Pain
Frank Shamrock to be sued?
During Yahoo!’s live stream of Strikeforce’s show this past Saturday from the Playboy Mansion, Shamrock claimed while he was commentating that Thomson is “MMA’s first openly gay fighter.” PDG: Last night during the broadcast on Yahoo sports, Frank Shamrock was commentating. When you e...
Sun, Sep 30 | Five Ounces of Pain
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