Posts Tagged ‘Strikeforce’

A Clash of Titans: Alistair Overeem Vs. Matt Rogers

If you are in the St. Louis, Missouri area on the weekend of May 15^th, you might want to keep your kids indoors (especially all little girls, if you have seen the video of Alistair Overeem laying a vicious leg kick to a girl holding pads, which I should add, was set-up and all in fun!).

Two monstrous human specimens will do battle that weekend to determine the Strikeforce heavyweight champion! Brett “The Grim” Rogers (10-1) will do battle with current Strikeforce champion, Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (32-11 MMA; 6-4 K1). Read more…

Fabricio Werdum Confirmed To Face Fedor Emelianenko as Next “Bum of the Month”

MMAWeekly.com has now confirmed that Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced following Dream 13 on Monday in Japan that current SF poster boy—and arguably the best subpar league heavyweight MMA fighter in the world—Fedor Emelianenko will face off against Fabricio Werdum later this spring.

“M-1 Global and Strikeforce entered into a three-fight contract exclusive for Fedor to fight in a co-promotion between Strikeforce and M-1 Global, and as you know we did the first fight on Nov. 7 in Chicago,” Coker told MMA Weekly.

“Fedor is now scheduled to fight in June toward the end of the month in America against Fabricio Werdum. Read more…

SF’s Dan Henderson: “Jake Shields Is Dangerous, Not To Be Overlooked “

“I appreciate all of the fans’ support in thinking that I’m going to beat (Jake) Shields up, but he’s dangerous and I don’t want to overlook anybody,” said Henderson.

“I’ve been training here and there, but I need to make sure I’m in top shape for this fight, I haven’t fought since July of 2009, so getting in shape is top priority right now, after that we will start working on a game plan.”

Those were the latest words from former Ultimate Fighting Championship knockout artist, and now Strikeforce middleweight contender Dan Henderson on a recently posted youtube.com video, which I have added below. Read more…

Dan Henderson vs. Jake Shields on Strikeforce: Official for April

According to recent statements made by current champion Jake Shields on MMA Weekly Radio, the highly anticipated Strikeforce middleweight championship bout between Jake Shields and Dan Henderson is now a done deal.

“It’s a go now. We finally worked it out a few days ago,” said Shields. “It’s a done deal, it’s been agreed upon by both parties as far as I know, and I think it’s set to go. I have a date (and) venue, but they told me to hold that back,” Shields said on the program. Read more…