"Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers" fight night photo gallery: CBS main card
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Revisit this past weekend's "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers" event and the night's headliner between Fedor Emelianenko and challenger Brett Rogers. Strikeforce photographer Esther Lin captured images from Strikeforce and M-1's CBS debut, and the highlights from the night's four-fight main card be found in the embedded photo gallery. Saturday's event, which was co-promoted by M-1 Global, took place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., in front of a soldout crowd of 11,512. Read Full Story
"UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II" weigh-ins set for Nov. 20 at Mandalay Bay Events Center
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Weigh-ins for the UFC's next show, "UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II," take place Friday, Nov. 20, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts the following day's pay-per-view event, which is headlined by a light heavyweight rematch between former champion Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin. As always, the weigh-ins, which begin at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT), are free and open to the public. Read Full Story
MMAjunkie.com Fight Biz: Fedor, Strikeforce deliver for CBS with solid ratings
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Leading up to "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers," CBS programming executive Kelly Kahl was non-committal when asked about the future of MMA on the network. With the tarnish left behind by the network's affiliation with ProElite, parent company of the now-defunct EliteXC, some reluctance on Kahl's part was understandable. However, after Saturday night's show, MMA fans can bank on more "Saturday Night Fights" on CBS under the Strikeforce banner. In our latest MMAjunkie.com Fight Biz installmen... Read Full Story
The Sunday Junkie: Nov. 8 edition
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With Strikeforce and M-1 Global's CBS debut now in the books, the fallout of "Fedor vs. Rogers" was unsurprisingly the primary focus of The Sunday Junkie. This week's edition of our reader-feedback feature included submissions on several aspects of the show, including Fedor Emelianenko's unmatched run, the legitimacy of Jake Shields as a top middleweight and Strikeforce's future potential. When it came to picking a winner, though, Nevada's Matt Petterson won with a different take. The Hende... Read Full Story
MMAjunkie Radio: MMA legend and UFC 110 headliner Wanderlei Silva (in studio)
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MMAjunkie.com Radio kicks off another star-studded week of programming with a special treat. MMA legend Wanderlei Silva joins the crew in studio to co-host the show for the full two-hour episode. "The Axe Murderer" will take calls from the fans and answer questions on his upcoming bout with Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 110 in Australia, his drop to 185 pounds, and what the future holds for the fearsome slugger. MMAjunkie.com Radio begins at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort ... Read Full Story
MMA stars "Train the Troops" at military bases in recent visits across the U.S.
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To my right, UFC fighter Tim Credeur and top Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and trainer Tim "Panda" Burill are demonstrating a particularly vicious guillotine choke/neck crank hybrid.   "This is grimy, bro," Credeur tells the students gathered around him. "Like if you were in my gym and did this, you'd be taking a day off grimy, but for you guys this is a perfect way to end the fight." As I look around, Tim Kennedy, Gray Maynard, Damacio Page, and Jorge Rivera are all working on simila... Read Full Story
The Gogoplata Guy: Even if retirement sticks, Brad Imes left his mark on MMA
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One year Brad Imes stood 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 165 pounds. But just a couple years later, he was a towering 6-foot-7, 290-pound lineman for the University of Missouri and Arena Football League. "The Ultimate Fighter 2" runner-up's growth spurt actually provided Imes better coordination and balance as he grew into his body, and it eventually allowed him to pull off one of the sport's rarest submissions - in back-to-back fights. Due to knee problems, Imes has put a halt to his MM... Read Full Story
Camping with the Kids: Inside camp with Mike Pierce and Rick Story, Part VII
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Welcome to part VII of "Camping with the Kids," the latest series from MMA agent and occasional MMAjunkie.com contributor Ken Pavia. Although intended to focus on Phil Baroni and his UFC 106 training camp, as we learned in Part I, the series now focuses on two promising UFC youngsters, Mike Pierce and Ricky Story, who ventured to California and now find themselves on a whirlwind tour of MMA's top training facilities. In Part VII, with Pierce having returned home to train with his local gy... Read Full Story
Le vs. Smith official for "Strikeforce: Evolution" on Dec. 19; tickets on sale next week
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A potential middleweight slugfest first reported by MMAjunkie.com is now official, as Strikeforce announced former 185-pound champion Cung Le (6-0) meets fellow striking enthusiast Scott Smith (16-6). Le and Smith will headline the recently announced Dec. 19 event, "Strikeforce: Evolution" at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Tickets for the Showtime-broadcast event, which will go head-to-head with Zuffa, LLC's "WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff," go on sale next week. Read Full Story
New Strikeforce champ Jake Shields says old champ Cung Le unwilling to fight him
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le, who recently vacated his belt, said the fighter's unexpected decision to return to competition at the Dec. 19 "Strikeforce: Evolution" event resulted from the delay of another Hollywood gig. However, new champ Jake Shields, who defeated Jason "Mayhem" Miller Saturday at the "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers" event to claim Le's vacated belt, isn't buying it. He said Le's return to compet... Read Full Story