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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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