Strikeforce has finally found a broadcast partner for their much anticipated four-man, middleweight tournament this Friday night in San Jose, CA. This card will mark the first MMA tournament competition in the state of California and also feature a heavyweight title fight between former UFC fighter Paul Buentello and former PrideFC star Alistair Overeem. Also [...]

Here are the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday night’s Strikeforce card held in Beverly Hills, CA. The total disclosed fighter payroll was just over $230,000. Gilbert Melendez – $30,000 Tetsuji Kato – $6,000 Joe Riggs – $29,500 Josh Thomson – $24,500 Daniel Puder – $20,000 Bobby Southworth – $20,000 Falaniko Vitale – $20,000 Jorge [...]

Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe Riggs has left World Extreme Cagefighting and signed a contract with Strikeforce. Riggs will reportedly make his Strikeforce debut on September 29 in Los Angeles where he will fight current Stikeforce champion Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship belt. Both Jackson and Riggs are [...]

Buckle your seatbelts MMA fans because after a relatively uneventfull August, we are in for a wild ride the next few weeks. Here is just a brief rundown of the “major” events over the next month. 08/25 – UFC 74: Respect 08/25 – EliteXC – ShoXC 09/05 – WEC 30 09/08 – UFC 75: Champion [...]

Sam Caplan over at FiveOuncesOfPain.com is reporting that Gilbert Melendez will be fighting next on September 29 in the Strikeforce promotion. Melendez is currently undefeated with a 12-0 record and is widely regarded as one of the top 5 Lightweight fighters in the world. Melendez most recently fought in PrideFC prior to Dreamstage Entertainment selling [...]

The California State Athletic Commission has announced that Phil Baroni tested positive for anabolic sterioids after his recent fight with Frank Shamrock on June 22 in San Jose. Baroni tested positive for both Boldenone and Stanozolol metabolites and was fined $2,500 and suspended for a full year (365 days). You may remember Boldenone is the [...]

Luke Thomas over at BloodyElbow.com has gotten his hands on the fighter payouts from the Strikeforce/EliteXC Judgment Day show last weekend. -Frank Shamrock ($1.3 million) def. Phil Baroni ($75,000) -Cung Le ($100,000) def. Tony Fryklund ($12,000) -Murilo “Ninja” Rua ($50,000) def. Joey Villasenor ($32,000) -Paul Buentello ($50,000) def. Carter Wiliams ($25,000) -Paul Daley ($30,000) def. [...]

If you missed last nights co-promotion between EliteXC and Strikeforce, then I feel bad for you. I’ve been telling you for weeks to buy this PPV and if you didn’t, thats your problem. For those of us with half a brain that bought the card, we were treated to one of the best events in [...]

Well, two good nights of fights this weekend, so I’m going to make this simple and take a few polls on what you guys think will happen this weekend.

The co-promotion between Strikeforce and Gary Shaw’s EliteXC continues Friday night with the Shamrock vs Baroni: Judgment Day fight card. This event is stacked with fighters from top to bottom and is one of those fight cards that everyone has been waiting to see for quite a while. Phil Baroni vs Frank Shamrock – Boy, [...]

If you have the opportunity, you really should buy this card tomorrow night.

Josh Gross at Sherdog.com is now reporting that Murilo “Ninja” Rua will likely be allowed to fight this Friday night on the Strikeforce/EliteXC fight card. Last Friday, EliteXC announced the Rua would be off the card after he failed his physical with the California State Athletic Commission. EliteXC immediately was able to sign Falaniko Vitale [...]

I’ve got to admit, it’s been a while since I’ve been as excited about an upcoming event as I am for the Shamrock vs Baroni Strikeforce/EliteXC card on June 22. Enjoy this preview that recently aired on Showtime. Part 1 Part 2