Stories with the tag "Strikeforce"

Strikeforce has added a middleweight bout between Scott Smith (13-5) and Terry Martin (18-5) to next week's "Strikeforce: Destruction" event.

In lieu of Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson being forced off of the promotion's planned "Destuction" event on Nov. 21 due to injury, a main event featuring middleweights Scott Smith and Terry Martin has been installed as the card's new main event.

A broken toe will prevent Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson from making his first-ever defense as scheduled during Strikeforce's "Destruction" event scheduled for Nov. 21 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The news is according to a report by our friends at MMAjunkie.com.

Josh Thomson's first Strikeforce world lightweight title defense will have to wait a bit longer.

HDNet Fights is again cracking open the video vault.

Xtreme Couture Vice President Kim Couture (0-1) has signed with Strikeforce and will fight fellow one-fight veteran Lina Kvokov (0-1) at the organization's Nov. 21 "Destruction" card.

Kim Couture, the wife of UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, has been added to Strikeforce's upcoming "Destruction" event on Friday, Nov. 21 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

With Strikeforce champions Josh Thomson and Bobby Southworth ready to contend, and with Joe Riggs set to face Luke Stewart, in main-card bouts, Strikeforce has filled out the rest of its "Destruction" fight card with prospects and up-and-comers.

Strikeforce has released a completed line-up of their "Destruction" event. Strikeforce Destruction will take place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on November 21st. The card will see a total of eleven fights including lightweight and light heavyweight title matches.

This past Saturday's airing of "Strikeforce on NBC" topped out with more than 1.1 million viewers, the California-based organization today announced.

Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson will seek to defend his title -- and extract a bit of revenge -- against the only man to have ever stopped "The Punk," Yves Edwards .

Strikeforce announced Monday morning that Josh Thomson will defend his Strikeforce lightweight title against Yves Edwards during the promotion's next event on Nov. 21 at the H.P. Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The Thomson vs.

After delivering some payback in a long-awaited rematch with Sam Morgan earlier this month, Duane Ludwig is likely to bang with Phil Baroni next.

"Strikeforce: Destruction," which takes place Nov. 21 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., will air live on HDNet.

Strikeforce is in advanced discussions with NBC to bring live fights to the Peacock Network.

Despite Rage in the Cage's announcement that Joe Riggs (28-11) would headline its Nov. 8 event in a fight with middleweight JR Schumacher (4-1), an official from Strikeforce today told MMAjunkie.com that the fight isn't happening.

After an outmatched Ashe Bowman gave Josh Thomson (16-2) little more than a 74-second tune-up fight back in September, the Strikeforce world lightweight champion could get a major step up in competition come November.

After a disappointing loss to Kazuo Misaki in September's "Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion II," Joe Riggs will make his long-rumored return to welterweight in November.

Strikeforce officially announced via press release on Thursday evening that it will hold its next event on Friday, Nov. 21 from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Two title bouts have already been announced for the show, including Bobby Southworth defending his Strikeforce light heavyweight title vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral.

After suffering a knee injury in mid-August and undergoing surgery in early September, Renato "Babalu" Sobral is healed and again training full-time in preparation of a Nov. 21 title fight with Strikeforce world light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth (9-5).

In this week's "Inside MMA" discussion clip, the crew heads to Colorado for a preview of Strikeforce's latest event.

It took Duane “Bang” Ludwig only 2:01 to “Payback” Sam Morgan for an unexpected knockout loss over 3 years ago. Ludwig's victory capped off “Strikeforce: Payback”, which took place at the Broomfield Events Center in Broomfield, Colo.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Payback's a tap out.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- "Strikeforce: Payback" takes place tonight at the Broomfield Event Center near Denver.

Weigh-ins were held for "Strikeforce: Payback" on Thursday, and while two fighters failed to make their contracted weight, the entire card has remained in place. Tyra Parker who is scheduled to fight Michelle Waterson weighed in at 116 lbs.

Eight-year veteran Duane "Bang" Ludwig fought just once in 2005 -- and it's a bout he'd rather forget.

Weigh-ins for tonight's "Strikeforce: Payback" were held Thursday in Broomfield, Colo.

The theme of the latest Strikeforce show is "Payback," and that's exactly what Duane Ludwig will be seeking in a rematch with Sam Morgan.

After a 10-month layoff following a loss in a November 2007 Strikeforce event, longtime MMAjunkie.com columnist Sean Salmon recently returned to action during a NAAFS event in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

The California-based Strikeforce organization has finalized its third card in a four week stretch with the addition of American Top Team fighter Carlos Zevallos.

Trevor Prangley looked impressive in securing a recent decision victory over former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Anthony Ruiz. Prangley does not want to make a habit of fighting at 205 though. "I'm going back to 185," said Prangley, "I weighed in at 203 without cutting. I want to go back to where I should be.

Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez has had a difficult year. He lost two of his three fights - one to Mitsuhiro Ishida and another to Josh Thomson. Those were the first two losses of his MMA career. Now, Melendez is preparing to get back in the cage in the not-so-distant future.

MMAjunkie.com requested and today received from the California State Athletic Commission the list of official salaries from "Strikeforce at the Mansion II."

The California State Athletic Commission has issued a total of five medical suspensions following this past weekend's "Strikeforce at the Mansion II" event.

After two events away from company headquarters, Strikeforce will return to San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 21 for an event at the HP Pavilion.

Renato "Babalu" Sobral planned to fight Bobby Southworth during last weekend's Strikeforce show. Unfortunately, that fight did not take place. Sobral pulled out of the fight due to a knee inury. "I had a torn meniscus," said Sobral, "the surgery is already done. I will recover well." Sobral hopes the recovery is quick.

After defeating Ashe Bowman in a non-title fight this past weekend, Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson made it very clear who he wants to fight next. "I am really looking forward to possibly fighting Joachim Hansen," said Thomson. Thomson went on to say that his next fight will definitely take place in 2008.

The second installment of Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion took place last night from Beverly Hills, California. Below are the results from last night's event which included a main event between Joe Riggs and Kazuo Misaki. Main Card: Kazuo Misaki def. Joe Riggs via TKO at 2:29 of round two Josh Thomson def.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- After patiently navigating his way through the first round of his Strikeforce debut, Kazuo Misaki finally struck in the second.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight's Strikeforce at the Mansion II event.

LOS ANGELES -- South African middleweight Trevor Prangley was on a tear.

LOS ANGELES -- With a non-title fight and an after-party at the world-famous Playboy Mansion looming, it would be easy to forgive Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson were his focus to stray.

From the outside, the plight of name mixed martial artists who are no longer in the Ultimate Fighting Championship doesn't seem too bad.

LOS ANGELES -- In anticipation of Saturday's Strikeforce at the Mansion II event, the show's competitors hit the scales today for official weigh-ins.

LOS ANGELES -- MMAjunkie.com was on scene for today's "Strikefoce at the Mansion II" official weigh-ins.

Anthony Ruiz (21-11), who replaced an injured Bobby Southworth (only to have opponent Renato "Babalu" Sobral also pull out of the fight due to an injury), will instead meet Trevor Prangley (17-5) at Saturday's "Strikeforce at the Mansion II" event.

Former BodogFIGHT middleweight champion Trevor Prangley has been announced as a late-addition to Strikeforce's second-ever show at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. this Saturday. The San Jose-based fight promotion revealed the news via a press release Tuesday morning.

The California-based organization Strikeforce is set to begin a stretch of three events in four weeks tonight with the third installment of their developmental series, "Young Guns."

Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson hasn't lost in two years. Among those victories was a huge unanimous win over former champion Gilbert Melendez. The win pushed Thomson into the top 10 of most of the lightweight rankings. Thomson though has no doubt who should be ranked at the top.

California-based Strikeforce today officially announced it has partnered with one of Canada’s top national sports television networks, The Score to deliver live programming. Live Strikeforce programming will debut on the network on Saturday, September 20th beginning with the league’s star-studded affair at the world-famous Playboy Mansion.

A leg injury has forced Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7) out of his upcoming bout with Anthony Ruiz (21-11), which was set to take place Sept. 20 at "Strikeforce at the Mansion II."

PRIDE and DREAM veteran lightweight Mitsuhiro Ishida (16-4-1), the first fighter ever to defeat former Strikeforce world lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, has signed with Strikeforce.

Yesterday Strikeforce sent out a press release officially announcing that PRIDE and DREAM veteran Mitsuhiro Ishida would make his US debut at their Strikeforce at the Mansion II event on September 20th against Justin Wilcox.

The California-based Strikeforce organization recently announced three additional bouts for its October "Payback" card.

This is the kind of thing that doesn't happen every day. Or every year. Or even every decade.

Strikeforce has confirmed a report initially broken by MMAjunkie.com that Bobby Southworth is off the promotion's card scheduled for the Playboy Mansion on Sept. 20. Southworth had been scheduled to defend his Strikeforce light heavyweight title vs.

Despite having to pull out of a recent title fight with Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7), Strikeforce world light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) could return to action before year's end.

After suffering little damage in his unanimous-decision victory over Makoto Takimoto at this past weekend's Sengoku 4 event, veteran middleweight fighter Frank Trigg (17-6) expects a proposed Oct. 3 Strikeforce bout with Falaniko Vitale (26-8) to go on as planned.