Liz Carmouche has been a trailblazer in her short-but-eventful mixed martial arts career. Carmouche was the first openly lesbian fighter to compete on a major MMA stage and was part of the first women’s fight in UFC history. The San Diego-based fighter will add another first to her resume on July 27 at FOX 8 [...]
For the last seven or eight years, Gilbert Melendez has publicly tried to stake his claim as being the best lightweight fighter in the world. During his run in Strikeforce, he was in a unique position. He had a championship belt. He won all but one of his fights. He was ranked in many places [...]
The home base of the Strikeforce promotion, the HP Pavilion in San Jose, on Saturday night hosts a show that may as well have been themed as the battle of promotions. In the main event, Gilbert Melendez (21-2) , arguably the best fighter over the seven-year history of the Strikeforce promotion, challenges UFC lightweight champion [...]
LAS VEGAS, N.V. — It took Miesha Tate all of a few seconds to protest referee Kim Winslow’s decision to award Cat Zingano a TKO win midway through the third round of the pair’s main card bout on The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale. After claiming the first two frames on two judges’ scorecards, Zingano stole [...]
In case you forgot what a Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos fight looked like, she didn’t take long to refresh your memory. The former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion returned to action for her first fight since Dec. 2011 on Friday night at Invicta FC 5. Santos looked like the “Cyborg” of old as she unleashed the onslaught [...]
All 26 fighters made weight on Thursday for Friday’s loaded Invicta FC 5 event. The card at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, Mo., features a pair of title Invicta title fights, as well as a main card featuring the company debuts of two former Strikeforce champions and a former Bellator titleholder. In the main [...]
Two former Strikeforce middleweight champions will compete in separate bouts in the UFC’s return to Brazil later this year. By now you’ve probably heard that what is expected to be called “UFC on FX 8″ will feature Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold, the final Strikeforce 185-pound champion, on May 18. MMAFighting.com has also confirmed that [...]
In a fitting narrative to the end of Strikeforce, a fighter who worked his way up from the ranks of the Challenger shows managed to become the welterweight champion in the final event in the organization’s existence. in the main event of Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, underdog Tarec Saffiedine battered Nate Marquardt over five rounds [...]
The bout went a little longer than most expected, but the complexion of the fight went as everyone thought it would. Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champion and two-time Olympian Daniel Cormier TKO’d Dion Staring at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine. The end came at 4:02 of round two as referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy had seen enough [...]