Michael Afromowitz (muaythaimes@aol.com)
Before a raucous crowd of 16,326, Cung Le (22-0) kicked and punches his way to superstardom and the Strikeforce world middleweight championship, forcing longtime Bay Area, California rival, Frank Shamrock (23-9-1), to retire with a broken right arm after the third round of their long-awaited showdown at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, [...]

Michael Afromowitz (muaythaimes@aol.com)
In a monumental step for the fastest growing sport around the globe, world championship promotion, Strikeforce, has partnered with NBC to deliver the first-ever weekly mixed martial arts cage fight program on one of the four major national television networks in The United States.
The series, spanning 52 weeks, will air every Saturday from [...]

Michael Afromowitz (muaythaimes@aol.com)
Shortly after he weighed in a quarter pound too heavy, Strikeforce World Middleweight (185 lb. limit) Champion Frank Shamrock (23-8-1) returned to the scale, which revealed that he had reached the target weight for his highly anticipated title defense tomorrow against undefeated rival Cung Le (21-0). Le, meanwhile, weighed in at 183 lbs. [...]

Michael Afromowitz (Muaythaimes@aol.com)
Team Quest star Ryan Jensen (11-3) will replace a Brazil-stranded Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos in the 185 lb. matchup with Joey Villasenor (24-6) during “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” at HP Pavilion on Saturday.
Strikeforce learned on Monday that a delay in the travel visa acquisition process would prevent Cyborg from arriving in California with sufficient [...]

Michael Afromowitz (Muaythaimes@aol.com)
Gracie Jiu Jitsu stud, Luke Stewart (5-0), will bid to continue his undefeated run in mixed martial arts’ 170 lb. weight limit division when he squares off with Tiki Ghosn (9-7) in a non-televised “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” preliminary card contest at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, March 29th.
Since his professional debut [...]

Michael Afromowitz (Muaythaimes@aol.com)
Undefeated world kickboxing champion and middleweight (185 lb. limit) mixed martial arts contender Cung Le (21-0) will be a guest on Friday’s episode of Inside MMA on HDNet.
Sitting on a panel along with fellow guest superstar, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, as well as Inside MMA co-hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten, the 35-year-old Le [...]

Michael Afromowitz (Muaythaimes@aol.com)
Twenty-five year old superstar, Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (13-1) will put his Strikeforce world lightweight (155 lb. limit) mixed martial arts championship on the line against Pat Miletich-protégé Gabe Lemley (11-6) during “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, March 29th.
“I’m looking forward to fighting in front of my [...]

Michael Afromowitz (Muaythaimes@aol.com)
HP Pavilion doors will open at 4:30 p.m, an hour and a half earlier than originally scheduled, for the “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” mixed martial arts mega-card on Saturday March 29th, and the first bout will begin at 5 p.m.
The main card, consisting of six fights, will commence at 6 p.m. All tickets [...]

Heavy hands will fly when former Pride Fighting Championship star, Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos (15-11), throws down with EliteXC standout, Joey “Dream Smasher” Villasenor (24-6), in a middleweight (185 lb. limit) slugfest during the EliteXC-Strikeforce co-promoted “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” mixed martial arts mega-card at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Saturday, March 29th.
“I always look for [...]