NEW YORK (August 31, 2009) – Budding superstar and two-time All-American wrestler at the University of Missouri, Tyron “T-Wood’’ Woodley (5-0) of St. Louis, will face his sternest test to date when he meets former Tito Ortiz protégé, Zach “The Lisbon Outlaw’’ Light (6-8) of Huntington Beach, Calif., in a welterweight (170 pounds) fight at [...]

August 26, 2009 (New York, NY) – Strikeforce president & CEO, Scott Coker, has confirmed that Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (30-1) will meet undefeated Brett “The Grimm” Rogers (10-0) in his Strikeforce debut this fall. A venue or date for the show has not been announced.
Emelianenko participated in a public workout today in New York [...]

NEW YORK (August 24, 2009)-K-1 legend and five-time world kickboxing champion, Ray “Sugarfoot” Sefo (1-0), will make his STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) debut when he takes on Kevin “The Shaman” Jordan (11-7)in a heavyweight contest on the SHOWTIME televised portion of the STRIKEFORCE: Challengers event at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s SpiritBank Event Center on Friday, September 25. 
 
The [...]

FEDOR IN NEW YORK CITY THIS WEDNESDAY
 FOR FREE PUBLIC WORKOUT, MEET & GREET 
 
Fedor “The Last Emperor’’ Emelianenko at Fighthouse,
122 West 27th Street, Wednesday, Aug. 26, AT 3:30 p.m. ET
 
MEDIA, FANS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND; AUTOGRAPHS,
 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS, PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
 
 
     WHO:          MMA Superstar & World’s Universally Recognized No. 1 Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko
                        STRIKEFORCE Founder & CEO Scott Coker     [...]

NEW YORK (August 20, 2009)—Undefeated rising mixed martial arts (MMA) star Zak Cummings (10-0) will replace an injured Evangelista Cyborg in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event matchup with American military hero Tim Kennedy (10-2) at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s SpiritBank Event Center on Friday, September 25.
 
“Tim Kennedy sounds like a pretty tough guy and that’s the [...]

By Michael Afromowitz
The STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg” event on Saturday, August 15, generated the highest viewership ratings in history for a live mixed martial arts (MMA) telecast on SHOWTIME.
According to Yahoo! Sports writer Dave Meltzer, viewership peaked during the highly-anticipated main event showdown between MMA’s top two female superstars – Gina “Conviction” Carano and Cris [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 16, 2009) – In the biggest, most important and highly anticipated fight in the history of women’s mixed martial arts, Cris Cyborg registered a brutal 4:59, first-round TKO (punches) over Gina Carano before a raucous 13,524 at HP Pavilion here Saturday on SHOWTIME.
For as long as it lasted, the Cyborg-Carano fight [...]

SHOWTIME Fight Card
7:30 p.m. PT*
*Airs 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on West Coast
 
MAIN EVENT
STRIKEFORCE MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
5×5
145 lbs
 
GINA “Conviction” CARANO — 143 Pounds
7-0
Las Vegas, Nev.
VS
CRIS CYBORG — 144 ½ Pounds
7-1
Curitiba, Brazil
 
STRIKEFORCE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
5X5
205 lbs
 
RENATO “Babalu” SOBRAL — 201 Pounds
35-8
Brazil fighting out of Costa Mesa, Calif.
VS
GEGARD “The Dreamcatcher” MOUSASI — 204 Pounds
28-2-1
Leiden, Netherlands
 
STRIKEFORCE INTERIM LIGHTWEIGHT [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – He’s had a week and a half to think about his new opponent, but Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez says he’ll be ready come Saturday as he takes on Japanese wrestling expert Mitsuhiro Ishida in a rematch of their New Year’s 2007 fight in Japan.
Melendez had been scheduled to fight a rematch [...]

Live Mixed Martial Arts Event—“Carano vs. Cyborg”— To Stream Simultaneously With Live SHOWTIME® Telecast Saturday, Aug. 15, From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

For the first time, SHOWTIME Sports will offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans around the world STRIKEFORCE: All Access, the cutting edge online interactive experience, live on Saturday, Aug. 15, for STRIKEFORCE: “Carano [...]