BROTHERLY BATTLES, SKATEBOARD CRASHES, HELPED PREPARE RISING STAR LUKE ROCKHOLD FOR CAREER IN STRIKEFORCE...
By JOSHUA MOLINA Luke Rockhold has never made it past the first round. For the Santa Cruz, California native, four minutes and seven seconds is the most time he has ever needed to put away an opponent. Whether he’s slapping on a rear naked choke, slipping on an arm bar, or striking someone into submission, [...]
KJ Noons: Ready For Another Round With Nick Diaz...
By Johnny Preston “Don’t be scared, homie.” It’s become a catchphrase of sorts for STRIKEFORCE Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz. For his next opponent, recent STRIKEFORCE: Houston victor KJ Noons, it’s become a rallying cry. On October 9th, live in San Jose, California at HP Pavilion, televised on SHOWTIME®, Diaz and Noons will engage in one [...]
“Jacare” is ready to chomp down on the competition...
Johnny Preston Considered to be one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in the history of the martial art, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza made the jump to MMA in recent years. Now, following an epic five-round battle with Tim Kennedy at the August 21st STRIKEFORCE: Houston event, he is the STRIKEFORCE Middleweight Champion. While this [...]
CHAD GRIGGS REWRITES THE SCRIPT : AN ANATOMY OF HOW AN UNDERDOG KO’d BOBBY LASHLEY...
By JOSHUA MOLINA If Chad Griggs has any regrets about the night he knocked out Bobby Lashley, it’s that the fight didn’t go into the third round. He wanted that explosive, sensational, dramatic knockout. Instead, what Griggs got was a tired, bleeding, dazed, out-on-his-feet Lashley barely surviving the second round, before the referee stopped the [...]
THE REMATCH YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR: NICK DIAZ VS. KJ NOONS IS SET FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 9, IN SAN JOSE, CALIF....
Kaufman to Defend STRIKEFORCE Women’s Belt Against Coenen Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT; Ticket Pre-Sale Begins Today SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2010) – A grudge rematch that fans, media, and the confident fighters themselves have been clamoring for since the first fight ended in bloody controversy nearly three years ago, will take [...]
Strikeforce: Houston Results & Photos – Feijao Shocks King Mo, Souza Wins Decision Over Kennedy...
Photo Credit: Esther Lin / STRIKEFORCE Don’t Miss The Explosive Replay On Monday At 9:30 p.m. ET/PT On SHO 2 HOUSTON (Aug. 21, 2010) – Hard-hitting striker Rafael Feijao shocked STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight (205 pounds) Champion “King Mo” Lawal with a devastating third round knockout in Saturday’s SHOWTIME® televised main event at STRIKEFORCE: Houston [...]
STRIKEFORCE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONS NICK DIAZ & SARAH KAUFMAN RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY, OCT. 9 IN SAN JOSE...
Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT SAN JOSE, CALIF. (Aug. 21, 2010) – The STRIKEFORCE men’s and women’s Welterweight World Champions Nick Diaz (170-pounds) and Sarah Kaufman (135-pounds) will return to the cage on Saturday, Oct. 9 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). [...]
STRIKEFORCE: Houston Official Weights & Photos, Event Tomorrow At Toyota Center Live on SHOWTIME...
Photo Credit: Esther Lin / STRIKEFORCE FINAL WEIGHTS STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight World Championship King Mo Lawal – 203 3/4 Pounds Rafael Feijao – 203 1/2 Pounds STRIKEFORCE Middleweight World Championship Tim Kennedy – 185 Pounds Jacare Souza – 184 3/4 Pounds K.J. Noons – 156 1/4 Pounds Jorge Gurgel – 154 3/4 Pounds Bobby Lashley [...]
STRIKEFORCE: Houston Press Conference Quotes & Photos...
Photo Credit: Esther Lin / STRIKEFORCE Dave & Busters, Houston, Texas The fighters participated in the final press conference at Dave & Buster’s in Houston just two days before the STRIKEFORCE: Houston event at Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday, Aug. 21, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). In [...]
COMPUSTRIKE PREVIEW – STRIKEFORCE HOUSTON...
KING MO LAWAL vs. RAFAEL CAVALCANTE Lawal-Cavalcante Comparison | Lawal 5-Fight Avg. | Cavalcante 5-Fight Avg. King Mo, 7-0, making his first defense of the Strikeforce light heavyweight title, is a better than 4-1 favorite over Cavalcante, 9-2. Talk about a contrast in styles! Lawal, an all-American wrestler at Oklahoma State, was successful on 33 [...]
STRIKEFORCE Star KJ Noons Throws Out First Pitch At Houston Astros Game...
Photos by Esther Lin/STRIKEFORCE. STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) star KJ Noons threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Wednesday’s Houston Astros game at Minute Made Park just three days before his showdown with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Jorge Gurgel on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the STRIKEFORCE: Houston event at Toyota Center in Houston. Noons (9-2), [...]
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION “KING MO” LAWAL, TIM KENNEDY, BOBBY LASHLEY, DAN HENDERSON & PAT MILETICH TO APPEAR ...
WHO: STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight Champion “King Mo’’ Lawal American Military Hero and Middleweight Contender Tim Kennedy Unbeaten Heavyweight and Former WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley Legendary MMA Superstar and Two-Time Olympic Wrestler Dan Henderson MMA Legend and SHOWTIME Announcer Pat Miletich WHERE: ESPN2 WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 19 at 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. [...]
