After newly crowned middleweight champion Jake Shields admitted Saturday that he thinks he’s a stronger fighter at 170 pounds and might go back down there, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker didn’t bat an eyelash. ... Read More
Dream welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis has come to terms on a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce, according to officials within the promotion.
An emerging superstar at 170 pounds, the 29-year-old Lithuanian could make his promotional debut on Dec. 19 at the HP Pavilion ... Read More
Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba, less than three weeks after he submitted boxer Rubin Williams, will lock horns with Zelg Galesic at Dream 12 “The Cage of the Rising Sun” this Sunday at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan ... Read More
Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent company of K-1 and Dream, announced plans for Dynamite 2009 on New Year’s Eve at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. ... Read More
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The rise to power of Arizona Combat Sports as one of the top mixed martial arts gyms in the country was slow and steady. This was no overnight emergence. ... Read More
One-time EliteXC welterweight king Jake Shields will meet Jason “Mayhem” Miller for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight belt at Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” on Nov. 7, officials within the promotion confirmed on Friday ... Read More
On the shoulders of media darling Gina Carano, female mixed martial arts managed to command the attention of the MMA world and, to some degree, the sports world at large. ... Read More
Japan: land of opportunity for men who don’t get along with athletic commissions. Sherdog reports that Nick Diaz, ousted from Saturday’s Strikeforce card due to failure to appear for a drug test, is considering an October DREAM date, possibly against Hayato "Mach" Sakurai.
That’s swell, but the real interest comes in a mention that the California State Athletic Commission is investigating something called a “Therapeutic Usage Exemption Program,” which would collude with physicians to allow athletes with valid reasons for using banned substances to compete. ... Read More