The third edition of “The Body Issue” by ESPN the Magazine will feature the current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in nothing but his birthday suit. Jones is not the first Mixed Martial Arts star to appear in “The Body Issue”, he’s actually the fifth, but the champ is the first from the UFC.
The semifinal round of the Strikeforce Grand Prix is in the books and it time to move onto December’s Strikeforce event and the Grand Prix final in early 2012. Before we officially close the book on Saturday’s exciting card, the Ohio Athletic Commission and handed out it medical suspensions along with the reported fighters pay.
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-finals last night wasn’t just about the big boys, but about the disproportionately large amount of prospects making promotional debuts. Some of these fighters brought nothing more than a record, while others came in with extraordinary expectations upon them. The beauty of the fight game though, is that a hype train can be knocked off the tracks and burst into flames at any time, and we certainly saw plenty of that.
With two events happening at nearly the same time, MMA fans were given the full of MMA overload. The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov undercard fights aired on HDNet with five exciting fights. With upsets, finishes, debuts and a little dancing, the undercard had a little bit for everyone.
It took seven long months but finally the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinals are here. With a two spots in the finals on the line, four men will step into the cage at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday September 10th looking to punch their ticket.
Nick Diaz is leaving the Strikeforce Welterweight belt in his wake as he heads up into the UFC, challenging Georges St. Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship. So what is to be of the Strikeforce belt? There are a handful of guys who could all stake a claim to it, but here’s what we think [...]
If you’ve been searching for a stand up battle between to two fighters that can mean-mug with the best in the industry, on a card that is headlined by two legends in the world of Mixed Martial Arts your search is now over.
Last night Nick Diaz (24-7, 1nc) defended his welterweight title for the second time against Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos (18-14) in the night’s main event. The skeptics said that Santos didn’t deserve a title shot, having only one fight at welterweight and an average record.
