The MMA world was flipped onto its head this past week when UFC President Dana White made the announcement that UFC 151 had been cancelled. With Dan Henderson injured and Jon Jones taking his ball and going home the UFC made the tough and historic decision to can the PPV fight card.
After a submission victory over Bristol Marunde (12-7) at Strikeforce: “Tate vs Rousey” back in March and a quick, first round knockout of Derek Brunson at Strikeforce: “Rousey vs Kaufman”, Jacare Souza (16-3) showed his fans once again why he was once the Strikeforce middleweight champion. With these two impressive victories back to back, it leaves us all asking the question, Who’s next for Jacare? Obviously the most logical answer is the same guy who took the belt from Jacare in the first place, the current Strikefrorce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold (10-1).
Luke Rockhold will look to start his 2012 campaign the way he ended his 2011 campaign, as the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. Rockhold will make his first defense of the championship as he takes on former UFC Light Heavyweight Keith Jardine on January 7th.
What I’ve done in my years of writing is make a yearly list of fights between “Top Ten” fighters and lesser known or much less regarded fighters. This is a bit of fun match-making to illustrate the fruitless quest for accurate Top Ten lists and to show exactly how much styles play into combat sports.
This Saturday, September 10, the semifinal round of the heavyweight grand prix goes down as Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov comes to you live from the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to the two big Heavyweight matchups, a fight for the Middleweight Championship is set to take place, as well as a Light Heavyweight bout that could determine who is next in line to challenge for the championship. With the unexpected removal of Alistair Overeem, Daniel Cormier was chosen to replace him and will face his toughest completion yet. Let’s take a look at the five Main Card fights to be shown on Showtime and break them down.
Two is always better then one, especially when it’s two great Mixed Martial Arts events. This week tickets for the semifinal round of the Strikeforce World Grand Prix, happening September 10th, along with tickets for the UFC Fight Night: Battle on the Bayou coming to you on September 17th will go on sale.
Tim Kennedy, for those of you who don’t know, is a very interesting person. Not only is he a top level Middleweight currently fighting for Strikeforce but he’s a decorated soldier and veteran. Tim Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in 2004. There is a book written by Dick Couch about Green Beret selection [...]
