The inevitable super fight is every fans dream, but it always has some road blocks or obstacles along the way. You would think pitting two men or two women against each other would be as easy as picking names out of a hat and sticking them together in a cage to let them duel it out, wrong! There are so many factors to setting up these fights that sometimes, it doesn’t even happen at all.
It’s been debated at great lengths that the popularity or dare I say the lack of overall popularity of women’s MMA is due to the fact that they haven’t yet had that defining fight that captures the world’s imagination. WMMA has its stars and faces to better market and promote the sport and they have done a magnificent job and they wouldn’t be where it’s at now without standout performers and personalities like Gina Carano and Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos.
If you missed the news, Strikeforce has signed a new deal with Showtime and the promotion will put on up to eight shows next year. Before that new deal kicks into gear the promotion has one final event of 2011 this weekend as Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal hit San Diego, California.
The last Strikeforce event of 2011 is this weekend in San Diego, California for Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal. This year has been both good and bad for Strikeforce, depending on your outlook of the promotions sale to ZUFFA back in March.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today the first quarter winners of the Twitter bonuses for the months of June, July and August. The UFC / ZUFFA introduced the Twitter Bonus program during their Fighter Summit in May.
Mixed in between the two grand prix fights last Saturday, Strikeforce announced the return of Gina Carano (7-1) to fighting
Strikeforce has partnered up with CBS home entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment to bring fans the DVD “Strikeforce MMA”. The DVD included over five hours of hard-hitting action and thrilling knockouts packed into a two-disc set presented in 16×9 widescreen.
In the newest issue of ESPN the magazine titled “The Body” Strikeforce start and married couple Evangelista Santos and Cristiane Santos appear fully naked. Evangelista is being submitted by Cristiane in a rear naked choke, while actually being naked.
