Strikeforce Weigh Ins Overeem Werdum Barnett Rogers Griggs Noons Masvidal - Strikeforce

SHOWTIME Sports presents the official weigh-in for the Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournment. Check out all ten fiighters on the super-sized June 18th fight card: Chad Griggs, Valentijn Overeem, Daniel Cormier, Jeff Monson, KJ Noons, and Jorge Masvidal. Plus headliners Brett Rogers, Josh Barnett, Alistair Overeem, and Fabricio Werdum.

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Strikeforce heavyweight GP picks, Vegas-style: Barnett and ?Big Foot? try to survive the semis

Kevin Iole joined me on ESPNRadio1100/98.9 FM in Las Vegas on "The MMA Insiders" to discuss the lack of publicity for Saturday's Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix card in Cincinnati. Iole also picks the major fights using the Las Vegas betting odds.

Strikeforce heavyweight GP betting odds:

Josh Barnett (-335) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (+275) - Heavyweight GP semifinal #2

Antonio Silva (-155) vs. Daniel Cormier (+125) - Heavyweight GP semifinal #1

Luke Rockhold (+325) vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (-400) - Strikeforce middleweight title

Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (-160) vs. Roger Gracie (+140) - Light heavyweight

Evangelista Santos (+125) vs. Jordan Mein (-145) - Welterweight

Pat Healy (+105) vs. Maximo Blanco (-125) - Lightweight

Rafael Cavalcante (-145) vs. Yoel Romero Palacio (+115) - Light heavyweight

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Strikeforce-heavyweight-GP-picks-Vegas-style-B?urn=mma-wp6745

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UFC 134 drug tests all come back clean

Six fighters were tested for performance enhancing and recreational drug use after the UFC?s stop in Rio de Janeiro last month and the entire group came back clean including middleweight champ Anderson Silva, opponent Yushin Okami, and four other athletes randomly selected for the procedure. The results of the screening were revealed earlier today by UFC [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/09/15/ufc-134-drug-tests-all-come-back-clean

Ryan Bader  Siyar Bahadurzada Bao Ligao  Josh Barnett 

Baczynski, Stone and Boist winners at UFN 25

Baczynski, Stone and Boist winners at UFN 25

At Ultimate Fight Night 25 in New Orleans on Saturday, the preliminary fights featured two submissions and a decision.

Baczynski makes his way back to UFC with submission

Seth Baczynski, who hasn't fought in the UFC since his stint on "The Ultimate Fighter," used impressive striking to control Harvison in the first round, but that striking is what set up his submission win in the second round. Baczynski knocked Harvison to the ground with a beautiful right, then followed him to the ground with more big punches. Harvison rolled to get away from the punches, but gave up his back. Baczynski sunk in a rear naked choke, causing Harvison to tap at 1:12 of the first.

Stone puts Walker to sleep

Ken Stone won with a perfect rear naked choke, sinking it in early, then holding onto Donny Walker until Walker was asleep. The fight was stopped at 2:47 in the first round. That gives Stone his first UFC win, after suffering scary wins to Eddie Wineland and Scott Jorgensen.

Boist takes bloody decision from Riddle
Boist controlled Riddle with good striking followed by smothering grappling in the first round. In the second, Riddle threw a devastating knee that damaged Benoist's nose. Riddle was also able to get a takedown, but Benoist got out and then got a takedown of his own. Benoist's bigger problem was that his nose was apparently broken, then he made the mistake of blowing his nose. Blood poured out as Benoist continued to work from the top position.

Before the third round started, Riddle, covered in Benoist's blood, danced around to get the crowd cheering. He immediately took down Benoist, and controlled him for the rest of the round. That last round was not enough for Riddle, as he won on the judges' cards, 29-28.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Baczynski-Stone-and-Boist-winners-at-UFN-25?urn=mma-wp6966

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Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva breakdown their upcoming fight - Strikeforce

At the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP in Dallas, TC Inside MMA correspondent Ron Kruck caught up with Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva. The Reem spoke about his victory over Fabricio Werdum and the challange that lies ahead in Silva. Bigfoot spoke about how to do the impossible and beat Overeem

Source: http://mmalice.com/strikeforce/alistair-overeem-and-antonio-silva-breakdown-their-upcoming-fight-video_54151b1ca.html

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Urijah Faber is good at push-ups and eating pie

Urijah Faber recently lost his chance to win the UFC bantamweight belt. The nice people at Fuel TV gave him a chance to win a new title: The World Champion of Push-Ups and Pie Eating.

After pie-eating push-ups, his next challenge is former WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles, who Faber is expected to take on at UFC 139.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Urijah-Faber-is-good-at-push-ups-and-eating-pie?urn=mma-wp6636

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Strikeforce undercard: Mein superb in U.S. debut, Davis upsets Nunes

Canada keeps producing young guns. Jordan Mein is the latest to come down the pike. The 21-year-old showed off some slick boxing to wear down and eventually finish veteran Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos at the 3:18 mark of the third round of the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix card in Cincinnati.

This was career win No. 23 for Mein, who's now won 10-of-11. Beating Santos is no easy task. The Brazilian has been in there recently with the likes of Nick Diaz, Marius Zaromskis, Joey Villasenor and Gegard Mousasi.

Even at a young age, Mein showed he's a savvy dude. Cyborg was crushing his legs in the first with nasty kicks. That's when Mein decided to switch from a conventional stance to southpaw. Cyborg had trouble the rest of the way defending himself against the straight left and left hook delivered by the 6-foot-1 Mein.

"He was kicking me hard in the first round there. We were each checking some kicks, so my foot is a little sore. It went well," said Mein, who left the cage with a noticeable limp.

Mein saw Cyborg slow a bit at the end of the second, so he slammed down on the gas pedal at the beginning of the final round. Mein's combinations were too much for Cyborg to contend with and a beautiful liver shot stopped the Brazilian in his tracks. Cyborg retreated to the cage and Mein unleashed a flurry of elbows. He threw four with the left arm and six more with the right. The referee stepped in to save the helpless Cyborg.

"I'm glad I finished the fight.  I put some big elbows on him and a nice body shot to freeze him up," said Mein.

This was actually Mein's U.S. debut. All 29 of his previous fights took place in Canada. His father, a local promoter in Canada, helped get Mein into to the ring/cage for the first time as a 14-year-old amateur. He went 6-1 on the amateur level before turning pro at 16. In 2006, he lost his debut to another diaper dandy Rory MacDonald. Since starting his career 3-4, Mein is 20-3.

Davis' clinch game does in Nunes

Amanda Nunes was thought to be a potential threat to Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos, but you have to be a complete fighter to reach that level. Nunes couldn't handle the clinch work and grappling of Alexis Davis. Davis' constant attack led to a late second round finish via punches at the 4:53 mark.

Nunes (6-2) exploded onto the Strikeforce scene back in January when she destroyed Muay Thai specialist Julia Budd in just 14 seconds.

Davis wisely chose to stay away from a stand up war. She moved forward and closed space throughout. Nunes finally cracked in the last two minutes of the second round.

"I knew Amanda was going to come out banging. I was just working on closing the distance since she has a longer reach than me - tried to stay in tight. She has awesome takedowns, but with my jiu jitsu I was able to capitalize.  I was really working on maintaining position and using my positioning to strike," said Davis (11-4).

Nunes used a beautiful whizzer to score a takedown of her own, but it was quickly reversed by Davis, who eventually got into a mount position. Nunes immediately gave up her back and Davis got the hooks in. As Nunes avoided the rear-naked choke, Davis fired away with small shots to her face and head. After 30-plus shots, referee Greg Franklin stepped in to stop the fight.

Davis is now 2-0 with Strikeforce. She beat MMA veteran Julie Kedzie on July 30 in Chicago.

Steele knocks off Mierzwiak

Wanting to get serious about his MMA career, Dom Steele took a nice step tonight against fellow Cincinnati fighter Chris Mierzwiak. Steele bullied his way to a unanimous decision win, 29-27, 29-28 and 29-27, in the televised opener on HDNet.

After a very tight opening round, Steele (4-1) took control of the fight. In the second round, the former high school wrestler got Mierzwiak down with 4:10 left. Mierzwiak scrambled throughout and tried to extricate himself, but had trouble getting back to his feet. After eating tons of punches on the ground, he got up with 2:10 left only to hit the deck again when he absorbed a big right. Steele really mauled Mierzwiak on the ground, eventually moving to a very dominant crucifix position. Steele couldn't finish, but Mierzwiak was shot for the final round.

"It went well. He's a good opponent. I tried to keep it action packed and tried to keep it non-stop. Control was working for me. My plan was to keep it on the feet, but when I saw him getting tired I took it to the ground," said Steele.

Both fighters were dead tired. Steele scored a pair of easy takedowns to lock up the final round and the fight.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Strikeforce-undercard-Mein-superb-in-U-S-debut?urn=mma-wp6751

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