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).
Last night’s Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman event was another example as too why the “other” ZUFFA promotion deserves Fight Night Bonuses too. Like the 15 post-purchase events before them, last night had plenty of worthy candidates for Fight Night Bonuses.
With the recent purchase of Strikeforce by Zuffa LLC, parent company to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, thoughts of potential dream matches started to dance around in fans and media minds alike. While no time table has been given by Dana White on when or even if, we will see inter-promotion match-ups take place, we at MMAValor bring to you our Five Dream fights between fighters currently under Strikeforce and UFC contracts.
In his first defense since claiming the vacant Strikeforce middleweight crown, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza showed Robbie Lawler why he’s the champion
This Saturday, January 29th, Strikeforce returns to its home to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Not only will the Welterweight Championship be up for grabs, the Middleweight championship will be on the line as well.
The rubber match is finally going to happen. Tim Kennedy (13-3 MMA, 3-1 SF) will battle Jason “Mayhem” Miller (24-1, 1 NC MMA, 1-1 SF) on Strikeforce’s March 5th event in Columbus, Ohio. The two fighters met in 2003 with Kennedy winning a unanimous decision. In 2007 the two faced each other again with Miller avenging his loss with a unanimous [...]
