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Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Weigh-In Results

July 29, 2011 / Drew Ellis

null The weigh-ins for Saturday’s Strikeforce card took place on Friday night and all main card fighters were cleared to compete.

In the main event, both Fedor Emelianenko (223 lbs.) and Dan Henderson (207) came in rather light for a heavyweight contest but Henderson has never fought above light heavyweight and Fedor is working his way down to that weight class.

This fight is being billed as one of the biggest in Strikeforce history, as it pits two PRIDE legends against one another. It should be an explosive matchup.

In the co-main event, Marloes Coenen defends her Women’s Welterweight Championship against Miesha Tate. Both combatants weighed in at 135 pounds, the exact mark they needed for the contest.

Coenen and Tate are both strong on the ground with Coenen being superior in jiu-jitsu while Tate is a wrestling-based fighter.

For all of the weigh-in results, courtesy of Sherdog.com, check out the jump.

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Dan Henderson Fedor Emelianenko Marloes Coenen Miesha Tate

Strikeforce releases Alistair Overeem

July 29, 2011 / Drew Ellis

The interesting career of Alistair Overeem has taken another turn.

On Friday night, MMAFighting.com reported that the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion was released from his contract by the promotion.

The organization has released its heavyweight champion, MMA Fighting confirmed with multiple sources close to the fighter, including his trainer Martijn de Jong. HDNet first reported the news on its Inside MMA program Friday night.
Overeem had one fight left on his current contract. He was not immediately available for comment. When contacted by MMA Fighting, Strikeforce officials would not confirm or deny Overeem’s departure from the organization.
The news comes on the heels of the announcement that Overeem was removed from the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix last week after he told Zuffa he wouldn’t be ready to fight Antonio Silva in the semi-finals on Sept. 10 due to scheduling and multiple injuries.

You can look at this one of two ways: 1. Zuffa wants nothing to do with Overeem or 2. Zuffa wants to sign Overeem into the UFC.

Hopefully option two is the case because he is too talented a striker to not be prominent in American MMA.

Fighters, News, Strikeforce

Alistair Overeem Antonio Silva Fabricio Werdum

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Odds

July 28, 2011 / Drew Ellis

null This Saturday Strikeforce presents one of its best cards in the history of the promotion as Fedor vs. Henderson takes place from Chicago.

The main card airs live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET and features a championship bout and the long-anticipated showdown between former PRIDE legends, Dan Henderson and Fedor Emelianenko.

Oddsmakers from BetOnFighting.com have Fedor as the favorite in the main event. Fedor comes in with a money line of -260 while Henderson has odds of +210 to win this heavyweight clash. Ememlianenko should have the size edge on Henderson, who has fought at middleweight and light heavyweight for his career. Henderson will have a wrestling edge, but submissions and striking may go to his opponent. It should be an exciting fight where both men leave it all in the cage.

In the co-main event, Marloes Coenen is a slight favorite at -130 against Miesha Tate (+100) as she defends here Strikeforce Women’s Welterweight Championship. Coenen is a submission specialist while Tate is primarily a wrestler. Neither has shown tremendous striking ability, so this fight will likely remain on the ground. Whomever can control the fight from there will emerge victorious.

Check out all the available odds after the jump.

Betting Odds, Events, Fighters, News, Strikeforce

Dan Henderson Fedor Emeliananeko Marlos Coenen Miesha Tate Paul Daley Robbie Lawler Scott Smith Tarec Saffiedine Tim Kennedy Tyron Woodley

Jon Fitch is mad as hell and doesn’t want to take it anymore

July 23, 2011 / Drew Ellis

Jon Fitch has been a No. 1 contender for a long time, but a title fight doesn’t appear to be in his future.

A lengthy recovery from an injury has caused the UFC veteran to be lost in the mix in the UFC welterweight division.

As you can see in the video, Fitch is not happy about being passed up for many of the big fights in the division and he is ready to do something about it.

Fitch has some good points. The guy has one loss in 15 UFC fights, and that was to current champ, Georges St. Pierre.

He is coming off a draw against B.J. Penn, but had that been a five-round fight, it appeared that Fitch was well on his way to another win.

Despite his lack of finishes, Fitch is still one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and he deserves more respect than he is getting.

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B.J. Penn Carlos Condit Georges St. Pierre Jake Ellenberger Jake Shields Jon Fitch Nick Diaz

Gina Carano trading the cage for the big screen in “Haywire”

July 22, 2011 / Drew Ellis

It has been a while since Gina Carano has stepped into the Strikeforce cage.

But, MMA’s favorite female has been busy with another project.

Below is the trailer for her new film “Haywire,” which comes out in January of 2012.

Carano has made a few appearances in films, but this is her first feature film and she joins a pretty impressive cast for the project.

The very well-known director Steve Soderbergh took on this movie and a successful performance could really be the start of a big career for Carano.

Unfortunately for MMA fans, Carano hasn’t competed in the cage since August 15 of 2009 and there is no evidence that she will be returning anytime soon.

She was originally scheduled to return to action on June 18, but she was removed from the card for an undisclosed medical reason.

I am sure most fans will settle for watching her kick a little tail in a feature-length movie for the time being, but the female supporters would probably love to see her back in the cage sooner rather than later.