Sep
30
In his first fight since losing his title, former World Boxing Association world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev returned to the ring on Saturday night at the EWE Arena in Oldenburg, Germany. The seven-foot tall Valuev (47-1, 34 KOs) appeared to be very comfortable in the ring as faced his opponent Frances’ Jean-Francois Bergeron (27-1, 19 […]
Sep
30
Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion Results
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Strikeforce held a twelve fight event at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday September 29, 2007. Below are the results:
Main Event: Lightweight Fight: (155 pounds)
Gilbert Melendez def. Tetsuji Kato by Unanimous Decision (30-27) at 5:00, in Round 3.
Middleweight Fight: (185 pounds)
Joe Riggs def. Eugene Jackson by TKO at 3:56, in Round […]
Sep
29
Fighters Make Weight for Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion Event.
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The fighters that will participate in tonight’s Strikeforce event at the Playboy Mansion weighed in yesterday at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Here are the results:
Tetsuji Kato - 154.8
Gilbert Melendez - 155.5
Joe Riggs - 184
Eugene Jackson - 183.9
Josh Thomson - 155.5
Adam Lynn - 155.1
Clint Cornonel - 154.7
Billy Evangelista - 154.7
Matt Lee - […]
Sep
28
CUNG LE EXPLODES AS A“HUMAN WEAPON”
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San Jose, CA; September 25, 2007…. Undefeated World Kickboxing Champion and Strikeforce mixed martial arts superstar, Cung Le (20-0), will be featured during a segment of The Human Weapon, The History Channel’s hit martial arts documentary series, on Friday.
Le’s appearance on the 9th episode of the 17 part weekly series, will showcase the 34-year-old middleweight […]
Sep
27
STRIKEFORCE Hits the Playboy Mansion; Yahoo! Sports To Stream the Event Live to a Worldwide Audience
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Beverly Hills, Calif., September 26, 2007 – World championship mixed martial arts federation, Strikeforce, will stream its September 29th “Strikeforce at the Mansion” event live to a worldwide audience exclusively at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com).
Strikeforce will be the first mixed martial arts event held at the world-famous Playboy Mansion. The Strikeforce fight card will be headlined […]
Sep
25
NSAC Hits Renato Sobral with a $25,000 Fine
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Yesterday, The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) hit former UFC light heavyweight world title challenger Renato “Babalu” Sobral with a $25,000 fine for misconduct in last fight at UFC 74 against David Heath on August 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fortunately for Sobral, the NSAC did not suspend his fight license.
The misconduct occurred […]
Sep
24
MELENDEZ “PUMPED” FOR STRIKEFORCE PLAYBOY MANSION SHOWDOWN WITH KATO
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Beverly Hills, CA; September 23, 2007…. Undefeated Strikeforce World Lightweight (155 lb. limit) Champion, “El Nino” Gilbert Melendez (12-0), will take on former Shooto star, Tetsuji Kato (18-7), in a non-title bout during the highly-anticipated Strikeforce extravaganza at The Playboy Mansion on Saturday.
“This is definitely a challenge because it’s a bigger guy dropping […]
Sep
23
UFC 76: Knockout Results! Huge Upsets!
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*This show was amazing! No joke, it was worth the price of the pay per view. If the price of the show seems steep, get together with some friends, who all want to see it, get everyone to pitch in and check out the show. It is a must see for mixed […]
Sep
20
Main Event:
Lightweights: 155 pounds max. weight limit.
Kenny Florian (10-3) vs. Din Thomas (23-8)
Florian, the finalist in the first season of The Ultimate Fighter furthered his record by winning his third fight this year, when he scored a first round submission victory (due to rear naked choke) over fellow alumnus of The Ultimate Fighter (season 4) […]
Sep
18
ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® ANNOUNCES FINAL BOUTS FOR UFC 76: KNOCKOUT
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LYOTO MACHIDA vs. KAZUHIRO NAKAMURA
TYSON GRIFFIN vs. THIAGO TAVARES
DIEGO SARAIVA vs. JEREMY STEPHENS
SCOTT JUNK vs. CHRISTIAN WELLISCH
MICHIHIRO OMIGAWA vs. MATT WIMAN
RICH CLEMENTI vs. ANTHONY JOHNSON
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced the remaining lineup of fights for the upcoming UFC 76: KNOCKOUT featuring former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck “The Iceman” […]
