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Erin Toughill tapped as ‘Plan B’ for Carano vs Cyborg Aug. 15 main event

It appears Strikeforce officials aren’t “weighting” around to see if Aug. 15 headliners Gina Carano and “Cyborg” Santos hit the 145-pound mark for their upcoming women’s championship bout — PFC veteran Erin Toughill (10-2-1) has been put on notice as a potential replacement, according to MMA Fanhouse.

After a string of injuries and medical maladies have [...]

Alistair Overeem withdraws from Aug. 15 title defense against Fabricio Werdum

Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming title defense against Fabricio Werdum at the “Carano vs. Cyborg” event from the HP Pavilion on August 15 after re-aggravatinga previous hand injury.

MMAmania.com confirmed the change with Strikeforce officials earlier today.

Overeem has yet to defend his heavyweight crown after capturing it with [...]

Carano vs Cyborg NYC press conference to air live on Strikeforce.com July 14

NEW YORK (July 12, 2009) –-The eagerly anticipated Gina Carano-Cris Cyborg press conference and fan meet and greet session will be streamed live in its entirety, exclusively on STRIKEFORCE’s official website, www.strikeforce.com, from New York City’s Madison Square Garden this Tuesday, July 14, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT.

The wildly popular and undefeated Carano [...]