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Despite his status as a part-time fighter, Cung Le remains a star attraction. More than a year and a half removed from his most recent bout, the Sanshou-trained martial artist returns to Strikeforce Saturday night to headline the promotion’s final show of 2009. Le draws Scott Smith in a bout that is anything but a tune-up [...] With the MMA world still waiting on news of a replacement for main-card casualty Trevor Prangley in his matchup with Robbie Lawler, another MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the event that Strikeforce newcomer Bryan Travers (13-1) has suffered an undisclosed Better late than never. With less than two weeks until Strikeforce middleweight contender Robbie Lawler (16-5) is scheduled to return to action, the California-based promotion has finally announced his opponent: Strikeforce and UFC veteran Trevor Prangley (22-5). Lawler and Prangley meet on the Showtime-broadcast portion of “Strikeforce: Evolution” on Dec. 19 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, [...] A lightweight title-unification bout between Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson (16-2) and interim champion Gilbert Melendez (16-2) headlines the organization’s Dec. 19 event, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed. The five-round rematch from the duo’s original June 2008 meeting takes place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and tops the Showtime-televised portion of the event. Thomson pulled off the [...] A light heavyweight matchup between undefeated slugger Scott Lighty (5-0) and former “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ hopeful Antwain Britt (9-3) is in the works for “Strikeforce: Evolution.” Britt first reported the matchup to the hosts of the “Curtis and Kyle Show,” though Strikeforce officials indicated to MMAjunkie.com that bout agreements had not yet been distributed. Featuring a [...] A potential middleweight slugfest first reported by MMAjunkie.com is now official, as Strikeforce announced former 185-pound champion Cung Le (6-0) meets fellow striking enthusiast Scott Smith (16-6). Le and Smith will headline the recently announced Dec. 19 event, “Strikeforce: Evolution” at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Tickets for the Showtime-broadcast event, which will go head-to-head with [...] While Strikeforce is now scheduled to host three shows in November, the California-based organization isn’t quite finished booking events in Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports was the first to report that a December SAN JOSE, Calif. – Immediately following the biggest win of her career, the question for Strikeforce’s first-ever female lightweight champion, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (8-1), was evident. Who’s next? A potential answer for that question came at the “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” post-fight press conference at HP Pavilion in San Jose, SAN JOSE, Calif. – While the discussion surrounding Fedor Emelianenko slowed just briefly as Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and Gina Carano took center stage for Strikeforce on Saturday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., it didn’t take long for the talk to begin again. At the evening’s post-event press conference, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said [...] SAN JOSE, Calif. – Immediately following the biggest win of her career, the question for Strikeforce’s first-ever female lightweight champion, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (8-1), was evident. Who’s next? A potential answer for that question came at the “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” post-fight press conference at HP Pavilion in San Jose, |
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