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Happy Friday, Cagewriter readers. Here’s a quick rundown of news you need to know. If you’re a boxing fan, don’t forget to check in with Yahoo! Sports’ coverage of Pacquaio vs. Clottey. – Rachelle Leah is going to step back into her old role, one time only, as an Octagon Girl at UFC 111. In [...] Former dual Pride FC middleweight and welterweight champion, Dan Henderson, will likely make his Strikeforce debut a meaningful one, taking on current 185-pound champion Jake Shields at the promotion’s upcoming April event. No word from Strikeforce officials as of yet; however, Shields confirmed to MMAWeekly Radio on Tuesday that “It’s a done deal” following months of [...] HDNet continues to cement its status as the “Home of MMA,” with the upcoming broadcasts of live, monthly King of the Cage (KOTC) events starting with KOTC: “Vengeance” on Feb 12. A household name among the American MMA promotions, KOTC will begin airing their monthly shows on the all-high-definition cable station next month as part of [...] Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – How far has Chael Sonnen come? Eight years ago, on a desert reservation called Anza, somewhere in the middle of California between the barren outposts of Cathedral City and Borrego Springs, Sonnen stepped in the cage for the first time as a professional. We use the word professional loosely, because what [...] Former dual Pride FC middleweight and welterweight champion, Dan Henderson, will indeed make his Strikeforce debut a meaningful one, taking on current 185-pound champion Jake Shields in April 2010. Henderson announced today on ESPNs “MMA Live” that he will battle the Cesar Gracie-trained fighter as previously speculated when he recently signed a four-fight, 16-month contract with [...] Props: Fight! Magazine Quoteworthy: “I don’t like Jake. I’ve got nothing for him…. He’ll never fight me. He’ll never make that kind of money and get that kind of shot because I don’t like him…. I don’t want to fight Jake Shields because he has no personality. He’s a boring fighter. And when he got on to [...] … he wants to beat him up: “I think it’s funny how some people are underestimating me. I’m shocked at the odds. I should be the favorite. But oddsmakers’ jobs are to make money and to get action. I’m going to turn this into a brawl. I’m not interested in turning it into a hugging contest, [...] Strikeforce today (Nov. 2) held a media conference call with heavyweight attractions Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers to promote their upcoming trip to the outskirts of Chicago when the promotion storms the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, for its live CBS prime time broadcast on Nov. 7. Strikeforce: “Fedor vs. Rogers” will feature a main [...] After a string of a dozen consecutive victories against notables ranging from Yushin Okami to Carlos Condit to Mike Pyle to Paul Daley to Robbie Lawler, Jake Shields has clearly established himself as one of the sport’s top fighters. But with a Saturday Strikeforce title fight with Jason “Mayhem” Miller earning the winner the vacant middleweight [...] |
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