Returning to competition for the first time since her destruction of Gina “Conviction” Carano, Strikeforce Women’s Lightweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will battle Dutch standout Marloes Coenen at the tentatively titled “Cyborg vs Coenen” event on January 30th in Strikeforce.
While the fight has not yet been officially confirmed as the main event, it would mark the second straight headlining bout for Santos, who stopped Carano inside of one round in August. Coenen submitted late-replacement Roxanne Modafferi at Strikeforce: “Fedor vs Rogers” on November 7th.
Following a week of questions and speculation, World Victory Road (WVR) and Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) officially announced today that their Sengoku and DREAM divisions, respectively, would join forces at the 19-fight, FEG-promoted K-1 “Dynamite!! 2009” card on New Year’s Eve.
Capped off by an excellent Shooto Flyweight Championship bout between new champion Rambaa “M-16” Somdet and Toboru “Shinpei” Tahara, Shooto: “Revolutionary Exchanges 3” was another solid event this evening at JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
With injuries no longer a problem, the long-awaited rematch between Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson and Interim Lightweight Champion Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez has been set for the upcoming Strikeforce: “Evolution” card on December 19th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions clashed tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada when “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz returned from another lengthy hiatus from the Octagon and came up short in his second close battle with Forrest Griffin in the night’s main event.
Strikeforce entered Kansas City, Kansas tonight for the fifth edition of their successful Challengers Series and MMARising.com has live coverage of the event as it happened, including the headlining welterweight bout between undefeated rising star Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley and Rudy Bears.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday night for UFC 106, which has undergone more changes than any other card in recent history. The event is headlined by a light heavyweight rematch between former champions “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.
In a development that should shock no one, former UFC welterweight title contender Karo “The Heat” Parisyan has withdrawn from his scheduled UFC 106 bout with Dustin “McLovin” Hazelett this weekend on just two days’ notice after citing a list of “nagging and lingering” injuries.