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It's official: Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett will do battle in the Strikeforce Grand Prix finals on Saturday, May 19th.

Strikeforce has added several more bouts to their September 10th card, which will feature the semifinal round of the Heavyweight Grand Prix. Rising Canadian prospect Jordan Mein will face Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos, Josh "the Punk" Thompson will meet Maximo Blanco, "King Mo" Lawal fights Roger Gracie, and "Jacare" Souza defends his middleweight title against Luke Rockhold.

"The Heavyweight War of 2011" continues here on Cageside Seats, in this edition, we look at Fedor Emelianenko's failure in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, as well as the postponed second round of the tournament.

While most people have pegged the winner of the upcoming Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum bout to be the tournament favorite, Dana White thinks otherwise. The UFC President has predicted that Josh Barnett will win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix

Full results and summary of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva.

In this edition of Casual Corner, we preview Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva, which features the first round of the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix. Also, we talk Rampage "ducking" a title shot against Shogun, and analyze Jon Jones vs. Shogun Rua.

For the past few weeks, there have been on going rumors and rumblings that Scott Coker has been trying to set up a show in Japan. Now, it's closer to reality, as Real Entertainment will be helping them send the second round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix to Japan this April.

In this edition of Cageside Quote, M-1 Global is suggesting thorough drug testing throughout the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.