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With Fedor Emelianenko Holding Out, Strikeforce's April 17th Card Depends on Herschel Walker
Dave Meltzer breaks it down: Coming off a season as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter reality show, and a knockout win over Michael Bisping on UFC 100, the biggest pay-per-view MMA event in history, Henderson is at the peak of his U.S. popularity. But there is some question whether he and Shields...
Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global Are Putting Strikeforce Over a Barrel
It's no secret that the world's USAT/SBN Consensus MMA Rankings' #1 heavyweight and his management team M-1 Global can be a handful to deal with. Yesterday we heard Fedor might not would not be on Strikeforce's April CBS card. Then we heard that he might be fighting Alistair Overeem in Japan's...
Is Fedor Emelianenko Pulling A Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Wants Drug Testing Against Overeem
Remember when Floyed Mayweather Jr. wanted Manny Pacquio to pass a drug test before their boxing match that subsequently never happened? According to our SBN brethren at Headkick Legend, Fedor Emelianenko will not fight Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem unless he takes a drug test....
Fedor Emelianenko Will Only Fight Alistair Overeem If He Passes Pre-Fight Drug Tests
From Head Kick Legend (via MixFight.nl): M-1's Apy Echteld said that they were interested in fighting Overeem, however they would not fight unless Overeem was drug tested leading up to the fight. In response, Martijn de Jong from Overeem's team expressed his belief that Fedor deserves a shot at...
Report: Fedor Emelianenko Will Fight Werdum In May
From MMAFighting: At a pre-fight press conference Thursday for Friday's M-1 Selection Eastern European event in St. Petersburg, Russia, M-1 Global told TV 100 that Fedor's next fight will still be against Fabricio Werdum, but in May. So as of now the April Strikeforce card will feature a main...
Strikeforce Signs Jake Shields vs Dan Henderson for Middleweight Belt, No Word on Fedor Emelianenko or CBS
From MMA Weekly: Dan Henderson and Jake Shields have agreed to meet in Strikeforce with the middleweight title on the line in April. Shields confirmed the bout when speaking to MMAWeekly Radio on Tuesday night. ... Now, both Shields and Henderson have a deal in place to put the two...
Grading The Major PRIDE Stars (Post-PRIDE)
After a show that featured three major post-PRIDE fighters, I think it is time to grade the major stars from PRIDE in their post-PRIDE endeavors. Fedor Emelianenko - In many people's eyes, the most important figure coming out of the death of PRIDE was their long reigning,...
CSAC Official Says Strikeforce Is Looking at April 24th in California
From Josh Gross's twitter feed: Strikeforce is considering Calif. for April 24 card, according to CSAC's George Dodd -- possibly the only exec. officer w/cauliflower ear Please note that Gross is getting his information from the CSAC and NOT from Strikeforce. What has happened to their media...
Rumors About Fedor Emelianenko Fighting Alistair Overeem Mounting As Strikeforce Does Nothing to Clarify
From Fight Opinion: One report states that Strikeforce will run an event in Nashville, Tennessee on 4/17 with Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson as the main event, along with Bobby Lashley (and Herschel Walker?) on the fight card. Fedor is not expected to appear at the event. Henderson vs. Shields...
USAT/SBN February MMA Consensus Rankings: Heavyweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Fedor Emelianenko 100 M-1 Global/Strikeforce 1 2 Brock Lesnar 96 UFC 2 3 Frank Mir 90 UFC 3 4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 85 UFC 4 5 Cain Velasquez 79 UFC 6 6 Junior dos Santos 76 UFC 5 7 Shane...
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