Fast-rising Strikeforce middleweight contender Tim Kennedy hopes champion Jake Shields remains with the organization.
Kennedy, who delivered Trevor Prangley just the second submission loss of his career this past week at "Strikeforce: Los Angeles," wants to go about winning a title the right way: by defeating an established champion.
But if Shields does end up signing with the UFC and vacating his belt with Strikeforce, Kennedy told MMAjunkie.com Radio he sees many intriguing matchups that could be part of the organization's potential eight-man tournament - one that would crown a new champ.
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Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker touches on a range of subjects during the post fight press conference for “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” by announcing the signing of heavyweights Valentijn Overeem (Alistair Overeem’s older brother) and Sergei Kharitonov. He talks about the upcoming “Fedor vs. Werdum” event and working with M-1 Global. He say’s Herschel Walker will fight in the fall with an opponent announcement in the next few weeks, and say’s he has no interest in Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson. Coker has more to talk about, including Nick Diaz so check out the video.
LOS ANGELES - As Strikeforce continues its expansion across the U.S., the promotion's
CEO, Scott Coker, says a pair of new cities each are likely to host an
event in August.
While Coker insisted that nothing yet is set in stone, on Wednesday
night the Strikeforce exec confirmed previous reports that both Houston
and Phoenix
are in the running for late summer events.
But according to Coker, Strikeforce has no intentions of staying within
U.S. borders, and international fans can expect to see the company
spreading across the globe within the next 12 months.
After a successful victory over “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler at the June 16 Strikeforce: “Los Angeles” event Babalu wasted no time in calling out former Pride champion Dan Henderson. Renato “Babalu” Sobral spoke recently with MMA Weekly:
“I won’t never punch and try to hurt my friends, but I would like to ask for a fight, and all the respect that I have, in the beginning of my career I fought Dan Henderson in Japan and lost to him. I don’t want to disrespect, but I would like to fight him”
The match Sobral is speaking of occured under the RINGS promotion and happened 10 years ago, so really it seems that a rematch would be more than overdue. Expect Strikeforce to make this happen, and expect Henderson to look much better than his previous fight against Jake Shields.
LOS ANGELES - Robbie Lawler let out a big sigh at post-event press table.
A middleweight, Lawler met opponent Renato "Babalu" Sobral at a catchweight of 195 pounds in the main event of Wednesday's "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" event. After three rounds and 15 minutes of action, he lost two out of three rounds on the judges' scorecards and suffered a unanimous-decision defeat.
"Plain and simple, I thought I was going to knock him out," Lawler said.
LOS ANGELES - Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos no longer feels like the little guy.
The former Chute Boxe fighter and other half of Strikeforce women's middleweight title-holder Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos said he undertook his first diet in preparation for a bout against Marius Zaramoskis at "Strikeforce: Los Angeles."
And judging from the fight's result - a first-round knockout of the DREAM welterweight champion - Santos feels he made the right move.
“Strikeforce: Los Angeles” took place last evening from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles while featuring a quadrilogy of action packed bouts headlined by a catchweight showdown between “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler and Renato “Babalu” Sobral.
A series of photos from the event are available below courtesy of Strikeforce and Esther Lin (click to enlarge):
LOS ANGELES - Prior to Wednesday night, two years and two days had passed since former
EliteXC lightweight champion K.J. Noons had fought in
front of an American TV audience.
But for most of the "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" fight, Noons looked like he hadn't lost a step despite a
recent 21-month layoff from competition.
Now Noons is anxious to prove that theory, and it appears a second
meeting with current Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz is a
near certainty. And then there's the small matter of the
three titles Noons wants to pin down.
Main-event winner Renato "Babalu" Sobral and opponent Robbie Lawler were the top earners at this past week's "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" event.
Fast-rising Strikeforce middleweight contender Tim Kennedy hopes champion Jake Shields remains with the organization.
LOS ANGELES - As Strikeforce continues its expansion across the U.S., the promotion's
LOS ANGELES - Robbie Lawler let out a big sigh at post-event press table.
LOS ANGELES - Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos no longer feels like the little guy.
LOS ANGELES - Prior to Wednesday night, two years and two days had passed since former