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Josh Barnett Plans to Use the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix as a Stepping Stone
On the Srikeforce press-conference in New York, Josh Barnett talked about the upcoming heavyweight grand prix. The former top ranked heavyweight has fallen on bad times recently, but now plans to use the tournament to jump start his career: "This tournament is hugely important for MMA at large and...
The Heavyweight War of 2011: Strikeforce Takes the Fight to Japan?
The battle between the UFC and Strikeforce for dominance in the heavyweight division is on the horizon and the first shot will soon be fired, with the first round of quarterfinal fights in the Strikeforce world heavyweight grand prix taking place February 12th. The UFC is countering...
Strikeforce Planning to Overthrow the UFC in More Than One Weight Class in 2011
The game has been stepped up, ladies and gentlemen. Strikeforce's attempt to overthrow the UFC's heavyweight division as the best in the sport with their Heavyweight Grand Prix has been well documented here at Cageside Seats, and rumor has it that we may be seeing more than just this attempt to...
The Heavyweight War of 2011: Can Strikeforce Propaganda Defeat the UFC Marketing Beast?
There may be snow falling now, but 2011 is getting ready to heat up as Strikeforce is set to begin their heavyweight grand prix, and the UFC begins to film season thirteen of The Ultimate Fighter. In the first post in this series, I went in-depth on the battle between Strikeforce and the UFC to...
Monday Morning Rumor: Strikeforce to Hold Heavyweight Grand Prix
Tatame is reporting some very interesting news about Strikeforce's heavyweight division, and their intentions for 2011. Strikeforce is at a disadvantage in regards to having big names when compared to the UFC, but they're looking to put some faith in the heavyweights next year, by kicking off a...
Daily Fights: Tetsuya Yamato v. Yuta Kubo
What else could we look at today but the historic crowning of the first ever K-1 63kg Grand Prix champion? Here is the finals between Tetsuya Yamato and Yuta Kubo. Kubo came into this fight after a decision victory over Keiji Ozaki and a round 1 KO of Yoshimichi Matsumoto that really needs to be...
Strikeforce to Host Women's Bantamweight and Featherweight Tournaments Starting This April
It's been pushed back from their initial announcement, but Scott Coker says that the 8-woman 135 and 145 lb tourneys will finally kick off on their Challenger's card this April, with the quarterfinals, and semifinals 'sprinkled' over their next few events. Much like what it does for the Japanese...
Grand Prix Final Thoughts: Men's Free Skate
(in skate order and results at the end) Tomas Verner, Czech Republic (122.15): Ugh. He popped his first jump, then made such a nice comeback and I was so proud, and then he lost it again with a fall and popped about four jumps at the end. That was a disaster and he totally gave up! Very hard to...
Grand Prix Final: Ice Dance
I haven't gotten to watch yet, but DAVIS AND WHITE WIN! However, they did not win the free skate. So if you add in compulsories here, I'm not sure where they stand with Virtue and Moir. But this is a big win for the Americans, make no mistake! Results: FPl. Name Nat. Points OD FD 1 Meryl...
Grand Prix Final Thoughts and Results: Ladies Short
In skating order (full results below): Akiko Suzuki, Japan (57.54): Great start for Suzuki!!! Think the crowd was expecting a higher score...it was hard not to get excited about the way she was skating. Ashley Wagner, USA (54.26): A good performance from Wagner, but her triple flip landing...
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