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UFC on FOX 8: Means Replacing Green, Voelker Stepping in for Bahadurzada
By FCF Staff
The July 27th, UFC on FOX 8 card has received a couple of late changes, as the promotion has announced that lightweight Bobby Green and welterweight Siyar Bahadurzada have withdrawn due to injuries.
Stepping in for Green,… Read More
Benson Henderson, Gilbert Melendez and Frank Mir Lead UFC on FOX 7 Payroll
By FCF Staff
The California State Athletic Commission has released the salary figures for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 7 card in San Jose, and as one might expect, headliners Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez were among the leaders.… Read More
UFC on FOX 7: Benson Henderson Manages to Retain Lightweight Belt
By FCF Staff
Most fans and pundits were expecting a very close fight, and at the end of the day, Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez produce a memorable and extremely competitive “champion vs. champion” bout.
Henderson managed to retain… Read More
UFC on FOX 7 Weigh-Ins: Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez Set For Historic Bout
By FCF Staff
All of the competitors for tomorrow night’s UFC on FOX 7 card in San Jose made weight this afternoon, including UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson and former Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez.
Henderson came in at 155… Read More
Latest Full Contact Fighter Radio Features UFC on FOX 7’s Tim Means And Welterweight Prospect Dhiego Lima
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features rising lightweight Tim Means, who will take on veteran Jorge Masvidal at this Saturday’s UFC on FOX 7 card. The show also features a talk with welterweight prospect… Read More
Power MMA And FIT NHB Head Coach Tom Vaughn On Tim Means: “He’s The Future Of The Lightweight Division”
Means To Battle Jorge Masvidal at UFC on FOX 7
By Kelsey Mowatt
While Tom Vaughn helps oversee the career and evolution of high profile fighters like Ryan Bader, CB Dollaway and Aaron Simpson at Power MMA and FIT… Read More
Rising Lightweight Will Brooks Embracing Being “Thrown Into The Fire” As Bellator Tourney Begins
By Kelsey Mowatt
The MMA career of Will Brooks has reached new heights in just a matter of weeks, as after taking out former Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka in impressive fashion at DREAM’s New Year’s Eve card, the undefeated fighter… Read More
Pat Healy: “I Think The Media Has Kind of Taken Gil Melendez and Turned Him Into This Mythical, Unbeatable Fighter”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Due to an impressive run at lightweight and a five fight win streak, it appears as though Pat Healy is finally starting to get the respect, which for quite sometime, he didn’t feel he was getting. Case… Read More
Chico “King” Camus on UFC Debut: “Dustin Pague is Standing in The Way of What I Have Worked so Hard at”
By Crossfire Media Group
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA): The world-famous “Octagon jitters” have turned many a “sure thing” into a quivering mass of nerves. Countless fighters who were deemed can’t-miss prospects have been reduced to shells of themselves once confronted with… Read More
Pat Healy Challenging Strikeforce Champ Gilbert Melendez September 29th
By FCF Staff
After much speculation and debate over the last few months, as to who Gilbert Melendez will fight next, Strikeforce has announced that he will defend his lightweight title against the resurgent Pat Healy on September 29th.
Healy… Read More
Rockhold Defends With Decision Win Over Kennedy, Marquardt KOs Woodley To Take Welterweight Belt
By FCF Staff
Luke Rockhold defended his Strikeforce middleweight title tonight in Portland, Oregon, by working his way to a unanimous decision win over challenger Tim Kennedy. All three judges scored the five round fight 49-46 in the American Kickboxing… Read More
Strikeforce Weigh-In Results: Rockhold and Larkin Heavy on First Attempt
By FCF Staff
Strikeforce held the official weigh-ins this afternoon in preparation for the promotion’s latest event tomorrow night in Portland, Oregon.
According to the Strikeforce Twitter feed, both middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and Lorenz Larkin came in a bit… Read More
Nate Marquardt Ready For Title Fight With Tyron Woodley: “I Am Expecting to Knock Him Out”
By FCF Staff
Strikeforce’s latest event will go down Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, and the deep card will feature not one but two title fights.
The undefeated Tyron Woodley will face UFC vet Nate Marquardt for the promotion’s vacant… Read More
Paul Daley Signs With Bellator
By FCF Staff
Former UFC and Strikeforce star Paul “Semtex” Daley has signed with Bellator Fighting Championships and will make his debut for the promotion against an opponent to be named at Bellator 72 at University of South Florida’s… Read More
Josh Barnett on Daniel Cormier: “I See My Experience As Being The Biggest Advantage In This Fight”
By FCF Staff
Tomorrow night, Strikeforce will return to San Jose’s HP Pavilion for the promotion’s “Barnett vs. Cormier” event, which will see Josh Barnett take on Daniel Cormier in the Grand-Prix Heavyweight Finale.
Barnett (31-5) advanced through the tourney… Read More
Keith Wisniewski On Striker Chris Clements: “It Doesn’t Really Matter Who I Fight…”
By Kelsey Mowatt
It took Keith Wisniewski nearly six years to work his way back to the UFC, and now that he’s returned, the resilient veteran plans on making his second run with the promotion an extensive one. Although Wisniewski… Read More
James Terry vs. Billy Evangelista Confirmed for May 19th Strikeforce
By FCF Staff
The list of confirmed bouts for Strikeforce’s upcoming May 19th card continues to get longer, as today the promotion announced that James Terry will fight Billy Evangelista on the event’s preliminary card.
The “Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand-Prix Finale”… Read More
Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson III Booked For May 19th
By FCF Staff
Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez will battle for a third time, as a rubber match between the two men has been booked for Strikeforce’s upcoming May 19th card.
Following his unanimous decision win over KJ Noons in… Read More
K.J. Noons Says Ground Attack Will Be Crucial Against Josh Thomson, Has Eyes On Rubber Match With Nick Diaz
By Stephen Florival
Days away from his first encounter with former Strikeforce Lightweight (155 pounds) Champion Josh Thomson, K.J. Noons is focused on the task at hand.
Prior to his last fight, the 29-year-old San Diego, Calif. resident dropped back… Read More
Caros Fodor On “Grinder” Pat Healy: “I’m Going To Hurt Him From The Clinch”
By Kelsey Mowatt
After Caros Fodor needed just 13 seconds in December to put away fellow contender Justin Wilcox, the lightweight relayed to FCFighter that he believed he was ready to challenge Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez. At the time, a… Read More