That's the word on the streets. Strikeforce is again abandoning from the game plan of viable contender's for it's titles, and instead will go with their popular stars, over those who most likely deserve a legitimate shot at the organization's titles. ...

While DREAM is moving forward with it's 16th event, one man intended to be on the card is holding out for something better. DREAM, one of the more popular Japan based organizations following the demise of Pride, is holding an event for September 25th in Nagoya, Japan--a card that was intended to be headlined by current featherweight (139 pounds) champion, Bibiano Fernandes. ...

For someone who once approached the upcoming video game “EA Sports MMA” with an incredible amount of hesitation, now more and more I’m thinking that October 19 can’t get here soon enough. In order to generate interest and encourage fans to open their wallets and put down a pre-order, EA Sports is revealing the entire roster of the game on a week-by-week, division-by-division basis. The Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight roster has already been revealed, and recently the Middleweights took center stage. EA Sports also recently revealed a teaser image of a famous venue that has yet to see a Mixed Martial Arts event. ...

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion King Mo, is in a new position that he has yet to endure in his young MMA career--he lost his first fight as a professional, in somewhat devastating fashion. Although not unaccustomed to losing, as he has lost several--though not many--matches in is long and storied wrestling career, that spans from collegiate wrestling to competition overseas. ...

Strikeforce: “Houston” has now drawn to a close, and it made for quite an eventful night of fights. But the biggest story to come out of “Houston” had to have been the crowning of two Brazilian champions, both of whom train in the prestigious Black House gym, home to such famous fighters as Lyoto Machida, the Nogueira brothers (Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira), Junior Dos Santos, and Anderson Silva. For “Houston”, Black House was represented by Ronaldo Souza in a fight to crown a new Strikeforce Middleweight Champion after the title had been vacated due to former champion Jake Shields parting ways with the company, and also by Rafael Cavalcante in the first defense of Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal’s belt. Both fights were back-and-forth wars of non-stop action that fully proved the heart, dedication, determination, and skills of both “Jacare” and “Feijao”. Here’s how it all broke down. ...

Today marked the official weigh-ins for the upcoming Strikeforce: "Houston" event, scheduled for August 20, 2010 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event features controversial Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Lawal, better known as “King Mo”, in his first defense of the championship he won after beating the highly-regarded Gegard Mousasi to win the belt. The co-main event will also be a championship affair, as feared submission wizard (his nickname, “Jacare”, means Alligator) Ronaldo Souza takes on 12-2 Tim Kennedy for the vacant Middleweight Championship, which was rendered vacant when former champion Jake Shields promptly left the promotion and signed with the UFC after defeating new Strikeforce signee and MMA legend, Dan Henderson. The “Houston” weigh-ins weren’t immune to a bit of controversy, as several fighters failed to make weight. Here’s how it all broke down. ...

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal has a lot to be happy for nowadays. He’s been in the professional MMA game for less than two years, and he’s already got a pretty big championship to call his own. To get the belt he beat former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi, who was known to his fans as both “the future of Mixed Martial Arts” and “the next Fedor Emelianenko”. Mo he beat him pretty convincingly, too: he took “The Dreamcatcher” to the mat at will and controlled him with some big ground and pound. Mo is set to make the first defense of his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship on August 21, when he takes on Rafael Cavalcante. Even with such a brief career as a professional Mixed Martial Artist, “King Mo” is already beginning to rub some fans the wrong way with his brash, cocky attitude. In a recent interview, he came right out and said “Some [fans] are cool, some are idiots. They're fans- they don't know what the **** they are talking about. That’s why I’ll say it again: **** the fans. A lot of them ain't educated. They're just bandwagon jumpers." While I’m not one to shy away from some good trash-talking, King Mo has gone a little too far. ...

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (29-3-1) effortlessly disposed of former UFC 205er "Irish” Jake O’Brien (13-4) in 31 seconds at DREAM.15 in Saitama Saturday. At the bell, a pudgy O'Brien immediately shot for a double-leg takedown, forcing Mousasi to the ropes.  Mousasi defended, but O'Brien transitioned to a single-leg and eventually dragged Mousasi to the mat. ...

With the hype train behind Fedor Emelianenko now derailed, many are left wondering what happens not only to strikeforce’s Heavyweight division, but where Strikeforce as a whole goes from here. Some call Strikeforce a breeding ground for UFC cast-offs, while followers of the San Jose-based promotion are quick to point out that Strikeforce contains world-caliber champions and aspiring newcomers, resulting in fight cards that are a hit more often than not. Going forward, here’s what I think will be the keys to success for Strikeforce. ...

May 29 is the date for DREAM 14 and the much anticipated Light Heavyweight Grand Prix but it now seems the tournament is being scratched due to disinterest. ...

“King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (7-0) won a five-round unanimous decision over “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (25-3-1) for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title in Nashville Saturday night by scores of 49-45 on all three judges' scorecards.  Fighters.com scored the fight exactly the same. The former champion, Mousasi, never lost control of the fight, but never took control either as Lawal scored takedowns at will.  Mousasi merely clammed up and accepted the position on his back. ...

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1), former Strikeforce champ and UFC challenger “Babalu” Renato Sobral (31-9), and “African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-6) will compete in a light heavyweight tournament to begin at DREAM.15 May30, according to MMA Junkie. ...

A long-anticipated matchup between Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1) has been rescheduled from the original April date to May, according to MMA Fighting. ...

Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) might fight next for Strikefore in Nashville on April 17, according to an MMA Junkie Report. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Dragon" Lyoto Machida (16-0) has announced he's healthy and training for the anticipated rematch with third-ranked "Shogun" Mauricio Rua (18-4) at UFC 113 in Montreal May 8. ...

"Once it's confirmed, game over," said “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (4-0) at MMA Junkie about a potential title shot versus Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1) at Strikeforce in April.  "I'll feel better when it's confirmed, you know what I'm saying?" ...

"I think [Vitor Belfort] is a great fighter," Fighters.com's fourth-ranked middleweight “Great” Nate Marquardt (29-8-2) told MMA Weekly Radio recently.  "I don’t necessarily agree with him getting a shot or whatever, just because he really hasn’t fought at 85," he added. ...

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and Fighters.com fifth-ranked middleweight “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (23-2-1) and “Big Daddy” Gary Goodridge (23-18-1) will fight at Fields Dynamite!! 2009 in Tokyo on New Year’s Eve, the promotion has announced. ...

Strikeforce middleweight "Jacare" Ronaldo Souza (9-2) climbed a rung to to number eight in December with a first-round submission of “The Law” Matt Lindland (21-7) at Evolution in San Jose December 19. ...

Former two-division PRIDE champion, two-division UFC title challenger, and Fighters.com's third-ranked middleweight “Hollywood” Dan Henderson (24-7) has signed with Strikeforce after a 22-month, 3-2 stint with the UFC. ...

Fighters.com’s second-ranked middleweight Jake Shields (23-4-1) cemented his status as top contender to Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva's (25-4) titles and picked up the Strikeforce strap himself in a five-round unanimous decision over former top ten and nails-tough “Mayhem” Jason Miller (22-7) at Strikeforce in Chicago November 7. ...

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi (23-2-1) TKO'd “African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (6-5) by referee stoppage at 3:43 of round two at Strikeforce in Chicago Saturday night. Sokoudjou reveresed a trip takedown attempt by Mousasi at the cage, but Mousasi swept into top position and windmilled lefts and right hooks to Sokoudjou's body and head until the referee ended the fight. ...

Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) and fifth-ranked heavyweight “Grim” Brett Rogers (10-0) both made weight Friday before their matchup at Strikeforce at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates northwest of Chicago November 7. ...

As anticipation builds among MMA fans for Saturday night's M-1 Global/Strikeforce main event between Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) and fifth-ranked heavyweight “Grim” Brett Rogers (10-0), CBS continues its vigorous media push to make the primetime network broadcast a success. ...

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1)  held his final training session Monday in Europe before leaving Tuesday for the United States for his matchup versus “African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (6-4) at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates 33 miles northwest of Chicago November 7. ...

Strikeforce welterweight prospect “T-Wood” Tyron Woodley (6-0) will headline Strikeforce's Challenger Series 5 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City November 20 versus local star Rudy Bears (10-3), Strikeforce officially announced Thursday. ...

Light heavyweights "Feijao" Rafael Cavalcante (7-2) and Aaron Rosa (10-3) have agreed to fight at Strikeforce Challenger Series 5 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City November 20, Fighters.com has confirmed with a source close to one of the fighters. No contract has been signed, but the fighters have agreed to the matchup. ...

Fighters.com's fifth-ranked middleweight and Strikeforce light heavyweight champion "Dreamcatcher" Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1) will defend his title at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates 33 miles northwest of Chicago November 7, Mousasi confirmed to M-1 Global's website Wednesday. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4) will defend his titles from unranked “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2. ...

Lightweight "Crusher" Tatsuya Kawajiri (25-5-2) and "Barracuda" Melchor Manibusan (1-1) will matchup at DREAM 11 in Yokohama October 6, DREAM announced Friday. Also, "Beast" Bob Sapp (10-5-1) was officially announced as the replacement for injured “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1) versus "African Assassin" Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (6-4) in the Super Hulk tournament and “JZ” Gesias Cavalcante (12-2-1) was officially withdrawn due to injury from his matchup versus Daisuke Nakamura (18-9).  Both moves had been expected. ...