In mere hours, strikeforce is set to present ?Overeem vs. Werdum?. It?s an event that I?ve spoken about at length, and one that I?m incredibly excited for. In terms of pure excitement, the only thing that really comes close is the trifecta of shows planned for next week. You read that right, fans and friends: [...]
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The UFC 135 card is quickly taking shape. A heavyweight clash between Travis “Hapa” Browne and Rob “The Bear” Broughton is the latest bout to be announced for the event taking place on September 24th in Denver. Browne (11-0-1) is coming off a “Knockout of the Night” performance against Stefan Struve at UFC 130. The [...]
Check out pictures from Saturday night's Strikeforce bouts by Tracy Lee. See Alistair Overeem react to Fabricio Werdum's request to fight on the ground, Chad Griggs beat on Valentijn Overeem, and the remains of K.J. Noons face after Jorge Masvidal went to work on it.
Strikeforce in Dallas this weekend is highlighted by the heavyweight battles but one of the sleeper fights is KJ Noons and Jorge Masvidal.
This inside video look at Noons shows the lightweight contender taking care of a crucial prefight task. He checks in with the stylist. Apparently, Noons wiping away his bangs against Nick Diaz annoyed the hell out of the fighter's trainers (1:40 mark).
The Noons' video series is well made and this one provides a bonus with an appearance by the fighter's wife, Melany Lorenzo. Lorenzo is also an athlete having logged time in the Lingerie Football League.
Noons' could be fighting for a shot at Strikeforce 155-pound champion Gilbert Melendez. Does he have a chance against Melendez? Of course. Noons' boxing is as good as anyone's in the business. He's faced Diaz twice. Noons is a true lightweight, who finished Diaz on one occasion and also went the distance with the welterweight champ last year.
The first task at hand though is Masvidal, a well-rounded fighter, who may be able to slow Noons' striking game by getting the fight to the floor. Noons is listed as a minus-320 favorite. With Gina Carano dropping off the card, Noons-Masvidal is now part of the Showtime telecast (10 p.m. ET/PT).
Check out pictures from Saturday night's Strikeforce bouts by Tracy Lee. See Alistair Overeem react to Fabricio Werdum's request to fight on the ground, Chad Griggs beat on Valentijn Overeem, and the remains of K.J. Noons face after Jorge Masvidal went to work on it.
The weight cut results are in, Shane Carwin looked slim and trim while Kenny Florian was trim, but a little scary looking. KenFlo, a lightweight since 2006, is attempting the radical move down to 145 pounds.
Tonight, we find out if he actually pulled off the cut successfully. It's one thing to make weight, but it's another to deliver on fight night.
Kevin Iole joined "The MMA Insiders" on ESPNRadio1100 in Las Vegas to talk about how Florian looked on the scales and if he'll avoid the upset at the hands of Diego Nunes (7:00 mark).
Iole told an interesting story about the fighters playing to the Vancouver crowd and its love of hockey. Florian wore a Boston Bruins jersey while Nunes sported a Canuck's sweater. Nunes won over the crowd, but made a crucial mistake when he removed the jersey. The CBC picked a bone with the Brazilian.
Junior Dos Santos (239) vs. Shane Carwin (254) Kenny Florian (146) vs. Diego Nunes (145) Demian Maia (186) vs. Mark Munoz (186) Jon Olav Einemo (261) vs. Dave Herman (233) Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Vagner Rocha (155)
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Yves Edwards (155) vs. Sam Stout (155) Jesse Bongfeldt (185) vs. Chris Weidman (186)
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Mike Massenzio (201) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (205) James Head (186) vs. Nick Ring (185) Dustin Poirier (146) vs. Jason Young (145) Joey Beltran (247) vs. Aaron Rosa (261) Darren Elkins (145) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (145)
You can watch UFC 131 right here on Yahoo! Sports.
