Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion Results

Main Fight Card Results:

Gilbert Melendez vs. Tetsuji Kato
(Gilbert Melendez wins via a Unanimous Decision)

Eugene Jackson vs. Joe Riggs
(Joe Riggs wins via KO-Punches)

Bobby Southworth vs. Bill Mahood
(Bill Mahood wins via verbal-rib injury submission)

Adam Lynn vs. Josh Thomson
(Josh Thomson wins via TKO-Strikes)

Falaniko Vitale vs. Ron Fields
(Falaniko Vitale wins via submission-strikes)

Matt Lee vs. Jorge Masvidal
(Jorge Masvidal wins via TKO-strikes)

Richard Dalton vs. Daniel Puder
(Daniel Puder wins via a Unanimous Decision)

Clint Coronel vs. Billy Evangelista
(Billy Evangelista wins via a Split Decision)

Dewey Cooper vs. Adam Smith
(Dewey Cooper wins via a Unanimous Decision)

Sam Liera vs. Luke Stewart
(Luke Stewart wins via TKO-Strikes)

Anthony Figueroa vs. Miguel Linares
(Anthony Figueroa wins via TKO-strikes)

Eddie Mills vs. Daniel McWilliams
(Daniel McWilliams wins via a rear naked choke Submission)

Babalu Signs with Strikeforce After Leaving UFC

 

Yesterday at “Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion” a special announcement was made that the recently released UFC fighter had signed with the California-Based, Strikeforce organization.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral was recently in the news for being fined $25,000 and released from the UFC after refusing to break a chokehold on opponent David Heath at UFC 74.  This was a tragic event for the fighter who was having trouble finding an organization to sign him.  The fighter said that he extended the choke due to some disrespectful comments that Heath said towards Babalu.

There are no news stating when Babalu will fight, however it should be interesting to see how this move will affect his game.

UFC 76 Post-Fight Video with Wanderlei Silva

What’s next for the former Light Heavyweight Champion of PrideFC?  He recently signed a contract with the UFC and is currently training for his upcoming fight in December.  He was hoping to fight Chuck Liddell, but those expectations have changed because Chuck lost against Keith Jardine at UFC 76-Knockout. 

Here are Wanderlei Silva’s thoughts of UFC 76 and his future:

UFC 76 Post-Fight Video: Rampage Jackson’s Thoughts

Here is the current Light Heavyweight of the UFC, Quinton Jackson, as he shares his thoughts on UFC 76-Knockout.

"They called it Knockout, but ain’t nobody got knocked out"

UFC 76 Post-Fight Video: Chuck Liddell

Here is Chuck Liddell as he talks about his recent bout against Keith Jardine at UFC 76-Knockout.  Due to thousands of e-mails Chuck receives, he wants to send out a message to all of his fans through this video.  The sound isn’t great, but here it is…

Video of Andrei Arlovski on the Jerry Springer Show

Here is UFC’s former Heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski on the Jerry Springer show:

UFC 78: Akihiro Gono vs. Tamdan McCrory

Akihiro Gono will be taking on Tamden McCrory at UFC 78 as part of the fight card that will be taking place for the very first time at Newark, New Jersey on November 17th.

The former PrideFC welterweight contender will be looking to fight for the very first time in the octagon as he recently signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC.  Nicknamed the Magic man, he is very well known for his ability to submit his opponents with great quickness.

McCrory is probably one of the tallest fighters in his weight class.  At only 20 years of age, McCrory has shown everyone the he has tremendous strength and is also very talented with his submission skills.  His last fight was against Pete Spratt at the Ultimate Fight Night 10, where submitted his opponent via a triangle choke and remains undefeated today at 9-0.

Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion this Saturday

 

Strikeforce Event to be held at the Playboy Mansion for the first time in MMA history.

The Strikeforce event will be streamed on Yahoo Sports for FREE on Saturday a midnight ET/9 p.m. PT. 

Here’s the snip from strikeforce.com:

Leading mixed martial arts federation, Strikeforce, will produce a historic, first-ever mixed martial arts event at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, September 29th. Amongst those slated for action at the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner are undefeated Strikeforce world lightweight (155 lb. limit) champion “El Nino” Gilbert Melendez and UFC and Pride Fighting Championship veteran Josh “The Punk” Thomson.

Main Fight Card:

Gilbert Melendez vs. Tetsuji Kato

Eugene Jackson vs. Joe Riggs

Bobby Southworth vs. Bill Mahood

Adam Lynn vs. Josh Thomson

Falaniko Vitale vs. Ron Fields

Matt Lee vs. Jorge Masvidal

Richard Dalton vs. Daniel Puder

Clint Coronel vs. Billy Evangelista

Dewey Cooper vs. Adam Smith

Sam Liera vs. Luke Stewart

Anthony Figueroa vs. Miguel Linares

Eddie Mills vs. Daniel McWilliams

MMA FIGHT of the Week: Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

This week we feature the fight between Wanderlei “Axe Murderer” Silva and Kazushi Sakuraba at Pride 13-Collision Course.  The Axe Murderer meets the Japanese superstar for the very first time in his MMA career.  Sakuraba was the current middleweight champion at the time until Silva came in to kick some ass and take some names, 18 names that is.  Silva came into PrideFC and was unbeaten in 20 straight fights (18 wins, 1 NC-Gilbert Yvel, 1 Draw-Mirko Cro Cop) from 1999-2004.

Here is the MMA FIGHT of the Week, the first fight that started the trilogy between Wanderlei Silva and Kazushi Sakuraba (notice Tito Ortiz handing out flowers to both fighters in the beginning of the fight):

UFC FIGHT CPW: Alexia Lei

Here are our ‘Chick Pics of the Week’ (CPW).  Below are the pics of Alexia Lei:

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