What Possible Match-Ups Could We See With Zuffa/UFC purchasing Strikeforce? Pt. 2

While Champion vs Champion bouts are the most obvious to set up to see which promotion has the best of each division, some of the more exciting bouts could be with former champs, experienced veterans, & recognized prospects. Strikeforce has a descent roster of fighters that can provide a challenge for fighters on the UFC's roster. The fact that Strikeforce fighters would come in wanting to make a statement to earn recognition as top level fighter. Match-ups like pitting dangerous grapplers in a bout to see who can best each other, continuing the grudge American & British MMA, pitting a heavy handed striker against a technical boxer, & two explosive former champions who can promote some of the best hype for a fight any day.

UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs Davis Preview

On March 26, 2011, the Ultimate FIghting Championship will make their first visit to the state of Washington this year with UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs Davis/UFC Dight Night: Seattle. This event's lineup has been plagued with multiple injuries & replacements with three of the four main card bouts requiring replacement fighters. The main card alone will present a well recognized veteran fighting an up & coming prospect, two hard hitting welterweight contenders, a TUF winner against a TUF runner up, and a rematch between two hard hitting featherweights that throw technique out the window & always throw for the fences.

Main Card Bouts:
Antonio Rogerio "Lil' Nog" Nogueira (19-4-0) vs Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis (8-0-0)

Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy (23-8-0(1)) vs Anthony "Rumble" Johnson (8-3-0)

Amir Sadollah (4-2-0) vs DaMarques "Darkness" Johnson (12-8-0)

Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia (15-6-1) vs "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung (10-3-0)

Episode 1- UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones Recap

Hey MMA fans! This is our first audio podcast for MMA Fan Headquarters!This will be a recap of the recent event UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones. Here we will review the main card of the event as well as include honorable mentions of fights from the preliminary cards. This event saw the rise of prospects, fighters looking to reassert themselves into being recognized as tough competition, a fighter prove that he is a true contender that has not been given the respect of the promotion, the debuts of former WEC champions to prove what made them champs, & the passing of the torch as a young star takes the title in devastating fashion. Seeing as it is only March, you can look forward to more podcasts from us, & more kickass MMA events before this year is through.

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What Possible Match-Ups Could We See With Zuffa/UFC purchasing Strikeforce? Pt. 1 Champ vs Champ

While UFC President Dana White has said in his recent interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAfighting.com that there will not for the time being be a complete or immediate absorption of the Strikeforce roster, that does not mean that the rosters of both promotions will not come into contact with each other. For fighters in Strikeforce who would prefer to fight in the bigger promotion where a bigger payday & legitimate recognition, as most fighters undoubtedly do, their contracts would still have to expire or see if a negotiation between the companies can happen to get to their goal sooner. Obviously there have been super fight match-ups that fans have been demanding over the years between top & recognizable fighters from both promotions, that had previously been impossible to assemble due to White's insistence that the UFC will never be involved in co-promoting a fight with another promotion. Though White is still insistent on this position, the fact that Strikeforce fighters now have an almost assured ticket into signing with the UFC has opened doors for such match-ups that fans have been demanding. In the first installment of this two part piece, we will examine the obvious & more promotable fights that have the more likelihood of happening with champion vs champion should one of the mentioned fighters' contracts reach expiration, or a complete absorption through a merger occurs which would essentially demand unification bouts to declare which of the two promotions truly held the best fighters in the world of the shared divisions.

UFC 128 Shogun vs Jones Preview

On March 19, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will make their first trip to the state of New Jersey of the year with what is potentially one of the most anticipated main events of the year. UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones will also serve as one of the most extended events the UFC has put on in its history as the promotion has realized that not only can they give the fans around two free televised bouts on their home channel on SpikeTV & new addition IonTV, but they have realized that the top social networking site Facebook is the perfect tool to reach out to fans worldwide. Though this is a big event, the main card required two replacement fighters, with one having to be a somewhat late replacement for the main event. With a free two fight Facebook presented preliminary card, a free two fight SpikeTV presented preliminary card, & a five bout PPV main card, this event will be one of the most fan friendly events in the promotions history.

Main Card bouts:
(C)Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-4-0) vs Jon "Bones" Jones (12-1-0)

Urijah "The California Kid" Faber (24-4-0) vs Eddie Wineland (18-6-1)

Jim Miller (19-2-0) vs Kamal "The Prince of Persia" Shalorus (7-0-2)

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-8-2(1)) vs Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub (7-1-0)

Nate "The Great" Marquardt (30-10-2) vs Dan Miller (13-4-0(1))

SpikeTV Prelim Card:
Luiz "Banha" Cane (10-3-0(1)) vs Eliot "The Fire" Marshall (10-2-0)

Edson Barboza (7-0-0) vs Anthony Njokuani (13-4-0(1))

Facebook Prelim Card:
Ricardo "Big Dog" Almeida (13-4-0) vs Mike "Quicksand" Pyle (20-7-1)

Kurt "Batman" Pellegrino (16-5-0) vs Gleison Tibau (21-7-0)

Some Of The Biggest News In MMA & UFC History: Zuffa Purchases Strikeforce

Early today on March 12, 2011, it was announced that Zuffa, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, had purchased the number two American based MMA promotion Strikeforce. Since the brand of Strikeforce grew in popularity & recognition, UFC President Dana White was ready for interviews where he would put down the competing promotion with criticism from their style of promoting, to their lower level competition of fighters, while also saying that having competing promotions helps to build the UFC along with the sport. With counter-programming & jabs from UFC brass, this purchase of Strikeforce by Zuffa comes as a complete shock to UFC-only fans & widespread MMA fans altogether. While there are so many questions to be asked by fans, including from us personally, there is potential that keeping the San Jose based promotion alive will benefit both companies, and push the sport to great heights.

Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson Recap

While many write off Strikeforce as simply as wanna be UFC or as the number two best American based MMA promotion, the recent Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson event that took place in Columbus, Ohio did not disappoint as there was action in each bout on the main card. From a lightweight battle between two prospects, to the back & forth battle for the Light Heavyweight title which served as the main event.

Fight Results:
Kuhner receives Rnd2 Technical Submission Win over Felty
Whitesel receives Rnd1 Submission Win over Cofer
Rogers receives Rnd1 TKO Win over Rammel
Freeman receives Rnd1Submission Win over Riley
Gurgel receives Rnd1 Submission Win over Vaughan
Bowling receives Unanimous Decision Win over Thornburg
Masvidal receives Unanimous Decision Win over Evangelista
Kennedy receives Rnd1 Submission Win over Manhoef
Coenen receives Rnd4 Submission Win & Retains Title over Carmouche
Henderson receives Rnd3 TKO Win & Championship over Feijao

UFC Live on Versus 3 Recap

UFC Live on Versus 3 went down Thursday night on March 3, and the event was amazingly full of action. There were submissions, knock outs, decision, and even questionable controversy or two.

Fight Results:
Pokrajac receives Rnd1 TKO win over Brown
Palhares receives Rnd2 Submission Win over Branch
Yang receives Rnd2 TKO Win over Kimmons
Mizugaki receives Split Decision Win over Duran
Roller receives Rnd2 KO Win & Knockout of the Night over Tavares
Castillo receives Unanimous Decision Win over Stevenson
Diabate receives Unanimous Decision Win over Cantwell
Bowles receives Rnd1 Submission Win & Submission of the Night over Page
Weidman receives Unanimous Decision Win over Sakara
Munoz receives Rnd1 KO Win over Dolloway
Sanchez receives Unanimous Decision Win over Kampmann & both received Fight of the Night

Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson Preview

This Saturday on March 5, the #2 professional MMA promotion based in the Untied States will present their first event to be displayed within the state of Ohio with Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson/Strikeforce Columbus. This event will present two promotional title fights with new Light-heavyweight (205lb) champion Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante & new Women's Welterweight (135lb) champion Marloes "Rumina" Coenen both making their first title defenses. This is our first preview for a Strikeforce event.

Main Card:

(C)Rafael Cavalcante(10-2-0) vs Dan Henderson (26-8-0)

(C)Marloes Coenen (18-4-0) vs Liz Carmouche (5-0-0)

Melvin Manhoef (24-8-1) vs Tim Kennedy (12-3-0)

Billy Evangelista (11-0-0(1)) vs Jorge Masvidal (20-6-0)