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May 9, 2011

Accident Insurance Coverage Now Available to UFC and Strikeforce Fighters


UFC issued a press release on Monday to announce that 350 UFC and Strikeforce fighters are now eligible for customized accident insurance coverage. The insurance will cover accidental injuries suffered by the fighters during training as well as non-training incidents such as automobile accidents.

"The new policy adds 24-hour worldwide medical life insurance and dental coverage, as well as emergency medical evacuation," reads the press release. "Zuffa will pay 100 percent of the premiums for its athletes and have an employee dedicated to handling and filing all claims."

source: prowrestling.net

April 25, 2011

Batista's MMA Deal with Strikeforce is Dead


Ex-WWE superstar Batista WON'T be crushing anyone's face in an MMA ring anytime soon -- because the human freak show says his deal with Strikeforce is officially kaput.

The 6'6", 290-pounder was lumbering through LAX this weekend when he explained that his deal fell through the cracks when the UFC bought out Strikeforce before they could schedule his first fight.

Batista told our guy he's "real disappointed" with the way things turned out ... adding, "I really had my heart set on Strikeforce."

source: tmz.com

March 12, 2011

Zuffa Buys Strikeforce


The Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company now owns its closest competitor.

Zuffa has purchased Strikeforce, UFC President Dana White told MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani. The news was made public on Saturday.

With the purchase, Zuffa now controls the contracts of almost every fighter in the USA TODAY/SB Nation consensus rankings, other than a few athletes in Bellator Fighting Championships and a handful of Japanese competitors at lighter weights...More?

source: usatoday.com

March 5, 2011

Strikeforce’s Santos Isn’t Jumping to WWE

March 4, 2011

Rumor Mill - Cris "Cyborg" Santos Reportedly in Negotiations with WWE


Without fighting since June of 2010, Cyborg is getting tired of the lack of fights in the MMA organization, and this proposal would change her future in fighting – and get bigger paychecks. Two weeks ago, Cristiane and her husband, Strikeforce fighter Evangelista Santos, attended to a WWE event in California, and the managers of the event offered her a contract.

source: bloodyelbow.com

November 29, 2010

Update on Batista's First MMA Fight; Strikeforce CEO Announces Target Date in 2011


Former WWE star Dave Bautista is expected to make his MMA debut for the Strikeforce promotion in second quarter 2011.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said on today's MMA Hour talk show with Ariel Helwani that "there's still dialogue" with Bautista, but they expect him to be fighting for Strikeforce between April and June of next year.

Bautista, age 41, left WWE in the spring of this year and began training for a potential MMA cross-over. Bautista reportedly wants a three-fight deal with Strikeforce.

In October, Bautista said his first MMA fight could be in March 2011. It appears the target date has been pushed back one-to-three months.

Coker was on the MMA Hour today promoting this Saturday's Strikeforce fight card that will be airing on Showtime from St. Louis.

source: pwtorch.com

October 15, 2010

Dave Bautista Talks About Training for MMA and Leaving WWE


Dave Bautista can't go too far down the street without someone asking him what he's been doing since leaving WWE earlier this year.

"I just tell them I'm unemployed," he laughs. "They look at me kind of funny."

Nothing could be further from the truth. There's a film role with Russell Crowe in the works and a probable MMA debut with Strikeforce. That could happen in late March-early April, and the fight everyone wants is Bautista (spelled Batista during his WWE days) against fellow former WWEer Bobby Lashley.

The 41-year-old Bautista knows his window for MMA success is short, but he's used to it. He didn't debut in pro wrestling until he was 30, but found fame and fortune as part of the Evolution stable alongside "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Triple H and Randy Orton.

And even though he's left WWE, he says he's still good friends with chairman Vince McMahon.

"I didn't agree with the direction the company was going in," Bautista said, even though he admits the squared circle pays a whole lot more than the cage. "It was geared more toward the PG rating. I fell in love with wrestling again in the late '90s with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and 'The Rock' Dwayne Johnson … It was edgy, and that was the kind of wrestling I knew and loved. It wasn't like that anymore, and my passion for it died a little bit."...More?

source: espn.com

October 9, 2010

Update on Batista


Legendary hip hop star and Wu Tang Clan member The RZA has announced former WWE star Batista has joined the cast of his new movie, “The Man with the Iron Fist” starring Academy Award winner Russell Crowe.

RZA spoke to movie news site ComingSoon.net and had the following to say about Batista’s involvement:

“I would love to bring these worlds together. That’s what I’m striving to do. My budget is not as big as some of these movies, so I’ve got to pull a lot of favors. Another buddy who is on board is Dave Batista, the world wrestling champion who left and now he’s into Strikeforce and he’s going to be doing mixed martial arts. To have him come on as Glass Body, when I talked to him about it, he was like, “I always wanted to be The Toad in ‘Five Deadly Venoms,’” and I said, this isn’t The Toad but the character is very similar, and he said it would be his honor to do it. So to have him and Russell Crowe standing beside each other, two men, real men, is exciting. But I’m looking to make this an international thing that brings both worlds under one umbrella and get out a good piece of art.”

Batista appeared in the corner of Strikeforce fighter Nick Diaz at yesterday's weigh-ins for tonight's fight. Batista was said to be very low-key and drew no attention to himself.

partial source: impactwrestling.com

August 22, 2010

Strikeforce CEO Says Deal With Paul Heyman Is Likely

August 12, 2010

Bobby Lashley Comments on the Possibility of Facing Former WWE Superstar Batista in Strikeforce

July 8, 2010

Does Batista Deserve Lesnar Comparisons?

Assuming the reports are right, UFC 116's viewership pattern provides all the explanation needed for Strikeforce's interest in former pro wrestler Dave Batista.

Strikeforce met last month with Batista about the possibility of an mixed martial arts bout. CEO Scott Coker sees a parallel between Batista and Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's heavyweight titleholder.

"Look at Brock Lesnar," Coker told Sherdog.com last week. "He made the crossover. Why not Batista?"

Like Lesnar, Batista became a marquee name in World Wrestling Entertainment's choreographed shows. And like Lesnar, he wants to try his hand at real fighting.

But the similarity ends there...More?

source: usa today

June 27, 2010

ESPN Barely Covers Fedor Losing to Fabricio Werdum

It was pretty painful to see just how the network covered Fedor’s first loss in a decade or so. They showed a basic 15-second highlight of Werdum beating Fedor and had it tabbed as “MMA upset” and that was about it. It was treated the same way the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman fight was treated by the network, which was not seriously at all...More?

source: fightopinion.com

June 21, 2010

Batista Announces That He's Going to Fight for Strikeforce‎; Strikeforce Denies This

Former WWE Champion Batista announced that he's going to fight for Strikeforce. The TMZ cameras caught up with Batista over the weekend and he said he is finished with WWE, and intends to fight for the MMA promotion...More?

source: prowrestling.net

Strikeforce Denial

April 18, 2010

Strikeforce Brawl



Strikeforce scuffle shows some guys just need to grow up

March 29, 2010

Another Heel Promo From Brock Lesnar

This gem was part of a Brock Lesnar piece in the New York Daily News yesterday. Lesnar was quoted as saying the following about former NFL star Herschel Walker and his Strikeforce debut win: "I'm happy to see he's got the (guts) to get in the ring. He beat one guy, but he's old enough to be my father."

source: wrestlezone.com

March 7, 2010

UFC vs. Strikeforce is On! Echoes of Vince McMahon?

The UFC is planning on not only holding an event on April 17th, the same day as a Strikeforce show, they will also hold the event in the same city. With Mike Swick not partaking in the card all eyes turn to Kimbo Slice as a probable main event participant.

Certainly there a few people out there smiling at the irony of the UFC potentially using a fighter that Dana White often described as a "freak show" (plus other less savory comments) to counter an event that actually features meaningful fights between top level fighters, but hey, all is fair in love and war and clearly this is war to the UFC president.

WKR will wait until next week to dive into all the particulars (hopefully we will have more information then) but one item jumped to our attention thanks to Cage Side Seats. The pro-wrestling blog pointed out that this action by the UFC is directly out of Vince McMahon's playbook:

If it wasn't obvious before, it is now: Dana White idolizes Vince McMahon and loves to borrow from his playbook. According to Sherdog, he's about to lift one of the classics, as the planned UFC Ultimate Fight Night card on Spike TV that will oppose Strike Force's CBS special from Nashville on April 17th may take place in...Nashville.

Back in the late '80s and early '80s, running against major shows from Jim Crockett Promotions and then (after JCP was bought by Turner Broadcasting) World Championship Wrestling was something that McMahon had down to a science. The WWF would get prime tenant status for wrestling in major arenas, forcing JCP/WCW to run in a smaller or less desirable building.

As PPV events became more important, McMahon got more creative. The night before a WCW PPV event, the WWF would run a house show in the same city. If it was possible, they'd use the same arena. These shows would run incredibly long so as to hurt the walk-up ticket sales and keep the fans from getting lively at the PPV event, giving the impression of a dead show. If the shows were in the same building, then the WCW crew would be delayed in setting up the building.

WKR can't wait for Kimbo Slice to roll up to the Strikeforce show in a tank with a DX-UFC shirt. And people say there isn't a pro-wrestling MMA crossover.

source: watchkalibrun.com

February 10, 2010

Bobby Lashley: Days Numbered Within TNA?

In a somewhat shocking move, Bobby Lashley has been removed from TNA’s profile page. This may suggest that Lashley is no longer officially with TNA.

Bobby Lashley, as we know, is trying to be a two sport star. He had signed several months ago with the mixed martial arts organization “StrikeForce”. Lashley recently had a fight against Wes Sims, moving his record to 5-0.

In a recent interview with Hulk Hogan in Sports Illustrated, Hogan put down the notion that Lashley could be a two-sport star. He said that the two would have to have a talk about this simultaneous involvement. His comments lead me to believe that Hogan is not a fan of this situation...More?

source: ring-rap.com

February 5, 2010

Refusal to Follow Rules Keeps Nick Diaz Out of UFC

Maybe Nick Diaz should take a hint from Triple H or Queen: Just play the game.

After winning Strikeforce's welterweight belt last weekend, Diaz singled out top-ranked 17o-pounder Georges St. Pierre as a desirable opponent. Unfortunately for Diaz, St. Pierre works exclusively for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Diaz used to fight in UFC, going 6-4 for the organization from 2003 to 2006. UFC President Dana White still considers him a high-caliber fighter.

But Diaz's unwillingness to abide by certain behavioral norms makes him a tough sell for UFC at this point, White said:



White was speaking to a group of reporters after the UFC 109 press conference on Thursday.

Diaz has a history of edgy behavior. White cited a 2006 incident in which Diaz and Joe Riggs got into a fight at the hospital after their official fight in the cage ended...More?

source: usa today

January 30, 2010

Strikeforce Miami Results

Bobby Lashley and Hershel Walker win their fights. Click here for full results.

January 18, 2010

Bobby Lashley: "This is TNA's First Opportunity to Show They're Really Going to Work With Me"

"The main deal is that TNA had always told me they were willing to work with anything that I had to do with fighting. This is their first opportunity to show they're really going to work with me. That's all I really can say about that."

"Originally when we signed the deal, they knew I was going to have a huge obligation in the fighting business. At the end of the day, that's my main source of income and what requires the most dedication."

"They told me they would be able to work with me and anything that I wanted to do, and they know that this fight's important and every other fight that I have with Strikeforce is important. I just want to see that they're willing to hold up their end of the bargain and support me as I fight and move forward."...More?

source: usa today

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