showtime Stories - Cageside Seats
Will Showtime pull the plug on Strikeforce within six months?
The future of the Strikeforce promotion on Showtime is not looking very rosy. I would imagine Showtime is privately pissed off at Dana White for pillaging the Strikeforce roster to bolster UFC's flagging PPV business. Despite both Nick Diaz and Alistair Overeem playing hardball in negotiations...
Batista - duped by Coker, starting new gym, wants to retire in WWE
I would like to put over Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez of f4wonline.com for their very newsworthy eighty minute subscribers only interview with Dave Batista covering the whole of his WWE career and his recent forays into acting and mixed martial arts. It's the most in depth shoot interview...
I take it the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the UFC
The heavily rumoured ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation of UFC is a story that has been three months in the making. Indeed, it's one that Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta expected as soon as they purchased their main competitor Strikeforce from Scott Coker and Silicon Valley...
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva Live Results and Play by Play
The Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix begins tonight, with Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva live on Showtime. We'll be live blogging the show, starting with the preliminary card airing on HDNet starting at 8 PM ET. The HDNet broadcast will featuring Bas Rutten and Michael Schiavello calling...
How Big of a Role did Showtime Play in Contract Negotiations Between Strikeforce and Fedor?
Alongside news of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, word of Fedor Emelianenko's contract extension with the promotion has been released as well. Josh Gross has an excellent piece covering the story at ESPN, a few things stand out though: Completing arduous contract talks between...
Cageside Quote - Jim Ross Says It's "Important for Strikeforce to Sign Dave Bautista"
From his highly recommended blog: As I have written before, Dave Bautista is serious about his MMA career and is realistic in that Dave knows that by getting such a late start int he game that he will have to accelerate his training and then maximize the time that he has to be physically...
Strikeforce: Diaz vs Noons 2 Predicitions
Despite the fact that there has been very little promotion for this card, which speaks to the biggest issue Strikeforce currently has, it will be going down tonight on Showtime. A solid main event is supplemented by a few very interesting fights. In we go with the predictions. Nick Diaz vs K.J....
Jim Ross With Thoughts on Summerslam and Strikeforce
Your friend and mine, Jim Ross, has another blog up and of course he touches on a few subjects relevant to our fair site. Summerslam is tonight and how could we not be talking about it? His thoughts on the card: I have high expectations for Summer Slam tonight on PPV and will be watching from...
Frank Shamrock to announce his retirement tonight at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Werdum
Update: It's official. Gus Johnson on Dan Lebatard's radio show said that Frank Shamrock would be announcing his retirement at tonight's Strikeforce show. Original "What is Frank Shamrock's 'special announcement' tonight going to be? Retirement is a safe bet." Post: Last night, Dave Meltzer...
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