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Dan Henderson admits that there were “a few conversations about my employment status” while he was in town to corner Thierry Sokoudjou at the weekend’s Strikeforce event. “We might figure out a deal we might not,  we’re still just waiting to see,” he said.The comments were made during an interview with MMA Fanhouse reported...

Gegard Mousasi is both notoriously self-critical and difficult to excite, two qualities he displayed once again by first of all dispatching Thierry Sokoudjou in round two of their fight, refusing to even smile having done so and then criticising his performance afterwards.Telling MMA Fanhouse he was “not exactly“ happy with his performance, Mousasi said,...

Saturday night marked MMA’s return to primetime on CBS featuring Fedor Emelianenko, against Brett Rogers, in the main event.  The event aired live on the CBS Television Network at 9 p.m. ET/PT.Attendance at the Sears Centre Arena was 11,512 (sellout).Below are the results for the four broadcast fights:Fedor Emelianenko, Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Russia, TKO 2...

Strikeforce has confirmed that Cung Le will be competing at its December 19th show, where he will meet Scott “Hands Of Steel’’ Smith (16-6). Le boasts a perfect 6-0 record in MMA and was also undefeated in kickboxing (22-0) and Sanshou (17-0). He was the Strikeforce middleweight champion until vacating his title earlier this year.Other fighters...

Fedor Emelianenko says Brett Rogers never had him in trouble during their fight at Strikeforce last night, despite having his nose broken just seconds into the fight. Emelianenko spent a good part of the first round pressed against the cage or on his back with blood pouring from the injury, but says that is just part of te game.“It was nothing serious, these...

Fabricio Werdum has put himself at the front of the queue to be Fedor Emelianenko’s next opponent after taking a decision win over Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva at Strikeforce last night."Maybe it's my turn now, It's my turn to fight Fedor. I have a lot of respect for Fedor. Fedor is the best in the world,” he said. Some fans feel that...

Curiously, for an established sport, MMA has yet to have a universal set of rules and regulations that are practiced the world over. Depending on country, organisation or even region of a country, a fight can be dramatically different. Tactics like knees to the head, kicks on the ground, foot stomps and elbows are allowed in some MMA bouts and not in others. Arguably...

Cung Le will be returning to the Strikeforce cage on December 19th, he confirmed during the television broadcast of last night’s Strikeforce Challengers event.“I’ve been staying in good shape and I’m ready to get back in there for the fans,” Le said.  “I’ll be fighting for Strikeforce on December 19th.”Le is set to...

Absent from MMA competition since Affliction’s final event in January, Fedor Emelianenko finally returns to action at this weekend’s "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers" event on CBS. He has kept himself busy in the interim with a couple of fairly high-profile exhibition grappling matches, but there’s a big difference between rolling around...

Dutch heavyweight Stefan Struve has signed a new four-fight deal that will make him a UFC fighter until 2011, a source close to the fighter tells Fighters Only.Struve was three fights into a four-fight deal when the new contract was tabled. Having won two of his three outings so far, the new deal is on improved terms.UFC 95 saw the young Dutchman - who stands...