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M-1 Global is off to a less than stellar start in the US after it emerged its debut show - entitled ‘Breakthrough’ - is having to be moved from California because M-1 did not apply for a license there.The California State Athletic Commission says it was never approached about the August 28th event, according to a Sports Illustrated report by Josh Gross on...

Nominations so far in the World MMA Awards have shown no clear leaders in the Fighter of the Year category. The 2008 award was won by Anderson Silva who fights Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 this weekend.In 2008 Anderson Silva dominated nominations and the finals winning the category with 49% of the votes. This year however Silva faces stiff opposition from a variety...

Gegard Mousasi has said he will honour his agreement with Strikeforce following recent reports that his management had misled him about the amount of money the UFC had offered him for his services."I am fighting in Strikeforce now and Scott has always been honest to me,” Mousasi told Fighters Only today. “I have a contract with Strikeforce and I am...

Blagoi Ivanov (2-0) claims he broke both his hands when he made his Sengoku debut against Kazuyuki Fujita at Sengoku 9 on Sunay night.Ivanov is of course known for his win over Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko in a Sambo tournament late last year.“I broke both my hands. His head was very hard,” Ivanov told a Japanese correspondent for Fighters Only...

Anderson Silva is backing Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos to beat Gina Carano when the two meet in the headline bout of next month’s Strikeforce event. But he is not sure that women’s MMA has much potential on the whole.“Cris has been showing off much ability and she has a great coach in Rafael Cordeiro, who also was my coach [at Chute...

Mariusz Pudzianowski - who has won the World’s Strongest Man competition a record five times - is apparently set to make his MMA debut.The world-famous Polish strongman has been booked to fight on a December 12th KSW fight show in Poland, according to MMA Rocks.pl.A life-long fan of the martial arts, Pudzianowski has always complemented his strength training...

Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ DeSouza has (10-2) signed a deal with Strikeforce and will make his debut in the fall.The signing was confirmed to Fighters Only on Wednesday afternoon (UK time) after initial rumours surfaced earlier."I am very excited that I will have the opportunity to fight in Strikeforce," said Souza, 29. "Strikeforce has an extremely...

Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua has responded to Anderson Silva’s comments that he does not deserve the title shot he is getting against Lyoto Machia.Fighters Only recently published words from Anderson Silva saying 2005 PRIDE Grand Prix winner Shogun “doesn’t deserve to dispute the belt”. Shogun‘s response was not angry. “What...

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has talked about the signing of Fedor Emelianenko to a multi-fight deal that will also see M-1 Global become co-promoters with Strikeforce.And he said that contrary to some opinions that Strikeforce will have nobody worth matching Fedor with, there are multiple opponents on the table.“Surprisingly there is four or five people that...

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has downplayed reports that the UFC has sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter regarding the Gegard Mousasi-Babalu Sobral fight that has been scheduled for the August 15th Strikeforce show.Mousasi was a UFC target but has signed for Strikeforce. Rumours have since circulated that he was misinformed by his management about the...