Strikeforce’s Battle of San Jose: Cung Le Destroys Frank Shamrock

Saturday night on Showtime, EliteXC and Strikeforce put on another amazing show. This time, the main event easily stole the show.
In a captivating match-up, Sanshou-kickboxer Cung Le defeated Frank Shamrock to capture the Strikeforce middleweight title.
The HP Pavilion in San Jose was packed for the “Battle of San Jose”–both men claim the city as their […]

Ken Shamrock responds to steroid allegations

Today mmajunkie.com has posted a statement from Ken Shamrock in response to the allegations made by his brother and Strikeforce middleweight champion, Frank Shamrock. Here it is:
During a recent interview with MMA Madness, Frank Shamrock stated that I have used steroids “my whole life.” In making such a reckless and irresponsible statement, Frank has attacked […]

MMA: The NASCAR Effect?

Let’s review. We’ve got EliteXC signing a deal with a major broadcast network, CBS, to air live MMA cards. Strikeforce just announced a deal with NBC to air highlight shows after Saturday Night Live. A deal sending UFC programming to FOX is most likely in the wings. Of course, we’ve already got UFC on SpikeTV, […]

Another Day, Another TV Deal: Strikeforce to NBC

First, it was EliteXC signing a deal with CBS. Now MMAJunkie is reporting that Strikeforce, which co-promotes events with UFC, is on the verge of signing with NBC:
As part of the NBC deal, fight footage from past Strikeforce events will likely be shown in “highlights” shows, not unlike the Pride Fighting Championships shows that currently […]