Current Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields has come out and said that his Strikeforce contract expires after his upcoming fight with Dan Henderson, and that we would consider going to the UFC. Here’s the quote, via Graciemag:
“When you talk about guys like Anderson Silva and St.-Pierre, the best in the world, obviously I fight want to fight them. I want to be the best in the world and to be the best you have to beat the best. GSP’s a complete fighter standing and on the ground. But that’s why …

Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres (37-3) posted this on his Twitter site today after filling out paperwork at the doctors office prior to having his head stitched up.
Torres received the cut to his forehead on March 6th at the “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event against Joseph Benavidez, suffering a second straight loss, just the third in forty professional fights.
Check out a few more pictures of Torres getting stitched up and the final results after the jump.
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Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker spoke about a possible re-match between former Strikeforce middleweight champs Cung Le (6-1) and Frank Shamrock (23-10-2) for June.
“The fight with Cung and Scott was an amazing fight,” Coker said. “I know Cung would like that rematch, and I’m sure Scott would like that fight again at some point.
“We haven’t locked that down yet, but that will be determined soon. If that fight happens, it will happen in late June.”
Le and Shamrock faced one another in March of 2008 for the Strikeforce middleweight title. Le walked …

“If it starts fast, he’ll get knocked out fast. If he takes his time, he might get knocked out in a later round. It depends on him, really, and what kind of pace he wants to push,” Dan Hardy on how he’ll end the fight against Georges St. Pierre.
Both Hardy and St. Pierre will meet on March 27th for the welterweight title in Newark, NJ in the main event of UFC 111.
Hardy spoke to MMAjunkie.com Radio about the upcoming fight
“It’s just about doing what I do,” Hardy said. “If I’m …

Roger Huerta is undoubtedly the biggest signing to date for the fledgling Bellator Fighting Championships promotion after his recent multi-fight deal was announced via video conference and Huerta fully realizes that he’s going to be the measuring stick for every other Lightweight fighter in the upcoming Season Two 155-pound tournament.
Here’s Huerta talking to Sherdog about the upcoming tournament;
“Bellator provided me with a sense of security. I control my own destiny in the tournament. The winner gets to face one of the best lightweight fighters in the world — that’s the …

The upcoming ASTRA event on April 25th has seen two changes made to the card, which will be headlined by the retirement fight of Japanese legend Hidehiko Yoshida. The first change comes as former PRIDE and Sengoku veteran Makoto Takimoto, a Yoshida dojo member who holds an MMA record of 6-5, has announced his retirement effective immediately, which removes him from the card.
The second change comes as 42-year old PRIDE and Shooto veteran Enson Inoue has announced that he will take part in the event, marking his first professional fight …

Last season, UFC President Dana White suggested that there was so much good footage from the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, that a post-show episode was necessary, leading to the creation of The Ultimate Fighter: The Aftermath, which was hosted by Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah and aired on Spike TV’s website.
This year, there must be just as much quality footage as the show will return, with Ultimate Fighter 1 finalist Stephan Bonnar taking over the hosting duties from Sadollah. Each 15-minute episode will feature a roundtable discussion …

The long-awaited Strikeforce debut of Roger Gracie finally has a date set as the ADCC submission grappling and CBJJ jiu-jitsu champion will meet former PRIDE and UFC star Kevin Randleman at a Strikeforce event that is set for May 15th in St. Louis, MO. Gracie himself confirmed the match-up and the date with GracieMag.com.
Gracie signed a contract with Strikeforce last December and had been rumored to be part of the promotion’s April event, but with three title fights filling the CBS portion of the card, Gracie’s debut was pushed back …

A bitter dispute between DirecTV and Comcast, parent company of the Versus channel, which has gone on since August has finally been resolved as the two sides have announced an agreement that sees  Versus return to DirecTV’s lineup in its original package position, just in time for fight fans to get to see the UFC’s debut event on the cable channel.
The dispute between the satellite provider and Comcast arose when both sides suggested that leaving Versus in its current position would result in rate increases for customers, though each side …

Two of the WEC’s fastest-rising Featherweight prospects appear to be on a collision course as Anthony Morrison and Mackens Semerzier are in talks to meet as part of the undercard for WEC 48, which takes place on April 24th at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, CA. The main card of the event will air on pay-per-view, a first for the WEC, who have been broadcast on Versus since WEC 28 back in June of 2007.
Both fighters will come into the potential bout off of losses at WEC 46 in January …

When comparing UFC heavyweights Shane Carwin (11-0) and champion Brock Lesnar (4-1) against one another, former UFC champion Frank Mir (13-4) feels that in the octagon, Carwin poses the more dangerous of the two.
“I think he’s very similar to Brock Lesnar,” Mir told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “He’s somebody that’s strong, and he’s a good wrestler. But I think that Carwin, in a lot of ways, is actually more dangerous for me.”
Mir is set to meet Carwin in just a few short weeks in the co-headliner for UFC 111 on March 27th …

Former “TUF 8″ winner and undefeated fighter Ryan Bader  (11-0) is happy to take his time climbing the UFC light-heavyweight division. Fresh off his victory over opponent Keith Jardine at UFC 110, Bader spoke with MMAWeekly.com about his ambitions, saying he has a long way to go before he steps into the octagon to fight for a UFC title.
“I’m in no rush right now,” Bader said when asked who he wants to fight next. “I’m a young fighter. I’ve said this before, I don’t want to get rushed into a …

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White posted that note from his Twitter site on Saturday, refuting the rumors that Tito Ortiz had been replaced by Rich Franklin against Chuck Liddell.
Rumors yesterday had Ortiz pulling out of the fight and “The Ultimate Fighter” 11 series for undisclosed reasons, to be replaced by “Ace” Franklin. The fight date was also called to question as Fighters Only Magazine had the bout moved to April’s Fight Night event instead of UFC 115.
MMAjunkie.com reported that the date was wrong but the matchup was correct, that …