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An injury has forced middleweight Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (16-13) out of a scheduled Sept. 25 Strikeforce Challengers main event with Tim Kennedy (10-2). mmajunkie.com


Does Strikeforce have the ability to make any compelling fights happen at 205? Should Mousasi move up to heavyweight where there are some interesting potential fights? Or does the promotion just have a star that they can't really use to draw any sort of viewers? bloodyelbow.com

I, for one, would be really interested to see Gegard test himself at heavyweight against a guy like Andrei Arlovski while Strikeforce tries to build up a few fighters into legitimate challengers to his belt. Anything to keep him in the public eye beating people that can help make him the star that he deserves to be. bloodyelbow.com


"I have a lot of tools to beat the things that he does. I'm a different fighter now," Marquardt told ProMMARadio's Larry Pepe. "The way I fought him, I didn't go out and fight to win. Now I'm going for knockouts and I'm going for the submission." Yahoo!Sports


“I am currently without a contract,” exclaims devastating Croatian born striker Zelg Galesic (9-4). mmaweekly.com


Apparently just for the hell of it, Spike TV and the UFC offer a daylong block of UFC-related programming this Saturday, Aug. 22. mmajunkie.com

A Dream veteran and former Cage Rage middleweight champion, he is confident that this brief spell of unemployment is only a temporary thing, “At the moment, it is likely that I will re-sign with Dream, but some other options have come to light this week and I am looking at them closely.” mmaweekly.com


In his first fight since winning the welterweight crown on "The Ultimate Fighter 9," James Wilks (6-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is expected to face fast-rising 170-pounder Matt Brown (9-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in October at UFC 105. mmajunkie.com


A welterweight contest between DaMarques Johnson (9-7) and Peter Sobotta (8-2) is set for UFC 105 on Nov. 14 in Manchester, England. mmaweekly.com


Wanderlei has not confirmed or denied the surgery, but reports have circulated recently that his facial appearance had undergone some change. If the procedure was done it would likely have been to remove excess scar tissue that is common with people that take punches to the face for a living. fiveouncesofpain.com


A source close to the lightweight fighter informed MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) of the injury, which forced Bradley (14-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) out of a scheduled bout with Sam Stout (14-5-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC). mmajunkie.com



MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the fighter that UFC, Strikeforce and EliteXC veteran Nick Thompson (38-11-1) has suffered a cut in training and has been forced to drop out of "M-1 Global present Breakthrough." The loss of the co-main event contestant comes after the card was relocated from Los Angeles to Kansas City, Kan., and after main-event competitor Don Frye withdrew from the event due to the venue change. mmajunkie.com


“Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” can currently lay claim to having the highest rating of any martial arts related program aired in the history of Showtime. fiveouncesofpain.com