Press release by Strikeforce 

LAS VEGAS– The much-anticipated conclusion of the STRIKEFORCE® GRAND PRIX HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT has been announced for Saturday, May 19, as STRIKEFORCE® returns…

Written by Hurtsbad MMA Analyst Luis Romero

With The UFC making its way to Australia to introduce the world to some of the greatest Flyweight’s in the world another ZUFFA owned company known as Strikeforce tries to keep women’s…

Written by Hurtsbad Senior Analyst Todd Jackson

It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the San Jose based American Kickboxing Academy as of late. With their fair share of ups and downs, a camp this strong can…

It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the San Jose based American Kickboxing Academy as of late. With their fair share of ups and downs, a camp this strong can only season through the trials and tribulations that are embedded in this sport.

Watching their heavyweight…

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Ronda Rousey, a Strikeforce female contender, is one to exercise that right more than other at times. In a recent interview with MMA.tv, Rousey…

Over the years Arizona is one of the states that is producing top talent for some of the major organizations in MMA. With fighters like UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, Ryan Bader, C.B. Dollaway, Aaron Simpson, and Seth Baczynski to name a few, Arizona has become a hotspot for up and…

I’ll never forget the day when I took my first martial arts class under Thomas Meno. I learned a kata or two, sparred in class a few times, and the next day at school I thought I was Ghengis Kahn ready to conquer the world.

My world at the time consisted of a small upstate Vermont…

With all the things happening in MMA this month one thing got overlooked. That one thing is the return of Strikeforce to San Diego with a stacked card that is going to make you want to get Showtime, and not just to watch Dexter.

This event will mark the return of top lightweight…

St. Louis, MO (USA): Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley is one of the brightest rising stars in all of MMA, and is also one of the crown jewels of the vaunted American Top Team. Undefeated at 9-0, he is deemed the de facto top contender for the vacant Strikeforce Welterweight Championship. In addition,…

Press release courtesy of Phil Lanides

Ridgewood, New Jersey (USA): This Saturday at the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, Team Palooka will be sponsoring both a Strikeforce fighter and a female…

In a time when mixed martial arts was more spectacle than sport, many critics and fans alike were ignorant to the value of what this sport would eventually become. Not simply value in dollars and cents but the value found in what MMA was really all about.



At first glance MMA was thought…

The Zuffa-owned Strikeforce promotion has decided to part ways with former heavyweight title contender after his arrest Wednesday for felony-degree assault on his wife. He was also charged with a gross misdemeanor for child…

Tough-to-read news from the world of mixed martial arts today, as Minnesota fighter Brett Rogers is facing several charges of domestic assault after police say he violently attacked his wife Wednesday. 



Rogers, 30, has been charged with third-degree assault, domestic assault by strangulation, a pattern of stalking conduct, all…

When the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament was announced, many fans and experts thought that one fighter stood out like a sore thumb—and not in a good way. That fighter was Minnesota native Brett Rogers. 



Despite an 11-2 mixed martial arts record, Rogers came into the event as the biggest underdog among the eight original…

Like any professional sport, Mixed Martial Arts is a form of competition that breeds devastating defeat, and unparallelled glory. Winning the World Series, The Stanley Cup, The NBA Finals, or the Super Bowl can be a life altering experience for an athlete. Losing one can also run deep.…

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any crazier for Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz, they just did. 



In an interview with Inside MMA, Diaz spoke out following his win over Paul Daley, about the lack of competition he sees left in Strikeforce and the possibility of him leaving the sport to pursue a career in boxing.

“They don’t have anybody else for me to fight now. I’m better than all these guys…

There was a time, not very long ago, when perceptions of hand to hand combat were limited heavily to what fight fans had seen inside the boxing ring and on the silver screen. Exposure to the combat arts was extremely limited, and there for shrouded in myth as…

The world of mixed martial arts got just a little bit smaller this month as the groundbreaking and historical news was broke that UFC parent company Zuffa had purchased its closest competitor Strikeforce.



Immediately a plethora of questions were asked and very very…

Bellator Fighting Championships have done a great job of delivering a unique flavor of mixed martial arts to fight fans. Frequently putting on events on non premium television channels and showcasing the old school tournament format has set them apart.



Their promotional model gives them the…