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Posted: Nov 09, 2009 1:15PM By Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

Former UFC heavyweight champion
Andrei Arlovski is looking to fight by the end of the year and could be competing at
Strikeforce: Evolution on Dec. 19 or in Japan with Sengoku or Dynamite!! 2009 on New Year's Eve.
FanHouse has learned that Arlovski's management has been in discussions with the aforementioned organizations and Arlovski is currently training to potentially fight on one of those cards.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 12:30PM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: EliteXC, MMA Media Watch, Strikeforce, M-1 Global

The early ratings are in for CBS's Saturday night MMA show, and although the numbers aren't as good as the network did last year with Kimbo Slice, CBS executive Kelly Kahl tells FanHouse he's encouraged that CBS improved on its usual Saturday night ratings among the coveted young male demographic.
Now the question is whether MMA will improve to CBS in 2010. Kahl said it's too soon to say about that, but that a significant improvement in the targeted demographic means CBS accomplished its first goal. Kahl noted that MMA on CBS beat college football on ABC in the demographic.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 10:30AM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Strikeforce

All the big stories coming out of Saturday night's big night of fights are about the winners:
Fedor Emelianenko showed once again that he's the best in the world,
Jake Shields won the Strikeforce middleweight belt,
Gegard Mousasi took another step toward elite status and
Fabricio Werdum made his case that he should get Fedor next.
But I'd like to take a moment to praise the losers of the four fights.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 9:27AM By Ariel Helwani (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, M-1 Global

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- In the premiere edition of the FanHouse post-fight MMA show, we caught up with one of the newest members of the Strikeforce roster, "King"
Muhammed Lawal, to break down all that transpired at the Sears Centre on Saturday night.
Lawal praised
Brett Rogers for his efforts, looked forward to a fight between himself and
Gegard Mousasi, and pointed out what
Jason "Mayhem" Miller could have done better to secure the title victory. Check out the show below.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 4:08AM By Ariel Helwani (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. --
Gegard Mousasi says he wasn't all that impressed by his performance on Saturday night. Nevertheless, "The Dreamcatcher" picked up his 14th straight victory, and continued his quest to become recognized as one of the best light heavyweight fighters in the world.
FanHouse spoke to Mousasi about his victory against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, when he expects to fight next, and watching Fedor Emelianenko's thrilling victory. The video interview, which contains mature language, is below.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 4:05AM By Ariel Helwani (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. --
Fabricio Werdum's fight on Saturday night didn't start as planned, but the MMA veteran regrouped to win a hard-fought three-round fight against Antonio Silva.
FanHouse spoke to Werdum immediately following the victory about how close Silva came to finishing the fight in the first round and his desire to fight Fedor Emelianenko next. The video interview is below.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 2:08AM By Ariel Helwani (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - It took Dutch MMA star
Marloes Coenen more than two years to avenge her controversial loss to
Roxanne Modafferi, but given her dominant first-round victory in the rematch on Saturday, one could almost say it was worth the wait.
FanHouse spoke to Coenen immediately following her submission victory about winning the most important fight of her life and potentially facing 145-pound champion
Cris Cyborg in January 2010. The full video interview is below.
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 1:47AM By Ariel Helwani (RSS feed)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Jeff Curran had not tasted victory since August 2007, but on Saturday night in front of a supportive local crowd, "The Big Frog" finally got his career back on a track with a first-round verbal submission victory against ...
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 11:09PM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- The best fighter in the history of mixed martial arts did it again on Saturday night, as Russia's Fedor Emelianenko beat Minnesota's Brett Rogers by second-round technical knockout in the main event of the M-1 ...
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 10:46PM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Jason "Mayhem" Miller is a great entertainer. He showed in his fight with Jake Shields on Saturday night that he's a pretty good fighter, too -- but not quite good enough to beat Shields in a fight that often felt like a ...
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 10:45PM By Ray Hui (RSS feed)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- This is the Strikeforce live blog for Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers, the main event of Strikeforce's debut card CBS. Fedor, widely considered the no. 1 heavyweight in the world, fights inside the cage for the first ...
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 9:57PM By Ray Hui (RSS feed)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- This is the Strikeforce live blog for Jake Shields vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller, the middleweight bout on the CBS card for the vacant Strikeforce 185-pound championship. Shields, a Cesar Gracie product, puts his 12-fight win ...