Proving that a famous last name sells, Kim Couture earned an event-high $10,000 at Strikeforce: Challengers on Friday at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.
Couture, the ex-wife of Randy Couture, was stopped by punches in the co-headliner to Kerry Vera, the wife of UFC fighter Brandon Vera. The women's fight came six days after the male counterparts fought at UFC 105.
The fight has been rumored for quite some time, but the website of Melendez's Cesar Gracie camp has finally confirmed the bout. The rematch has already been twice promoted and canceled both times this year due to Thomson's ankle and leg injuries.
As you'll see in my rankings of the Top 10 welterweights in MMA, I think Koscheck is right -- sort of. I believe Koscheck deserves to be higher-ranked than Hardy, but I also think Hardy is more deserving of a shot at St. Pierre. The reason is simple: Koscheck has already had a fight with GSP, losing to him at UFC 74. Hardy hasn't gotten his chance yet.
So because I'd like to see GSP get a new challenge, I think Hardy is a fitting No. 1 contender, even though Hardy is just below Koscheck on the list below.
Women's MMA is still in its infancy and it's nearly impossible to identify which fighters can really fight (like I think Vera can), which fighters are a step below (like I think Couture is) and which fighters really shouldn't even be in the cage (like I think would be a fair way to describe Couture's one-time opponent Lina Kvokov).
So I've put together my own list of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in women's MMA, and I want you to give me your suggestions in the comments, in e-mail or to me on Twitter @MichaelDavSmith.
Strikeforce considers Tyron Woodley one of its best welterweight prospects, and Woodley won again on Friday night, defeating Rudy Bears at the Strikeforce Challengers event in Kansas City.
Woodley got a takedown less than a minute into the fight, and when he got to full mount on the ground it looked like he was close to finishing it. Bears did a nice job of getting back up and landing a kick on his feet, but then Woodley took Bears down again and forced him to tap with an arm triangle choke midway through the first round.
Kerry Vera handily defeated Kim Couture in the first round of their fight at Friday night's Strikeforce Challengers series event, showing off impressive kicks and bloodying Couture's face and knocking her to the ground with hard punches before the referee stopped the fight.
Couture used her left jab effectively in the early part of the fight, and she snapped Vera's head back a couple of times. But Vera, a former professional muay Thai fighter, is the more skilled, polished striker, and she won the fight convincingly, ending it at 3:35 of the first round.
In 2007 and 2008, Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante was viewed as one of the most promising prospects in mixed martial arts, a light heavyweight with devastating striking and a killer instinct.
Two days ago, I don't think anyone had Jose Aldo listed as one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts. But after what Aldo did to Mike Brown on Wednesday night, I don't think there's any way to exclude him.
The star power of Randy Couture and an undercard full of Ultimate Fighter winners was enough to give UFC 105 on Spike more young male viewers than Strikeforce on CBS got a week earlier, Spike TV said Wednesday.
Spike said in a press release that UFC 105 topped Strikeforce in all the young demographics that advertisers covet, and that it blew Strikeforce away in the male 18-24 demographic.
LAS VEGAS -- The long-rumored Strikeforce bout between Mike Whitehead and "King" Muhammed Lawal has yet to be made official, but all signs are pointing to it happening on the Dec. 19 card. In fact, Lawal has already begun trash-talking, as he recently compared Whitehead to a pimple.
FanHouse spoke to Whitehead at the Wand Fight Team Gym in Las Vegas on Tuesday about the potential match-up, why it will be contested at heavyweight, and his thoughts on Lawal's eccentric persona. The video interview is below.
Proving that a famous last name sells, Kim Couture earned an event-high $10,000 at Strikeforce: Challengers on Friday at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.
Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson and interim champion Gilbert Melendez will look to unify the belts in a rematch on the Strikeforce: Evolution card on Dec. 19 in San Jose, Calif.
After his UFC 106 victory over Anthony Johnson, Josh Koscheck proclaimed that he -- not Dan Hardy -- deserves to be the next contender to Georges St Pierre's title.
Strikeforce considers Tyron Woodley one of its best welterweight prospects, and Woodley won again on Friday night, defeating Rudy Bears at the Strikeforce Challengers event in Kansas City.
Kerry Vera handily defeated Kim Couture in the first round of their fight at Friday night's Strikeforce Challengers series event, showing off impressive kicks and bloodying Couture's face and knocking her to the ground with hard punches before the referee stopped the fight.
The star power of Randy Couture and an undercard full of Ultimate Fighter winners was enough to give UFC 105 on Spike more young male viewers than Strikeforce on CBS got a week earlier, Spike TV said Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS -- The long-rumored Strikeforce bout between Mike Whitehead and "King" Muhammed Lawal has yet to be made official, but all signs are pointing to it happening on the Dec. 19 card. In fact, Lawal has already begun trash-talking, as he recently compared Whitehead to a pimple. 
