Despite being bloodied in the opening seconds of the fight, top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko did what most predicted he would, scoring a second-round knockout of previously undefeated Brett Rogers on Saturday in the main event of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers.

The bout capped off the promotion’s first CBS-televised event, which took place at the Sears Centre [...]

Fedor-Rogers should start between 10:15-10:30 ET, depending on results of other fights and whether any prelims are shown.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers, which takes place tonight at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois just outside Chicago.

The CBS-televised event is headlined by top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko vs. undefeated up-and-comer Brett Rogers. The card also includes a middleweight championship bout between Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Jake Shields, [...]

Michihiro Omigawa upset Hatsu Hioki on Saturday at Sengoku 11 in Tokyo, Japan, receiving a controversial split decision win in the evening’s main event.

Also on the card, Mamed Khalidov extended his unbeaten streak to 18-straight by making quick work of Jorge Santiago, while notables Jorge Masvidal, Akihiro Gono, and Dave Herman also picked up wins.

The [...]

Billy Evangelista remained undefeated on Friday in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers 4 in Fresno, California, earning a unanimous decision win over veteran Jorge Gurgel at the Showtime-televised card.

In other main card action, Shane Del Rosario, Luke Rockhold, Merrit Warren, and Thomas Diagne all earned victories.

The event’s official results were:

MAIN CARD

Billy Evangelista def. [...]

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le will return to action at Strikeforce: Evolution on December 19 in San Jose, California, according to Fanhouse, likely fighting Scott Smith at the Showtime-televised event.

Le (6-0) vacated the middleweight title in September after landing another movie role that would extend his 18-months of inactivity. Le, a decorated kickboxer, has [...]

All 20 fighters who will be in action at tomorrow’s CBS-televised Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers event in Hoffman Estates, Illinois successfully made weight today for their bouts.

Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko tipped the scale at 232 pounds, while his main event opponent, Brett Rogers, came in 32 pounds heavier at 264 pounds.

The event’s official weigh-in results [...]

NEWS AND NOTES

EA Sports announced during a Friday press conference in Chicago that top Strikeforce fighters Brett Rogers and Jake Shields will be featured in the company’s “EA Sports MMA” video game, which is slated for a 2010 release.
“Fedor vs. Rogers” has nearly sold out, with a crowd of approximately 10,000 expected to be on [...]

All 22 fighters set to participate at Saturday’s Sengoku 11th Battle event in Tokyo, Japan successfully made weight earlier today for their bouts.

The official weigh-in results for the HDNet-televised event, which is headlined by Hatsu Hioki vs. Michihiro Omigawa, were:

Hatsu Hioki (143.1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (143.1)
Jorge Santiago (183) vs. Mamed Khalidov (181.7)
Satoru Kitaoka (154.3) vs. [...]

A rumored December 19 Strikeforce event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California was made official at Thursday’s “Fedor vs. Rogers” press conference, with Strikeforce’s Scott Coker announcing that the Showtime-televised “Evolution” event will feature Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s Strikeforce debut against fellow middleweight newcomer Matt Lindland as well as the debut of light heavyweight [...]

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says a torn abductor suffered in his successful July title defense against Thiago Alves is completely healed, and that he’ll fight the winner of Mike Swick-Dan Hardy early next year, likely in March or April.

Overshadowed by Saturday’s CBS-televised “Fedor vs. Rogers” event, Strikeforce tonight hosts Strikeforce Challengers 4: Evangelista vs. Gurgel in Fresno, California. The Showtime-televised card is headlined by undefeated lightweight Billy Evangelista vs. UFC veteran Jorge Gurgel.

All 18 fighters scheduled to be in action at the event weighed-in yesterday for their bouts and the weigh-in results were:

MAIN [...]

Dan Henderson, a former PRIDE title-holder and current middleweight contender, has likely signed with Strikeforce, UFC President Dana White recently told Yahoo Sports.

According to the report, a source close to the situation confirmed Henderson had signed with Strikeforce and White echoed the news, though Strikeforce’s Scott Coker denied a deal is done.

“I guarantee you 1,000 [...]

Will Kerr has been tapped to make his WEC debut as a late-replacement for an injured Alex Karalexis, taking on fellow newcomer Kamal Shalorus at WEC 44 on November 18 in Las Vegas.

Karalexis was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a hand injury, according to the WEC’s announcement. A timeline for his return [...]

Heavyweight challenger Shane Carwin confirmed on his official website today that UFC champion Brock Lesnar will be unable to defend his title at UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas, again delaying the matchup that was originally scheduled for UFC 106 later this month.

“My manager Jason Genet just told me that UFC 108 is [...]

PRESS RELEASE — Under Armour, (NYSE: UA) the Baltimore-based leader in performance apparel and footwear, announced today it has signed Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre to a multi-year endorsement deal. Under the terms of the agreement, St-Pierre, the 2008 Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year, will serve as the face of Under [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Ben Rothwell could square off at UFC 110, according to a post on The Underground, with both heavyweights looking to rebound from recent losses at the February 20 card in Sydney, Australia.

Cro Cop (25-7-2) returned to the UFC in June with a first-round TKO of Mustapha Al-Turk, but suffered a [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will be unable to fight Shane Carwin in the main event of UFC 108 on January 2, according to Heavy.com, likely leaving the traditional blockbuster event without a championship headliner.

Lesnar was to take on Carwin later this month in the main event of UFC 106, but was forced to postpone [...]

Team Rampage’s Marcus Jones became the team’s only fighter to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals, handing Team Rashad their only loss of the opening round with a quick and impressive armbar submission of Mike Wessel.

After consulting with the coaches and interviewing the fighters, Dana White announced the quarterfinal matchups as:

Roy Nelson (Team Rashad) vs. Justin [...]

Heavyweight contenders Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will likely meet in a featured matchup at UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas, according to Tatame, which cites a report from Nogueira’s manager Ed Soares.

Velasquez (7-0) improved his UFC record to 5-0 with a second-round knockout of Ben Rothwell last month at UFC 104.

Nogueira [...]

PRESS RELEASE — HDNet’s “Inside MMA” will provide LIVE, exclusive coverage of the weigh-ins for “STRIKEFORCE: Fedor vs. Rogers,” Friday, November 6at 6:00 pm ET.

The special 90-minute edition of “Inside MMA” will provide a first look at the undisputed #1 heavyweight in the world — Fedor Emelianenko, as he hits the scale the night before [...]

UFC President Dana White was involved in a minor car accident this morning in Las Vegas and shared a photo of his wrecked Ferrari on Twitter, writing “This how my day is going. Hope all of you are having a better day than me!!!”.

There’s been speculation on Twitter that the UFC could pull Kimbo from fighting Houston and have him fight Chuck at 108 instead.

Tickets for UFC 108, the UFC’s traditional year-end blockbuster event which takes place on January 2 in Las Vegas, go on sale next week:

UFC Fight Club Ticket Presale: Starts Thursday, November 12 – 10 am pt
UFC Newsletter Subscribers Ticket Presale: Starts Friday, November 13 – 10 am pt
Public On-Sale Ticket Date: Starts Saturday, November 14 [...]

FightTrends.com recently caught up with Dave from Nogi Industries, who talked about how the company started, their latest products, as well as whats in the works for the months ahead. Head over to FightTrends.com to check it out…

Strikeforce heavyweight Brett Rogers, who takes on Fedor Emelianenko in the main event of Saturday’s CBS-televised event, will make live appearances tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 4) on ESPN 2.

Rogers will appear at 10am ET on “First Take” and will also be a guest on “Sports Nation” at 4pm ET.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors [...]

Heavyweight prospect Todd Duffee (6-0), who earned a UFC-record 7-second knockout of Tim Hague in August in his UFC debut, has been forced with withdraw from his UFC 107 matchup with a returning Paul Buentello due to an undisclosed injury.

Duffee confirmed the withdrawal on Tuesday with Sherdog, which also spoke to Buentello, who says Stefan [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who last week withdrew from his scheduled title defense against Shane Carwin at UFC 106 due to an extended illness, remains sick and unable to train, according to an update from Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole

“I’m not sure exactly what it is he has, mono or whatever, but I know that [...]

I clarified the post to state that Affliction Clothing and Affliction Entertainment were sued (at least according to reports, I’ve been unable to read the actual lawsuit personally) and that Entertainment was an independent branch of Affliction that promoted its MMA events.

M-1 and Fedor Emelianenko have filed a lawsuit against Affliction Clothing, Affliction Entertainment, and other unnamed parties alleging breach of contract stemming from the cancellation of “Affliction: Trilogy” and folding of the MMA promotion earlier this year as part of a deal struck with the UFC.

“Trilogy” was to take place on August 1 in Anaheim, [...]

Yep, via email.

Nick Catone and Steve Steinbeiss will square off in a middleweight matchup at UFC Fight Night 20 on January 11 in Fairfax, Virginia, with their immediate UFC futures likely on the line.

Catone recently announced the fight on his official website.

Both fighters have lost two-straight coming into the bout, with Catone (7-2) losing to Tim Credeur [...]

We’ll likely be running some giveaways and specials on shirts before the end of the year, but they’re available here if you can’t wait:

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Haha. Not quite, but I do think there will be some consolidation of sites over the next year+. This was a great move for us to use an existing site to expand into a niche I’ve wanted to be in for awhile, but no immediate plans to purchase anything else (though the network will be [...]

MMAFrenzy.com today announced that it has acquired FightTrends.com, a leading MMA fashion and gear blog, with the site becoming the first part of the newly-launched MMAFrenzy.com Network.

Below is an interview with FightTrends.com founder Cody Sweet, who has joined the MMAFrenzy.com team to remain as editor of the site.

What exactly is FightTrends.com?

FightTrends.com is an online [...]

Rumina Sato def. Cory Grant via KO (punches) — Round 1, 3:20:

Takanori Gomi def. Tony Hervey via unanimous decision (47-45, 46-45, 46-44):

MMAFrenzy.com, one of the Internet’s top MMA websites, on Sunday acquired FightTrends.com, a fashion and gear blog dedicated to the fight niche.

FightTrends.com becomes the first site in the newly-launched MMAFrenzy.com Network and FightTrends.com founder Cody Sweet joins the MMAFrenzy.com Team, remaining in his role as editor of FT.

Check out FightTrends.com’s Best of October 2009 for [...]

UFC lightweight Corey Hill and middleweight Patrick Cote, both sidelined since 2008 with injuries, will return to the Octagon in 2010.

Hill, who suffered a gruesome fight-ending leg break in a December loss to Dale Hartt, was expected to be out of action for up to two years, but he surprisingly resumed training over the summer [...]

Strikeforce announced on Saturday that it has signed DREAM welterweight champ Marius “Whitemare” Zaromskis to a multi-fight contract, with his debut likely to come at the promotion’s December 19 event in San Jose, California.

As part of an alliance formed between DREAM and Strikeforce earlier this year, Zaromskis will continue to fight for both organizations.

Zaromskis (13-3) [...]

Welterweights Jon Fitch and Mike Pierce, both left without opponents due to a recent rash of injuries, have agreed to square off at UFC 107 on December 19 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Fitch (19-3), previously set to fight Ricardo Almeida at UFC 106 and rematch Thiago Alves at UFC 107 before injuries scratched both fights, reeled off [...]

A previously-reported matchup between Houston Alexander and Kimbo Slice has reportedly been agreed upon by Alexander for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5 in Las Vegas and will apparently be contested at a 215-pound catchweight, according to NWITimes.com.

According to the report, Slice and Alexander were to meet at the 205-pound light heavyweight limit, [...]

Lightweight Josh Neer has been released by the UFC after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau last Saturday at UFC 104, his second-straight loss and third in his last four fights.
Mark Bocek will take on newcomer Joe Brammer in a lightweight matchup at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale on December 5 after his [...]

Popular featherweight Urijah Faber, sidelined since a June loss to Mike Brown due to a broken hand, will square off with Raphael Assuncao at WEC 46 on January 10 in Sacramento, California.
Despite losing four-straight and six of his last seven, veteran Jens Pulver will return to featherweight action in the WEC cage in early-2010.
A bantamweight [...]

Injuries to middleweight champion Anderson Silva and welterweight title-holder Georges St-Pierre could alter the UFC’s plans for early-2010, as both fighters may be sidelined longer than expected.

While heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and challenger Shane Carwin are expected to be recovered from their recent bouts with the flu to headline UFC 108 on January 2, Silva’s [...]