Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com's live coverage of Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, which takes today at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event's preliminary card kicks off at 8pm ET with the Showtime-broadcast main card beginning at 10pm. Continue reading for live fight results and play-by-play...

Tonight's Strikeforce bout between Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos and Hitomi Akano is back on after being scratched overnight due to Akano's unwillingness to fight Cyborg, who initially weighed in six pounds over the fighter 146-pound limit.

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos has weighed in for the second time for her Stikeforce matchup with Hitomi Akano and dropped several pounds, but the fight remains unlikely unless a last-minute deal is reached.

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos weighed-in six pounds over the 146-pound limit for her scheduled bout against Hitomi Akano on Friday in San Jose, California, and must shed an additional 2.5 pounds by 8pm PT for the bout to remain on the Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz card. The remainder of the main card successfully made weight.

Jon Fitch has signed a five-fight extension with the UFC, Bellator has announced the complete lineups for its first three events, Kendall Grove and Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer have been added to UFC 101, and more...

Kevin Randleman has signed with Strikeforce, Showtime has announced the Strikeforce broadcast team, Joe Riggs and Brett Rogers are under consideration to complete the April 11th main card, plus quotes and photos from Strikeforce's Thursday press conference.

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos will return to action on April 11 as part of the "Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz" card to be held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Her opponent will be fellow Strikeforce debutant Hitomi Akano, from Japan.

EliteXC on Wednesday officially announced the main card for the promotion’s October 4th event at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
As MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) reported on Monday undefeated heavyweight streetfighter-turned-mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will meet UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock in the main event of the CBS-broadcast event.
In the co-main event [...]

– Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are likely to rematch at the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view event on December 27th in Las Vegas. In their first meeting Rua defeated Jackson via first-round KO at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 in April 2005.
– Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch were each awarded [...]

The California State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for EliteXC “Unfinished Business”.
The eleven-bout event took place on Saturday, July 26th, at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
Newly-crowned EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva was the highest paid fighter of the event, taking home $200,000 for his second-round TKO victory which aired on [...]

Robbie Lawler (c) def. Scott Smith via TKO- Round 2, 2:35
EliteXC Middleweight Championship
Nick Diaz def. Thomas Denny via TKO – Round 2, 0:30
Jake Shields def. Nick Thompson via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:03
EliteXC Welterweight Championship
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos def. Shayna Baszler via TKO – Round 2, 2:48
Antonio Silva def. Justin Eilers [...]

EliteXC Saturday Night Fights 2 “Unfinished Business” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today!
EliteXC “Unfinished Business” Betting Odds

Robbie Lawler (-240) vs. Scott Smith (+190)
Nick Diaz (-650) vs. Thomas Denny (+450)
Jake Shields (-340) vs. Nick Thompson (+260)
Shayna Baszler (-200) vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (+160)
Antonio Silva (-575) vs. Justin Eilers (+375)
Rafael Feijao [...]

EliteXC Saturday Night Fights 2 “Unfinished Business” takes place this Saturday, July 26th, at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California. The event will air on Showtime beginning at 8pm ET and will then switch to CBS beginning at 9pm ET for two-plus additional hours of MMA action.
Three title bouts headline Saturday’s event as Robbie Lawler [...]

The female bout between Shayna Baszler of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Brazil’s Cristiane Cyborg has been added to the lineup for the second primetime broadcast of CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, live from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. on Saturday, July 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Baszler and Cyborg, who are [...]