UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will undergo elbow surgery after all to remove bone spurs and will be sidelined briefly, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is not retiring following his latest loss and intends to fight at least once more, at a November 7 Strikforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers will take place at the Sears Centre near Chicago.

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Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson has been forced out of his scheduled rematch against interim 155-pound title-holder Gilbert Melendez after failing to be medically cleared for the contest, which was to take place at Strikeforce’s August 15 “Carano vs. Cyborg” event in San Jose, California.

The promotion has already secured a replacement, as Mitsuhiro Ishida will fill in for Thomson and take on Melendez in a rematch of their own with the interim title on the line.

Strikeforce’s August 15 event, “Carano v. Cyborg” has already seen its fair share of line up changes, with fighters withdrawing from bouts, and other fights being added to the card. Unfortunately that may not yet be over with, as Josh Thomson may be forced to withdraw from his scheduled lightweight title defense against Gilbert Melendez.

The highly-anticipated female MMA showdown between Gina Carano and Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos will finally take place at an August 15th Strikeforce event, the promotion announced on Saturday. A rematch between lightweight title-holders Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez is also scheduled for the card.

The winner of Saturday's Strikeforce "Shamrock vs. Diaz" co-headliner between Gilbert Melendez (14-2) and late-replacement Rodrigo Damm (8-2) will be crowned the promotion's interim lightweight champion.

A broken leg sustained during a sparring session earlier today has forced Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson to withdraw from his scheduled title defense against Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce’s “Shamrock vs. Diaz” event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. on April 11.

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.

After struggling to find opponents for both men on April 11th, Strikeforce has decided that it was time for Gilbert Melendez to get a shot at reclaiming the title Josh Thomson took away from him last June. Strikeforce executive Mike Afromowitz today confirmed the rumored matchup.
From the time the event was first announced both men [...]

A rumored bout between Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson and former EliteXC title-holder KJ Noons has been scrapped from Strikeforce’s April 11th event in San Jose after Noons turned down the matchup to remain focused on his boxing career.
“Josh Thomson will fight [on April 11th]. We offered it to K.J. Noons, (but) it looks like [...]

Just hours after completing a deal to purchase select assets from ProElite, Strikeforce jointly announced with Showtime on Thursday a new live MMA series that calls for Showtime to televise up to 16 Strikeforce events per year.
The deal is similar to EliteXC’s prior deal with Showtime that included 4 primetime events on CBS and [...]

Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled main event title defense at Strikeforce: Destruction on November 21st in San Jose against Yves Edwards after suffering an extensive toe injury in training that will keep him out of action for several months.
Veteran Duane Ludwig (43-5) has been selected to replace [...]

Strikeforce today announced that Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Josh Thomson (16-2) will make his first title defense against Yves Edwards (34-14-1) at Strikeforce “Destruction” on Friday, November 21st at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
The co-main event matchup is a rematch of an August 2004 meeting at UFC 49 that saw Edwards knockout Thomson [...]

Strikeforce today announced that Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth will put his 205-pound title on the line against Renato “Babalu” Sobral in the main event of Strikeforce “Destruction” at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on November 21st.
“Babalu’s a tough fighter. He matches up well with anybody because he’s strong in every area,” [...]

Kazuo Misaki def. Joe Riggs via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:29
Josh Thomson def. Ashe Bowman via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:14
Terry Martin def. Cory Devela via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:08
Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Justin Wilcox via submission (armbar) – Round1, 1:21
Trevor Prangley def. Anthony Ruiz via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-26)
Luke [...]

Kazuo Misaki (185) vs. Joe Riggs (181.5)
Ashe Bowman (154.5) vs. Josh Thomson (155.5)
Mitsuhiro Ishida (156) vs. Justin Wilcox (155)
Cory Devela (185.5) vs. Terry Martin (185.5)
Trevor Prangley (203) vs. Anthony Ruiz (204)
Jesse Juarez (171) vs. Luke Stewart (169.5)
Eric Lawson (184.5) vs. Kenneth Seegrist (183)
Brandon Magana (172) vs. Brandon Thatch (170.5)
Jesse Gillespie (194) vs. Dave Martin [...]