Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem, who has yet to fight again for the promotion since winning the title in November 2007, returned to MMA action overseas over the weekend, dominating Tony Sylvester at Ultimate Glory 11 in Amsterdam, Netherlands before finishing the fight with a guillotine choke in just 83-seconds. Overeem will fight again this weekend at DREAM 12 against James Thomson before he’s expected to return to Strikeforce to defend the title.

Read about the latest Strikeforce news after the jump, including additions to “Fedor vs. Rogers”, the main card for Strikeforce Challengers 5, and more.

The complete rumored cast for TUF 10 has been revealed, Urijah Faber has been medically suspended until December 4th, the UFC is interested in Josh Barnett if he can beat Fedor, Wanderlei Silva is calling for a rematch with Rich Franklin, and much more in MMAFrenzy.com's latest Quick Hits.

Jake Shields needed less than half a round to submit Robbie Lawler in the main event of Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields on Saturday, forcing Lawler to tap to a guillotine choke 2:02 into the opening round of their catchweight headliner. In other main card action, Brett Rogers knocked out Andrei Arlovski in just 22-seconds and Nick Diaz submitted Scott Smith.

The Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields preliminary card is scheduled to begin at 7:45pm ET with the main card, featuring Lawler-Shields and Arlovski-Rogers, commencing at 10pm ET. Live results are available after the jump...

All twenty-two fighters scheduled to fight at Saturday's Strikeforce event, including headliners Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith as well as main card fighters Andrei Arlovski, Brett Rogers, Nick Diaz, Scott Smith, Phil Baroni, Joe Riggs, Kevin Randleman, and Mike Whitehead, successfully made weight at Friday's weigh-ins.

Dana White announced on Thursday UFC Undisputed 2009, Bellator's middleweight tournament participants made weight on Thursday, TJ Grant and Rory Markham are set to square off at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, KJ Noons is in talks to resume his MMA career with Strikeforce, and more...

After Renato Babalu Sobral was forced to withdraw from his upcoming Strikeforce bout against Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante on June 6th, the promotion had to find a replacement on short notice. It seems they have done so in ProElite veteran Jared Hamman…

Renato Babalu Sobral's first defense of his Strikeforce title has been postponed. Sobral had initially been rumored to be facing off against Rafael Feijao in May, but then was later announced for June 6th. Since that time it has been confirmed that Sobral's child is expected to be born on May 24th, forcing the fighter to withdraw from the event.

A match between top-ranked fighters Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields has been set for Saturday, June 6, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., it was announced today by Strikeforce Founder and CEO Scott Coker.

Joey Villasenor, Brett Rogers, Nick Diaz, and Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante have been added to the fight card for EliteXC’s November 8th event.
No location or venue have yet been announced for the event, which will air live on Showtime.
MMA Junkie reported the additions to the lineup on Tuesday.
Villasenor may take on EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler [...]

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 [...]

Fedor Emelianenko’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, has announced that the top-ranked heavyweight plans on fighting two more times in 2008. The first bout will be at an October Affliction-promoted event and the second will come in December at a New Year’s Eve event in Japan.
UFC veteran Joe Jordan will take on Ryan Ford in the main [...]