Strikeforce announced over the weekend that former middleweight champion Cung Le will return to action on December 19 against Scott Smith at Strikeforce: Evolution at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

The Showtime-televised event also features Robbie Lawler, Matt Lindland, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and Muhammed “King Mo”.

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

Strikeforce’s December 19th is beginning to shape up, fighters already rumored for the event include Robbie Lawler, and Scott Smith. Now joining them is a proposed middleweight match up between Matt Lindland and Ronald “Jacare” Souza, and the promotional debut of Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal against an as yet unknown opponent.

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

Middleweight Scott Smith has re-signed with Strikeforce, recently agreeing to a new six-fight deal, according to his agent, Mike Roberts, who confirmed the news on Monday to Fanhouse. Smith (16-6) will return to action at a yet-unannounced December Strikeforce event and has his sights set on fighting former champ Frank Shamrock or Benji Radach.

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.

Nick Diaz and Scott Smith will square off on Saturday, June 6, in a special 180-pound showdown during the live SHOWTIME telecast of Strikeforce: “Lawler vs. Shields” from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Frank Shamrock took home more than half of the total disclosed salaries for Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, earning $369,790 for his TKO loss to Nick Diaz. While Diaz only acquired $39,950 (including a $10,000 win bonus) for the victory. The second highest earner on the evening was Scott Smith who took [...]

Check out official photos after the jump of Nick Diaz, Gina Carano, Brett Rogers, Scott Smith, Gilbert Melendez, Cris Cyborg and more from Saturday's Strikeforce event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.

Nick Diaz defeated Frank Shamrock via second-round TKO on Saturday in the main event of Strikeforce's event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Gilbert Melendez captured the promotion's interim lightweight title with a second-round knockout of Rodrigo Damm in the evening's co-main event.

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...

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.

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.

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 [...]