The Preliminary fights for Strikeforce Miami are underway in Florida after a 7:30 pm ET start to the event. The undercard began with a battle between John Kelly and Sabah Homasi which is already complete and continues with 6 more preliminary bouts including Ryan Keenan vs Hayder Hassan, Pablo Alfonso vs Marcos Domatta, Craig Oxley vs David Gomez, John Clark vs Joe Ray, David Zitnik vs Michael Byrnes and finally Jay Hieron vs Joe Riggs. While Hieron vs Riggs is main card-worthy, it’s hard to see this replacing any of the main card fights as Strikeforce has marketed the additions of Bobby Lashley and Herschel Walker to their lineup quite nicely. For the complete fight card and Strikeforce Miami results look to Pro Fighting Fans throughout the night as well as for our live Strikeforce Miami round by round blog.
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Strikeforce Miami – Preliminary Fights Underway
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Strikeforce: Miami Weigh-in Results
Friday, January 29th, 2010The weigh-ins for Strikeforce Miami took place tonight at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, home of Saturday’s Showtime-televised event. The 22 fighters for the event started getting on the scales at 6 pm and the main card fighters all made weight with the only a stare-down between Cyborg & Coenen providing notable drama. However the preliminary card fighters made things interesting with multiple fighters arriving late for the weigh-ins and other coming in overweight. In the end, all of the bouts remain scheduled as planned and fans can follow the Strikeforce Miami results online here at ProFighting-fans.com. Also stay tuned to Pro Fighting Fans for updated Strikeforce news as well as our live blog of the event tomorrow night.
Brock Lesnar Update, Maynard looking for a title shot, Zaromskis vs. Diaz and Georges St. Pierre looks for a challenge
Thursday, January 7th, 2010MMA News Update – January 7, 2010
Brock Lesnar- Its official- Brock Lesnar’s title will be up for grabs in an interim basis as Shane Carwin will battle Frank Mir at UFC 111. The winner will likely face Brock in the July/August time frame. What will happen? Visit ProFighting-fans.com for a complete preview of UFC 111 once the event draws near as well as the UFC 111 results.
Din Thomas- The Former UFC veteran recently signed with up and coming promotion-Shine Fights. Thomas, who has wins over the likes of Matt Serra, Jens Pulver and Clay Guida, will face boxing great Ricardo Mayorga in March.
Gray Maynard- The 155lb powerhouse will take on Nate Diaz at The Ultimate Fight Night this Monday. With a victory, the Bully may earn a shot at the UFC Lightweight Champion, BJ Penn.
Marius Zaromskis- The Whitemare comes to US soil where he will face the talented Nick Diaz at Strikeforce: Miami. The Lithuanian holds a career record of 13-3 but hasn’t faced anyone close to the caliber of Diaz. On January 30th the world will see how good Marius really is.
Georges St. Pierre- The Welterweight division has been the GSP invitational since “Rush” regained the title in April of 2008 at UFC 83. Fans speculated the only possible challenge would come from the UK. That will be the case at UFC 111 in the form of the Outlaw Dan Hardy. Hardy will bring punching power and bravado to the contest but will not have the strength to fend off GSP. The fans are correct, GSP’s biggest challenge resides in the UK; however, his name is Paul Daley.
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