M-1 GLOBAL’S Fedor Emelianenko Joins Elite Heavyweights For Eight-Man Single Elimination Tournament:

STRIKEFORCE WORLD GRAND PRIX

–Heavyweight Tournament –

Quarterfinals Begin Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011;

Live on SHOWTIME® From IZOD Center, E. Rutherford, N.J. 

UNDEFEATED RISING STAR TYRON WOODLEY UNDEFEATED OLYMPIANS DANIEL CORMIER
AND DR. RHADI FERGUSON, FORMER VOLS LINEBACKER OVINCE SAINT PREUX, UNBEATEN WOMEN’S PROSPECT JULIA BUDD

Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Nashville Mixed Martial Arts, 2 p.m. CT

SUPERSTAR “RUTHLESS’’ ROBBIE LAWLER SIGNS NEW MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH STRIKEFORCE

NICK DIAZ TO DEFEND WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST EVANGELISTA CYBORG, JACARE SOUZA TO RISK MIDDLEWEIGHT BELT AGAINST ROBBIE LAWLER LIVE ON SHOWTIME® IN SAN JOSE, CALIF. ON JAN. 29.

 FORMER U.S. JUDO OLYMPIAN DR. RHADI FERGUSON TO FACE UNDEFEATED ION CHERDIVARA 
JAN. 7 IN NASHVILLE LIVE ON SHOWTIME®

Woodley-Saffiedine Bout To Headline at Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Former University Of Tennessee Linebacker Will Seek Seventh Victory In A Row Against Abongo Humphrey; Woodley-Saffiedine Bout Headlines at 
Nashville Municipal Auditorium
 

Becomes First Fighter To Hold Major MMA and K-1 World GP Titles

NEW YORK (Dec. 12, 2010) – STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight Champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem of The Netherlands made history on Saturday by winning the annual eight-man, single elimination K-1 World Grand Prix Championship in Japan, thus making him the first fighter in history to simultaneously hold a major MMA and K-1 Grand Prix title.

 Five times World Muay Thai Champion and MMA fighter Duane “Bang” Ludwig (20-11) is at home nursing a broken right hand which he suffered on the way to his victory over British competitor, Nick Osipczak (5-3) at UFC 122, on November 12th at the Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. I spoke with Bang at his home in Colorado, where he is mending his hand and enjoying his newly born first son, Duane Bang Ludwig Junior. 

 STRIKEFORCE TEAMS WITH TOYS FOR TOTS TO BRIGHTEN HOLIDAY SEASON FOR ST. LOUIS YOUNGSTERS

 HERSCHEL WALKER INJURED, OFF DEC. 4 STRIKEFORCE CARD IN ST. LOUIS