Cesar Gracie confirms Gilbert Melendez‘s final Strikeforce fight is the upcoming headlining bout against Jorge Masvidal on December 17th. Diego Sanchez‘s cast was removed and he is ready to begin training. Caros Fodor vs. Justin.
Cesar GracieconfirmsGilbert Melendez‘s final Strikeforce fight is the upcoming headlining bout against Jorge Masvidal on December 17th.
Diego Sanchez‘s cast was removed and he is ready to begin training.
Caros Fodor vs. Justin Wilcox booked for Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal.
UFC Primetime on Fox airs this Sunday October 30th.
Even less people watched Bellator 55 which reportedly had 168,000 viewers.
Bobby Lashley will face David Huckaba at Shark Fights 21.
Nick Diaz highlights from press interviews today: regrets having not gone with original plan to go pro in boxing and make more money before signing again with UFC, would never have signed first to fight friend, BJ Penn and plans to train the rest of the week, but has not been invited to any gyms in Vegas yet. Diaz has been very misunderstood and spoke courteously and at length with media today. Diaz appreciates the support of his fans and Stockton, CA and says, “don’t hate BJ Penn”. *More to come from the Diaz scrum interview, as well as open workout photos on MMA Fix today.
2012 should be a great year based on calendars alone… Brittney Palmer plans to release her first calendar soon. Arianny Celeste will also have one out and not to be forgotten, former UFC Ring Girl,.
2012 should be a great year based on calendars alone… Brittney Palmer plans to release her first calendar soon. Arianny Celeste will also have one out and not to be forgotten, former UFC Ring Girl, Amber Nichole treated us to this sneak peak calendar photo [above].
Jacob Volkmann vs. TJ Grant set for UFC 141, December 30th in Las Vegas.
2012 should be a great year based on calendars alone… Brittney Palmer plans to release her first calendar soon. Arianny Celeste will also have one out and not to be forgotten, former UFC Ring Girl,.
2012 should be a great year based on calendars alone… Brittney Palmer plans to release her first calendar soon. Arianny Celeste will also have one out and not to be forgotten, former UFC Ring Girl, Amber Nichole treated us to this sneak peak calendar photo [above].
Jacob Volkmann vs. TJ Grant set for UFC 141, December 30th in Las Vegas.
Filed under: NewsUFC veteran Tim Hague will take on former WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley in the main event of Shark Fights 21 on Nov. 11 in Lubbock, Texas.
Shark Fights made the fight announcement late Sunday just days after Darrill Schoonover’s departur…
UFC veteran Tim Hague will take on former WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley in the main event of Shark Fights 21 on Nov. 11 in Lubbock, Texas.
Shark Fights made the fight announcement late Sunday just days after Darrill Schoonover‘s departure from the card due to injury.
Hague (13-5), who has competed five times for the UFC over the last two years, holds a notable UFC win over Pat Barry by submission. In his UFC return in January, Hague lost to Matt Mitrione by TKO and was soon after released by the UFC for the third time. Hague then bounced back in September with a submission win over Vince Lucero for Canada’s Aggression MMA promotion.
Lashley (6-1) recently inked a multi-fight deal with the Texas-based Shark Fights promotion and will be making his debut with the company on the Nov. 11 card. He fought once prior this year, beating John Ott by decision at Titan FC in March. In an appearance earlier this month on The MMA Hour, Lashley spoke of his intention to return to the big leagues.
“I want to get some fights in and I want to really prove myself in front of these guys,” Lashley said to host Ariel Helwani. “So that I can have that door open and maybe go back with Strikeforce or maybe talk to Dana White later on and get up there and do some big things and show what I’m really capable of doing.”
Since making his MMA debut in 2008, Lashley has put together a 6-1 record with notable wins over Bob Sapp, Jason Guida, and Wes Sims. Lashley’s hype train was derailed by Chad Griggs at Stikeforce: Houston however, where after a moderately successful first round, “The Dominator” gassed in the second and was unable to answer the third round bell. Lashley has since picked up a unanimous decision victory over journeyman John Ott at Titan Fighting Championships 17.
Since making his MMA debut in 2008, Lashley has put together a 6-1 record with notable wins over Bob Sapp, Jason Guida, and Wes Sims. Lashley’s hype train was derailed by Chad Griggs at Stikeforce: Houston however, where after a moderately successful first round, “The Dominator” gassed in the second and was unable to answer the third round bell. Lashley has since picked up a unanimous decision victory over journeyman John Ott at Titan Fighting Championships 17.
Current Shark Fights heavyweight champ Darrill Schoonover made his name as the focus of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s verbal assault on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, so much so that he even challenged the former UFC light heavyweight champ to a fight after the show was over. What a mistake that would’ve been. Though Schoonover won his first fight on the show by choking Zak Jensen to sleep with a triangle, the man known as “Titties” ran out of steam in the quarterfinals, where he was knocked out by Marcus “Big Baby” Jones. Schoonover’s lone shot in the octagon was equally devastating, where he suffered a third round TKO loss at the hands of fellow cast mate James McSweeney at the TUF 10 Finale.
One thing of note: After winning the title in 2009, Schoonover was called up to The Ultimate Fighter, and has yet to defend it. In the time since, he has compiled a less than stellar 1-5 record in various smaller promotions, most recently TKO’ing Adam Padilla in July.
Bobby Lashley has a name and a date for his next MMA fight, and his opponent will be a familiar face to fans of The Ultimate Fighter.
On November 11 in Lubbock, Texas, Lashley will face TUF 10 contestant Darrill Schoonover for the Shark Fights heavywe…
Bobby Lashley has a name and a date for his next MMA fight, and his opponent will be a familiar face to fans of The Ultimate Fighter.
On November 11 in Lubbock, Texas, Lashley will face TUF 10 contestant Darrill Schoonover for the Shark Fights heavyweight title, the former pro wrestler told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. It will be the first in his multi-fight deal with the Shark Fights organization, and Lashley hopes it will help build him back up after his short, unimpressive stay in Strikeforce.
“I believe [Strikeforce CEO Scott] Coker said this, he said he doesn’t believe that I want it,” Lashley said. “…I have all the respect in the world for Coker, and he may have been right. Maybe I wasn’t ready for Strikeforce at the time. …I didn’t have everything together and I wasn’t training the way I should have.”
Lashley won his Strikeforce debut over journeyman heavyweight Wes Sims, but in his second bout with the organization he was undone by exhaustion against Chad Griggs. After starting strong against Griggs, Lashley suffered a cut and was later barely able to pick himself off the mat at the end of round two, prompting a stoppage that put the first blemish on his professional record.
Back then, Lashley said, he thought he was in shape, but with the help of a new strength and conditioning coach he recently learned that “I was just in the wrong kind of shape.”
That was a little over a year ago, and Lashley rebounded in March with a win over John Ott in the Titan FC organization, but he still hasn’t given up on the prospect of a rematch with Griggs.
“I would like to get that fight against Griggs some day,” Lashley said. “That’s one thing that still burns in my stomach, is having that loss on my record.”
Another fight Lashley wouldn’t mind is one with fellow WWE alum Dave Bautista, who was at one point rumored to be making his MMA debut in Strikeforce. That coming out party never materialized, but now that Lashley is with Shark Fights and Bautista is unsigned, Lashley has some ideas about how they could make it happen on a limited budget.
“If we do the fight, let’s do winner-take-all. Let’s put one purse up there, winner takes all,” said Lashley, who acknowledged that a bout between two former pro wrestlers might not be well received by every fight fan.
“I’d love to fight Dave. I guess that’s a super fight and that’s a fight for maybe the wrestling fans. I don’t know how well the MMA community would take it. I guess they would just sort of shrug their shoulders and say, ‘whatever,’ but I know it’s a fight that a lot of wrestling fans would love to see.”
As for his long-term future in the sport, Lashley said he remains committed to proving that he is a serious fighter, and not just a pro wrestler dabbling in MMA. His conditioning program has been adjusted to meet the demands of the sport, he said, and he’s spent a lot of time working on his stand-up skills and increasing his sparring load, despite not sparring at all before his last two fights.
“I think it’s good for me to get back there and try to prove myself. That’s what I’d like to do. I’m not one to fight what someone else says about me. It’s better to go out there and prove that, hey, I want to fight. I’m here, I’m taking this seriously, and I do want it,” said Lashley.
Ultimately, he said, he’d like to get back in the big leagues, which is easier said than done.
“I want to get some fights in and I want to really prove myself in front of these guys, so that I can have that door open and maybe go back with Strikeforce or maybe talk to Dana White later on and get up there and do some big things and show what I’m really capable of doing,” he said.
Beating Schoonover wouldn’t be a bad start. But considering Schoonover’s 1-4 record since losing to James McSweeney in the TUF 10 Finale, it would most likely be the first step in a long journey.
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