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Bizarro World Video: Strikeforce Fighters and Personalities Make UFC 121 Predictions

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If a reporter were to ask Dana White who he was picking to win from an upcoming Strikeforce card, the UFC president would likely answer with something to the effect of, "Are you retarded? I don’t fucking watch Strik…

(Video courtesy Fight!Magazine)

If a reporter were to ask Dana White who he was picking to win from an upcoming Strikeforce card, the UFC president would likely answer with something to the effect of, "Are you retarded? I don’t fucking watch Strikeforce. That show is garbage," before walking away in disgust.

It’s sad when pride and despising the competition gets in the way of being a fan of decent match-ups and it becomes the norm for reporters to pretend that other competing organizations don’t exist when talking to promoters.

Fight! Magazine’s Danny Acosta defied convention at the release party for the EA Sports MMA game this week and asked Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, commentator Frank Shamrock and fighters Dan Henderson and Fedor Emelianenko for their picks for UFC 121 on Saturday night.

Shamrock came off like his usual arrogant self, proclaiming that he won’t watch Jake Shields’ UFC debut and that he hopes Kampmann kills him, but the rest of the Strikeforce crew give thoughtful insight into which fighters and why they will win the main and co-main events of the card.

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Friday Link Dump

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– Daniel Puder plans to stop gay bullying (TMZ)
– Rebecca Butcher pole dancing auditions (doubleviking)
– Sexyama talks training with Greg Jackson (mmafighting)
– Silva vs. Belfort official for UFC 126 (tatame…

 
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– Daniel Puder plans to stop gay bullying (TMZ)

– Rebecca Butcher pole dancing auditions (doubleviking)

– Sexyama talks training with Greg Jackson (mmafighting)

– Silva vs. Belfort official for UFC 126 (tatame)

– Jacare wants to fight for the UFC (fightersonly)

– War just got a lot more interesting: Self-aiming sniper rifle (mademan)

– 10 ridiculously racist remarks from sports personalities (break)

– Is Nate Diaz being punished for his remarks? (bleacherreport)

– NCIS actress Daniela Ruah (screenjunkies)

– Bellator 34 card is set (mmajunkie)

– 25 bizarrely humiliating photos of Hitler (holytaco)

– KahL One’s M-1 Global Americas Finals video (thegarv)

– Coker says SF-CBS relationship is good, despite no shows or talks in six months; says they will meet in the first quarter of 2011 (sherdog)

Lawler vs. Lindland Middleweight Clash Added to December 4 Strikeforce Card

(When Lawler said he’ll beat Lindland with his eyes closed, he was serious.)
Strikeforce announced today that a bout between Matt "The Law" Lindland and "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler has been added to its December 4 show in St. Louis, Mi…


(When Lawler said he’ll beat Lindland with his eyes closed, he was serious.)

Strikeforce announced today that a bout between Matt "The Law" Lindland and "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler has been added to its December 4 show in St. Louis, Missouri.

2-3 in his last five outings, Lindland will be looking to avoid racking up any more brain trauma when he meets the dangerous knockout artist, Lawler, who has also only won two of his last five contests.

Two statistics worth noting are that Lawler has finished each of the six opponents he defeated in his past ten fights by KO or TKO and that four of his six losses have come by submission. Considering that Lindland has submitted a hanful of tough jiu-jitsu black belts including Travis Lutter, Carlos Newton and Fabio Leopoldo, the fight could be more competitive than it seems at first glance.

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Dan Henderson Blames TV Politics for Strikeforce Absence

Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsIf you’re wondering why it’s taken Dan Henderson so long to return to action, the former PRIDE champion has a perfectly good reason for his absence from the Strikeforce scene.

“It wasn’t [up to] me,” H…

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If you’re wondering why it’s taken Dan Henderson so long to return to action, the former PRIDE champion has a perfectly good reason for his absence from the Strikeforce scene.

“It wasn’t [up to] me,” Henderson said on Thursday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I was wanting to get back in there pretty quickly, but I think part of the problem was CBS kind of a little bit faltering on their commitment to mixed martial arts, especially after the little escapade in the cage after my last fight on CBS.

“You know, I don’t quite understand that and they’re definitely still wanting to be involved in mixed martial arts and with Strikeforce, but I think they’re just gonna take their time on it a little bit more.”

Henderson admitted that one of the main reasons why he signed with Strikeforce late last year was due to the fact that the organization had a broadcast deal in place with CBS, and he was a little upset that his next fight, now scheduled for Dec. 4 against Renato “Babalu” Sobral on Showtime, won’t be airing on the network.

MMA Top 10 Middleweights: Respect for Chael Sonnen

Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, Sengoku, Rankings, MiddleweightsI didn’t think Chael Sonnen was a serious threat to Anderson Silva, didn’t think their fight would get out of the first round and didn’t think Sonnen could even come close to backing up all…

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I didn’t think Chael Sonnen was a serious threat to Anderson Silva, didn’t think their fight would get out of the first round and didn’t think Sonnen could even come close to backing up all that ridiculous trash talk he spewed in the run-up to their UFC 117 fight on Saturday night.

But while Silva did manage to pull off a fifth-round submission victory, I now believe Sonnen has to be considered the No. 2 middleweight in the world, and I also believe the next middleweight title fight should be Silva-Sonnen 2. No one had ever even come close to beating Silva in the UFC, and Sonnen had victory within his grasp on Saturday night. He deserves another chance.

You know Silva and Sonnen are the top two middleweights in the world. Find out about the rest of the Top 10 below.

Dan Henderson Readying for Fall Fight; Babalu Still Hopes to Face Him

It’s been three months since Dan Henderson walked out of the Strikeforce cage in Nashville, and the legendary MMA veteran is awaiting his next assignment from the organization.

According to his manager Aaron Crecy, Henderson is expecting to return in …

It’s been three months since Dan Henderson walked out of the Strikeforce cage in Nashville, and the legendary MMA veteran is awaiting his next assignment from the organization.

According to his manager Aaron Crecy, Henderson is expecting to return in the fall.

“We don’t have a date,” he said. “I’ve heard October or November, but I don’t know that anyone knows for sure just yet.”