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Gina Carano to Fight June 18th. Hmmm… Let’s Suggest an Opponent!

Gina Carano, the MMA Fighter turned star of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire (which hits theaters this summer) is set to make her return to the Strikeforce cage on June 18th under the headliners for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament: Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum. Carano is already training for her upcoming bout and has made […]

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Gina Carano, the MMA Fighter turned star of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire (which hits theaters this summer) is set to make her return to the Strikeforce cage on June 18th under the headliners for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament: Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum. Carano is already training for her upcoming bout and has made headlines with her switch from Xtreme Couture to Jackson’s Submission Fighting camp.

Many names have been kicked around as a possible opponent for Carano, including this pregnant chick, but she’s obviously out, so Carano has no official opponent yet. But we’re really excited and if we could dream up a match for Carano, it would probably be Bellator’s super sexy Zoila [Frausto] Gurgel even though they’re not anywhere near the same weight class, so we’ll settle for Erin Toughill. That would be amazing. Hey Scott Coker, take a look at pictures of Carano and Toughill below and make this fight happen!






Weekend Results: Patrick Cote, Josh Neer, Efrain Escudero Score Wins

Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.

In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28…

Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.

In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28 on all three of the judges’ scorecards for the unanimous decision. Cote, who was cut last fall by the UFC after three straight losses, earned his first win since UFC 86 in July 2008.

Let’s take a look at some of the other results on the local circuit from this past weekend.

Tim Kennedy, Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza to Compete for Strikeforce Middleweight Title in August; Tournament Off the Table

("Okay, fine! Team Edward! Team Edward!" Joey Villasenor gets chased down by Ronaldo Souza at Heavy Artillery. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)
It was announced on Friday that Strikeforce: Houston — which goes down August 21…

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("Okay, fine! Team Edward! Team Edward!" Joey Villasenor gets chased down by Ronaldo Souza at Heavy Artillery. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)

It was announced on Friday that Strikeforce: Houston — which goes down August 21st at the Toyota Center, and will be headlined by the light-heavyweight championship match between Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante — will also feature a fight between Tim Kennedy and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza for the organization’s middleweight title, which recently became vacant when Jake Shields got fired. But wait just a goddamned minute, wasn’t the new MW champ supposed be determined by a potentially epic tournament? Well, it seems that was the plan. Unfortunately, Strikeforce didn’t do their homework before booking the event. As MMAFighting.com explains:

Strikeforce had been planning a one-night, four-man tournament in Houston to determine its next champion. The four competitors were to be Kennedy, Souza, Robbie Lawler and Matt Lindland. Those plans, however, were nixed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation…

TDLR administrator Greg Alvarez confirmed to MMA Fighting on Saturday that Strikeforce wanted a one-night, bracket-style tournament for the Houston show, which will air live on Showtime. But Alvarez said that request was denied. "They asked if it was possible and I told them that when Tough Man was outlawed, the state also did away with tournaments back in 2001," Alvarez said.

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Smith Not Guaranteed Rubber Match With Le and Other Press Conference Notes

Filed under: StrikeforceThe tally may be even at one win apiece for Scott Smith and Cung Le after Le’s second-round TKO victory at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be meeting for a third bout any time soon, Strik…

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The tally may be even at one win apiece for Scott Smith and Cung Le after Le’s second-round TKO victory at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be meeting for a third bout any time soon, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said.

Responding to questions about whether a rubber match was guaranteed, as Smith’s manager, Mike Roberts, seemed to think was the case when he spoke with Sherdog.com before the bout, Coker said it might be a consideration eventually, but it’s by no means assured.

“We’ve had that conversation,” Coker said. “These guys, it was an amazing fight. Both fights were amazing fights. I think if they fought every weekend it would be amazing fights every weekend, like the Gatti-Ward fight, just those epic battles. When I think of Scott and Cung that’s what I think of. But there hasn’t been anything decided. I didn’t make that commitment to Scott or to Mike, actually.