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Strikeforce Challengers 14: Weigh-in Results

Pictured Pat Healy (left) and Lyle Beerbohm (right), more photos of the weigh-ins at Strikeforce.com
The official weigh-ins for Strikeforce Challengers 14 took place Thursday night at the Cedar Park Center on the main concourse in Cedar Park, Texas. The same venue for Friday nights event, which will feature a Showtime broadcasted main card beginning […]

Pictured Pat Healy (left) and Lyle Beerbohm (right), more photos of the weigh-ins at Strikeforce.com

The official weigh-ins for Strikeforce Challengers 14 took place Thursday night at the Cedar Park Center on the main concourse in Cedar Park, Texas. The same venue for Friday nights event, which will feature a Showtime broadcasted main card beginning at 11PM (EST/PST delayed on the West Coast).

A total of 14 fighters hit the scales with all of them making weight for their respective bouts. One of the main card fighters, Nick Gonzalez had to hit the scales twice weighing in at 151.75 lbs on his first attempt and eventually weighed in at 150 lbs.

Headliners Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.75) and Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5) had no problems making weight for their match. Also featured on the card will be a 160 lbs catchweight bout between Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7) and a lightweight matchup featuring Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5).

The full weigh-in results for Strikeforce Challengers 14 are as follows:

Main Card

Lightweight bout: Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.7) vs. Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7)
Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5)
Welterweight bout: Erik “Bad” Apple (170.7) vs. Ryan Larson (170.2)
Catchweight (150 lbs) bout: Nick “Ghost” Gonzalez (151.75) vs. David “Tarzan” Douglas (150)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout: Thomas Diagne (154,7) vs. Aaron Lan Franco (154.5)
Featherweight bout: Drew Pendleton (145.2) vs. Dennis Dombrow (145.2)

Hump Day Headlines with Stephanie Ann Cook

Dana White announced the winner of BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch will get the next Welterweight title-shot… which goes to show you how far ahead GSP is from the rest of the fighters in his division. The next contender is either the guy who is currently 1-1 as a Welterweight or the guy he’s […]

Dana White announced the winner of BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch will get the next Welterweight title-shot… which goes to show you how far ahead GSP is from the rest of the fighters in his division. The next contender is either the guy who is currently 1-1 as a Welterweight or the guy he’s already beaten before and is on a 5 fight Unanimous Decision win-streak over middle of the pack guys, which include 2 fighters dropped by the UFC (Akihiro Gono and Ben Saunders)… of course, I am assuming that St. Pierre will be beating Jake Shields. Silly me to jump to conclusions.

Jeremy Stephens vs. TUF 12 winner, Jonathan Brookins is expected for the TUF 13 Finale in June. You can learn more about Stephens by reading our recent interview: here.

Jason Brilz vs. the undefeated Phil Davis may be on tap for UFC 129.

Sengoku Middleweight Champion, Jorge Santiago signs a multi-fight contract with the UFC. He could face Brian Stann at UFC 130 as a replacement for Wanderlei Silva.

Ryan Couture returns for his second pro-fight in Strikeforce Challengers 14 this Friday night. Couture faces Lee Higgins. Listen to our podcast interview with Couture and Xtreme Couture Coach, Ron Frazier: here.

Following a devastating doctor stoppage TKO loss at last Saturday’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva, the Heavyweight legend, Fedor Emelianenko says he will not be retiring and Strikeforce promoter, Scott Coker says Fedor may serve as an alternate as the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament continues.

Bellator adds Wrestling Trainer and MMA Fighter, Nik Fekete to their Light Heavyweight Title Tournament. Fekete, who is based in Las Vegas has trained Forrest Griffin, Gray Maynard, and Roy Nelson among several other well-known fighters.

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will meet Matt Hamill at UFC 130 as Thiago Silva was forced to pull out due to testing positive in his UFC 125 drug test.

UFC 127: BJ Penn & Jon Fitch Fighting For #1 Contender Position

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Mixed martial arts fans already knew that the upcoming bout between former two division UFC champ BJ Penn (16-7-1) and former welterweight contender Jon Fitch (23-3, 1NC) would decide which fighter stood higher in the 170 lb division, but it will also determine who gets the next title shot.
UFC […]

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Mixed martial arts fans already knew that the upcoming bout between former two division UFC champ BJ Penn (16-7-1) and former welterweight contender Jon Fitch (23-3, 1NC) would decide which fighter stood higher in the 170 lb division, but it will also determine who gets the next title shot.

UFC President Dana White made the announcement on Tuesday during a conference call for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch.

“Let’s face it, the reality is B.J. Penn has held titles in both weight classes. Fitch has fought for the title and has literally dominated that division for a long time, just didn’t win the title. Any one of these guys that wins this fight is in the mix — the No. 1 guy.”

Penn recently returned to the welterweight division earning a quick 21-second victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 123, it was their third meeting and puts Penn at 2-1 against the former 170 lb champion. The win erased back-to-back losses against Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight title.

Fitch meanwhile has won five straight since his loss to welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre at UFC 87, and puts his record at 21-1-1 since his second professional defeat back in December of 2002. His last octagon appearance was at UFC 117 when he earned a unanimous decision against Thiago Alves in a 171.5 lbs catchweight bout.

HT: MMAFighting.com for the quote

Fedor Will Not Retire, Says He Will Fight Again

After this past weekends TKO defeat to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the opening quarterfinal round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament, Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko (31-3-1) said that maybe it was time for him to retire in an interview immediately after the loss.
Now word has come out from the Russians camp that he’s […]

After this past weekends TKO defeat to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the opening quarterfinal round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament, Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko (31-3-1) said that maybe it was time for him to retire in an interview immediately after the loss.

Now word has come out from the Russians camp that he’s changed his mind and has a “few more fights” ahead of him before that happens.

The update was Tweeted by vk_valetudoru today, who also posted the photos of the smiling Russian, whose mood seems to have picked up since his loss to “Bigfoot” on Saturday.

– Fedor just said he is not quiting, he will have “few more fights” ahead of him. Pictures are coming, stay tuned.

Another Tweet also states that Fedor’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, will push for the Russian to “travel around the world and train with different coaches,” this after criticism has surfaced that “The Last Emporer” past training camps have failed to properly prepare him for his last two opponents.

An article by BloodyElbow.com also posted these quotes from the fighter and his Sambo coach.

“I rushed to declare my retirement. I will fight more. Possibly, I will return to the Heavyweight Grand-Prix. I am capable of having a few more fights. I didn’t make any analysis yet on why I lost. I need to recover, I can’t see very well yet.” – Fedor Emelianenko, after returning to Russia

“It’s very nice that Fedor still has his fighting spirit, he is ready to rip everyone apart right now. Yes, his eye is swallowed, but it will heal. Most importantly for him not to have any psychological pressure. After this, he will train with a triple effort.” – Vladimir Voronov, SAMBO coach.

HT: Valetudo.ru

All Thirteen UFC 126 Drug Tests Come Back Clean

The Neveda State Athletic Commission cleared all thirteen fighters tested for performance enhancing drugs and other banned substances as part of the UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort event which took place earlier this month.
Those tested by the NSAC include Vitor Belfort, Donald Cerrone, Jake Ellenberger, Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffin, Demetrious Johnson, Jon Jones, Kyle Kingsbury, […]

Those tested by the NSAC include Vitor Belfort, Donald Cerrone, Jake Ellenberger, Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffin, Demetrious Johnson, Jon Jones, Kyle Kingsbury, Chad Mendes, Mike Pierce, Anderson Silva, Paul Taylor and Miguel Torres.

UFC 126 took place on Feb. 5th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was headlined by a UFC middleweight title bout between current champ Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort. Silva used a rarely seen front kick to surprise Belfort in the first round to win by knockout defending his title for a record eight straight time.

MMAWeekly.com also noted that the results for UFC 125 participant Thiago Silva still haven’t been released by the NSAC. Silva’s drug test from the event failed to turn a “negative result” and are still currently under scrutiny.

Strikeforce Medical Suspensions – Fedor Sidelined “Indefinitely”

The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board wasted little time in releasing their list of medical suspensions from Saturday night’s latest Strikeforce event.
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva took place on Feb. 12 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main card aired on Showtime while the preliminary card was shown on HDNet […]

The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board wasted little time in releasing their list of medical suspensions from Saturday night’s latest Strikeforce event.

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva took place on Feb. 12 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main card aired on Showtime while the preliminary card was shown on HDNet live. The event opened the initial quarterfinal round of the Strikeforce heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament.

Six fighters from the Showtime televised main card received suspensions with headliner Fedor Emelianenko receiving the longest suspension.

Fedor received an indefinite suspension pending a CT scan of the head and facial bones. He was on the wrong end of opponent Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva’s ground-and-pound, being pounded so severely that his right eye was swollen shut at the end of the second round forcing the cageside doctor to put an end to the fight in Silva’s favor.

Tournament quarterfinal participant Andrei Arlovski, who was knocked out by Sergei Kharitonov in the first round, also received a suspension and will be out for 30 days.

The full Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva medical suspensions are as follows: