The long-awaited showdown between Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz and KJ Noons will take place this Saturday, October 9th inside the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California and given the Jason “Mayhem” Miler/Diaz Brothers debacle that occurred live on CBS back in April, Strikeforce President Scott Coker is sparring no expense in hiring extra security. […]
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The long-awaited showdown between Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz and KJ Noons will take place this Saturday, October 9th inside the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California and given the Jason “Mayhem” Miler/Diaz Brothers debacle that occurred live on CBS back in April, Strikeforce President Scott Coker is sparring no expense in hiring extra security. The stacked card which also features Marloes Coenen versus Sarah Kauffman for her Women’s Welterweight World Title and AKA fighter Josh Thomson against ATT’s Gesias “JZ” Calvancante will air live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with a loaded two-hour episode. Here’s who we have lined up:
* MMA manager Ed Soares will stop by the studio to talk about the latest news in…
The MMA Hour returns on Monday with a loaded two-hour episode. Here’s who we have lined up:
* MMA manager Ed Soares will stop by the studio to talk about the latest news involving his clients Jose Aldo, Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, the Nogueira brothers and others.
* Ralek Gracie, coming off his DREAM win over Kazushi Sakuraba, will make his first appearance on the show and will be breaking some major news.
* Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez will preview his upcoming non-title fight against Roger Huerta.
* Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will join us again to talk about Saturday night’s Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons title fight and other news related to the organization.
We’ll also be giving one lucky caller a free box of 2010 Topps UFC trading cards (MSRP $70), which features two autographs and two memorabilia cards per box. The contest is open to legal residents, who are 18 years of age and over, of the United States (including the District of Columbia). Click here for official rules.
For a chance to win, you just have to give us a shout at 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237 during the show and the best call will be awarded the 2010 Topps UFC box.
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On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, we put Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker together in the virtual same room because Alvarez was looking to find out wh…
On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, we put Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker together in the virtual same room because Alvarez was looking to find out why a super-fight against Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez wasn’t being made.
Alvarez appeared to be a annoyed that Melendez was calling him out, so he put the pressure on Coker to find out the real story behind this potential co-promotional bout. Watch the segment above.
(The Strikeforce Police will be a fixture at every event Nick Diaz is at)
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says that if a brawl erupts during the weigh-ins or main event bout of this Saturday’s event, the promotion will shoulder the blame this time around f…
(The Strikeforce Police will be a fixture at every event Nick Diaz is at)
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says that if a brawl erupts during the weigh-ins or main event bout of this Saturday’s event, the promotion will shoulder the blame this time around for not having the proper preventative measures in place.
Coker appeared yesterday on MMAFighting’sThe MMA Hour and told host, Ariel Helwani that there will be plenty of precautions to ensure Nick Diaz and KJ Noons’ camps don’t throw down before or after their scheduled fight this weekend.
"I’ll tell you what – if we leave those two guys in a room alone, I think you know what’s going to happen," Coker said. "So it’s up to us – we’re going to have a wall of security there. We’ve brought extra police to handle the weigh-ins, the press conference and pretty much a wall of people will be there for the night of the fight. We have to take precautionary measures because these guys have this big feud – and it’s not just them, it’s their camps. We’re going to make sure that we host it properly, and part of that is adding extra security and police officers, and it’ll be fine."
The Strikeforce CEO touched on Bobby Lashley’s lackluster performance against Chad Griggs, the controversial moments during the KJ Noons-Jorge Gurgel fight, what’s next for “Jacare” Souza and Refael “Feijao” Cavalcante and how close Paul Heyman is to joining the Strikeforce team.
Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsPaul Heyman has always had his finger on the pulse of the MMA world. He remembers watching UFC 1, had a good working relationship with Semaphore Entertainment Group, the original owners of the UFC, and …
Paul Heyman has always had his finger on the pulse of the MMA world. He remembers watching UFC 1, had a good working relationship with Semaphore Entertainment Group, the original owners of the UFC, and he even created characters (see: Tazz) in his wrestling universe based on fighters.
After leaving World Wrestling Entertainment in 2006, he got together with a group of investors and former K-1/PRIDE producers in attempt to purchase Strikeforce. That deal never materialized because, as Heyman said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, he felt Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker wasn’t getting a fair deal.
“At the end of the day, one of our financial guys, who was the key to the deal, wanted to change the deal, and I wasn’t comfortable with it. One of the producers who I was very close with said, ‘This deal is going to go south and Coker is going to get burned,’ and I wasn’t going to do it, especially coming out of the wrestling world and my first entry into MMA is going to be that I’m a rip-off artist? No thanks. I don’t want to live the rest of my life with that reputation. I already have enough of that as it is. This ain’t a carny play. This is a legitimate business offer and I wasn’t trying to rip anyone off.”
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