Scott Coker Discusses New Signings, Herschel Walker’s Return, Kimbo Slice

Filed under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, News, VideosScott Coker met with the press following Wednesday night’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles event.

The Strikeforce CEO touched on a whole host of topics: the additions of Valentijn Overeem and Sergei Khariton…

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Scott Coker met with the press following Wednesday night’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles event.

The Strikeforce CEO touched on a whole host of topics: the additions of Valentijn Overeem and Sergei Kharitonov to the organization’s heavyweight division, Herschel Walker‘s next fight, Jake Shields‘ future with the organization and whether Strikeforce has any interest in Kimbo Slice.

Watch Coker’s press conference below.

Video: Scott Coker Talks Jake Shields’ Likely Departure, Strikeforce’s Lack of Interest in Kimbo and Much, Much More…

(Video courtesy YouTube/MMAFighting)Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker did a Q&A with reporters following last night’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles event and touched on a variety of subjects including Herschel Walker, Nick Diaz, Renato Sobral and Jake Shields…

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Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker did a Q&A with reporters following last night’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles event and touched on a variety of subjects including Herschel Walker, Nick Diaz, Renato Sobral and Jake Shields’ future in the promotion and the fact that Strikeforce has zero interest in signing Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson.

Surprisingly, Coker is still pushing for the Sobral-Lawal fight, despite both fighters repeated assertions that they won’t fight each other

Personally, I think Babalu should stay at middleweight and enter in the proposed 185-pound tournament Coker said the promotion will be putting on in two to three months.


Scott Coker Would ‘Love’ to Co-Promote Gilbert Melendez vs. Eddie Alvarez

Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, Bellator, NewsLast month, Bjorn Rebney essentially called out Scott Coker on a FOX Sports Net Bellator broadcast for not returning his call about putting together a co-promotional bout between Eddie Alvarez…

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Last month, Bjorn Rebney essentially called out Scott Coker on a FOX Sports Net Bellator broadcast for not returning his call about putting together a co-promotional bout between Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez.

But on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Coker said he and Rebney have since had preliminary talks about making the champion vs. champion fight.

“We actually talked, probably about a week ago, and we had a nice conversation. It’s the first time I’ve ever spoken to him. [Rebney] seems like a good guy, and I wish him luck in what he’s doing,” Coker said.

“I said, ‘Look, the situation with Gilbert is he broke his hand in his last fight, so he’s out right now. He’s going to be out, probably until the fall. So this is something we can readdress. We are open to fighting other fighters in other leagues.”

The MMA Hour Featuring Michael Bisping, Scott Coker

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosOn Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will first be joined by UFC middleweight Michael Bisping to talk about his most recent win against Dan Miller and what’s up next for him.

We will then…

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On Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will first be joined by UFC middleweight Michael Bisping to talk about his most recent win against Dan Miller and what’s up next for him.

We will then welcome back MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes to recap UFC 115 and look ahead at a busy week in MMA.

Finally, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will return to the show to discuss Wednesday’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles show and next week’s Fedor vs. Werdum event in San Jose, Calif.

Watch/listen to the show live at 1 PM ET below.

Exclusive: Karo Parisyan Talks About Overcoming His Demons, His Meeting With Scott Coker and Asks For Another Chance

Our own senior editor, Mike Russell was on hand at last weekend’s MMA Expo in Toronto, where he caught up with a number of MMA fighters, including former UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan.
As always, “The Heat” had a lot to say about…

Our own senior editor, Mike Russell was on hand at last weekend’s MMA Expo in Toronto, where he caught up with a number of MMA fighters, including former UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan.

As always, “The Heat” had a lot to say about a variety of subjects including how he’s turned the corner from his highly publicized depression and anxiety issues that he revealed to us included thoughts of suicide, his upcoming fight in Australia, what really happened during his meeting with Strikeforce president Scott Coker, his hope that fans will forgive his past mistakes and aspiration to one day compete again in the Octagon.

Parisyan admits he screwed up and that digging himself out of the hole he dug for himself will be an arduous task, but points out that he is prepared to do whatever it takes to earn back the respect of the MMA community and to one day make it back to the UFC.
 

Strikeforce Conference Call Notes: Coker and Company’s MMAth Doesn’t Add Up

(Let me get this straight…Catchweight bouts have title implications, now?)
Strikeforce held a media conference call today ahead of its mid-week June 16 show next Wednesday. On the call were Renato "Babalu" Sobral, his manager, Richard Wel…


(Let me get this straight…Catchweight bouts have title implications, now?)

Strikeforce held a media conference call today ahead of its mid-week June 16 show next Wednesday. On the call were Renato "Babalu" Sobral, his manager, Richard Welner, his opponent on the card, Robbie Lawler and Strikeforce president, Scott Coker

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