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Strikeforce: ShoMMA Challengers Series Videos

Here are some videos from last night’s fight in Fresno. It was an amazing card. Props to Strikeforce and Showtime for putting together an event with some amazing matchmaking. Honestly, there wasn’t a single boring fight on the card. Billy Evangelista vs. Jorge Gurgel Brandon Cash vs. Shane del Rosario (this fight is a must see) Luke Rockhold vs. Jesse Taylor Ousmane Thomas Diagne vs. Merrit Warren Zoila Frausto vs. Elisha… (Full Story)

Additions to Strikeforce: ShoMMA

Though the Strikeforce: Challengers Series event will certainly be overshadowed by the first appearance of Fedor Emelianenko on CBS, as he takes on undefeated top ten heavyweight Brett Rogers, MMA Opinion will be offering live coverage of the event, so it is worth posting that there have been some additions to the card. Admittedly, the report filed by MMAJunkie is a little late, as the matchup between Zoila Frausto (3-0 MMA) and Elisha Helspur (1-0 MMA) has been noted on the Strikeforce website… (Full Story)

Jesse Taylor Dropped by UFC…Again

In a move that is nowhere near as shocking as Ken Griffey Jr. being a White Sock or the packers offering Favre money to stay away from football, the UFC has released TUF 7 problem child Jesse Taylor. Dana White and the UFC have always talked about changing the thug-like image of fighters and creating a respectable atmosphere from the media and fans to the fighters. That is hard to accomplish when you have someone on your very popular reality show kicking out car windows. The guy that got… (Full Story)

Videos: Affliction “Banned” and UFN 14

Check out a spectator cam version of the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia fight. Here’s the long televised version. Here’s Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell. This was an exciting standup war that did showcase a little bit of the ground game as well. Anthony Johnson supposedly got robbed at the hands of Kevin Burns in this fight. Check it out for a climatic finish. We all thought James Irvin was going to last longer than this. Check out the short fight between him and reigning… (Full Story)

Quote of the Month

Forget about the “Quote of the Day” (no offense to Bloody Elbow!), but this deserves a lot more. Coming from “The Prodigy”, a member of The MMA Boards in response to episode 11 of the Ultimate Fighter. In this episode, we witnessed a very drunk Jesse Taylor act like “Coco the monkey” as he urinated on himself and attempted to drown himself in the hot tub. Thank god we have guys who can piss their pants, kick the windows out of limo’s, and completely trash a perfectly good house are… (Full Story)