Fabricio Werdum is willing to fight Daniel Cormier in Strikeforce

With the unfortunate news that Frank Mir was forced to withdraw from his November 3rd bout with Daniel Cormier in Strikeforce, a search for a new opponent ensues. An accomplished Heavyweight without a fight currently scheduled has stepped and said he would like the fight. That man is none other than Fabricio Werdum, the fighter who put an end to the legendary win streak of Fedor Emelianenko and has most recently been seen in the UFC destroying Roy Nelson and Mike Russow. Werdum was interviewed by

Frank Mir injured, out of Strikeforce bout with Cormier

The UFC injury bug has just crossed over to its “sister” promotion. Former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir has been forced to withdraw from his highly anticipated crossover match with Daniel Cormier.The news has been lighting up Twitter for the past hour:

RT @shaunalshatti: #MMA Morning Report: Frank Mir Injured, Out of Strikeforce Bout Opposite Daniel Cormier sbnation.com/e/3118773
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 19, 2012

The Strikeforce card on which Cormier and Mir were supposed to

Gilbert Melendez is ready to lock horns with Pat Healy

Strikeforce Lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez (21-2 MMA, 11-1 SF) hopes to defend his title for a fifth time when he takes on Pat Healy (28-16 MMA, 6-1 SF) at Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy, on September 29 at the Power Balance Pavillion in Sacramento, California. The event will air live on Showtime.Healy is one of the bigger lightweights in the division and is coming in off of a five-fight win streak. He walks around at 185 to 190 pounds but always cuts at least 30 of those to make the 155-pound

Out of retirement, Stephan Bonnar feels no pressure heading into Anderson Silva bout

UFC Light Heavyweight Stephan Bonnar is no stranger to the limelight, having been one half of the fight versus Forrest Griffin that put modern MMA on the map in 2005. However, his next battle will be in the limelight of an entirely different sort. There, he will fight Anderson Silva at 205 lbs., in the long-standing Middleweight champion’s home country of Brazil. While absolutely no one is giving Bonnar a fair shake to win this fight, he insists that it is this exact reason why he is extremely excited for

Stefan Struve: I am the man to hand Stipe Miocic his first defeat

Karyn Bryant of MMA H.E.A.T. interviews towering UFC Heavyweight Stefan Struve in anticipation of his UFC on Fuel TV 5 bout with undefeated opponent Stipe Miocic. Miocic is undefeated heading into the September 29th bout from Birmingham, England. Sporting an impressive 28-5 record at a very young age, Struve is no doubt one of the 265 lb. division’s top prospects. Struve is coming off a submission win over Lavar Johnson, and also took out Dave Herman earlier this year. Struve states his intentions to

Injury bug strikes Invicta FC as Sarah Kaufman drops from her debut

Sarah Kaufman has withdrawn from her October 6 Bantamweight bout with Kaitlin Young at Invicta FC 3 in Kansas City, due to an injury. This would have been Kaufman’s debut for the all-women’s MMA promotion.
This is the first time that Kaufman has had to withdraw from a fight, but she seems in good spirits and tweeted that she is waiting to fight Young:

1st fight I’ve ever had to pull out of so I’m sorry @kaitlin_young @invictafights and all my fans. Wanting to get back asap!
— Sarah Kaufman

GSP signs endorsement deal to become face of NOS energy drinks

Just as Dana White and the UFC have released a video promising MMA’s continued growth, it appears that evidence to support that claim has surfaced. UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, not seen in the Octagon since the medieval ages of April 2011, has signed a multi-year endorsement deal with NOS energy drinks, itself a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola company. St. Pierre has been targeted as the face of the product, which makes quite the waves in the advertising world in terms of MMA’s development

The UFC pays tribute to the fans with new video

Today Dana Whte and the UFC came out with a video to thank all of the fans for sticking with the promotion throughout its extremely tumultuous summer that was decimated by injuries. White remains unfazed, and has been in the news even more than usual as of late, first because of the UFC 151 cancellation and now because of UFC 152 this week. He spoke up in support of his true MMA fans and supporters:
“There’s no sport in the world where the fans are as amazing, as dedicated, as passionate, and as awesome as

Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Ednaldo Oliveira added to UFC on FX 6

According to an article on Tatame.com, Krzysztof Soszynski (26-12-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will face Ednaldo Oliveira (13-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC on FX 6 in December in Australia. This will be Soszynski’s first fight since last December’s UFC 140, where he was knocked out in 35 seconds by Igor Pokrajac. “The Polish Experiment” was considering retirement, but told MMAjunkie.com that he has one fight left in him: “I don’t want to go out the way I did. I definitely want to fight one more time. But it’s not up to me;