Archive for the ‘Strikeforce’ Category

MMARated Radio: Good Times With Nicole Craner

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

There's just something about those ring girls. Everyone loves them and we here at mmarated.com are no different. So, with that in mind, I present a most enlightening interview with one of Strikeforce's exquisite ring girls, the lovely Nicole Craner.Nicole is actually one of the friendlier ring girls I've come ...

Make Way For The New King Of San Jose

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I didn't have the guts to go all out and predict a Cung Le victory prior to his bout against Frank Shamrock but I wish I did because as far as performances by a fighter with six career MMA fights against someone with 34, this was one of the best ...

The Shamrock-Le Hype Continues

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Elite XC and Strikeforce held a conference call today to hype their loaded 3/29 card headlined by Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le. Jake Shields, Drew Fickett and Gary Shaw were also available. Below is the audio from the call. My two favorite parts were when Gary Shaw said that Ken Shamrock ...

Saturday In The Park: Sapp-amania Runs Wild Again

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

You might have heard that a certain Bob Sapp was making his American MMA debut this evening at the StrikeForce At The Dome show in Tacoma, WA (HDNet 10:30 pm ET). This fight also marks Sapp's debut in a cage...Wait, what? You've never heard of Bob Sapp? Well, if so, ...

Get Ready For A Whole Lot Of Frank Shamrock

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

MMA legend Frank Shamrock granted The Park his first interview since the announcement that he will be facing Cung Le on March 29th in a Strikeforce/Elite XC copromotion. Among the topics touched on were: * Why he chose to fight Le after once saying he had no interest in fighting ...

What’s Next For Bobby Southworth?

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

The last time MMA fans saw Strikeforce's Light Heavyweight champion, Bobby Southworth, compete was less than two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it came in a disappointing loss to Anthony Ruiz due to a cut he sustained in the second round. Fortunately for Southworth, though, the fight was a non-title bout so ...