Matthew Roth Archives: 07/2011

As I covered earlier this week with Dan Henderson’s legendary run through the Rings King of Kings tournament, he is considered one of the all…

Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson faced off in the main event of the aptly-named Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson card tonight, and Hendo walked away with…

First round opens and Marloes smiles at Tate as they clinch against the fence. They finally separated but Tate made Coenen work for it. Coenen…

Tim Kennedy is the first to strike landing a heavy leg kick. Robbie Lawler looked light on his feet landing a right hand as Kennedy…

Paul Daley and Tyron Woodley took the opening minutes to feel each other out. Woodley respecting the power of Daley and Daley staying low to…

The opening round between Tarec Saffiedine and Scott Smith started out with both men engaging quickly. Saffiedine was the aggressor working knees from the clinch…

Tonight will be the last night that we see Fedor Emelianenko in Strikeforce. Let that settle for a second. Not because Dana White and the…

It would be fair to say without any hyperbole that 2011 has been the worst year in Strikeforce’s long history. There were major plans to…

Dear Kim Couture, From this moment forward I’m referring to you as Kim Borrego. When you first got married to UFC legend Randy Couture, I…

Yesterday I discussed Dan Henderson’s successful run through the first Rings King of Kings tournament in 1999 culminating in his win over Renato Sobral in the finals.…

The UFC announced another fight for UFC on Versus 6 on October 1st in Washington D.C. between Yves Edwards and Rafaello Oliveira. Both fighters will…

Last month Luke Thomas had the opportunity to speak with Paul Daley about his then matchup against Evangelista Santos as well as discussing the fight…

Recently, Ranger Up has been talked about due to the fact that they won’t be in the cage this weekend from Strikeforce’s card in Chicago…

Fighting Network Rings was the brainchild of Akira Maeda after the collapse of UWF in the early 90s. The original intention was to create a…

This past weekend Luke Thomas interviewed Jorge Rivera for MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan. During this interview they talk about a bunch of different…

After this past weekend’s Strikeforce Challengers 17 event, some people were a little confused when the state of Nevada released the fighter salaries, namely Sarah Kaufman’s…

When Robbie Lawler entered the MMA scene, there were massive expectations placed on him. As a member of the famed Miletich Fighting Systems, he was…

I briefly described this in my previous post about the Army Combatives tournament but this ceremony deserves a separate post. The current ranking system within…

The UFC returns to the United Kingdom on November 5th for UFC 138 at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. The card is headlined by…

I am not in the military. The last time a member of my family had any military service was back in World War II when…