There seemed to be a big to-do about Fedor Emelianenko’s official salary that was posted from the CSAC this past week. Emelianenko, on record, made a measly $300,000 for his fight against Tim Sylvia while Sylvia made a whopping $800,000. There was much speculation as to what Fedor was actually paid and now Mike Chiappetta at NBC Sports is reporting that... 

Strikeforce has issued a press release announcing that the promotion’s middleweight champion Cung Le will be appearing on ESPNews at 5:10 p.m. ET on “The Hot List.” While on the show, Le will talk about the explosive growth of the sport of mixed martial arts and whether MMA has Olympic potential. Le won the Strikeforce middleweight title on... 

With Cung Le’s next MMA opponent uncertain, it appears his next major career move could be to establish himself further as an actor. In a new interview with TopGunMMA.com, Le indicated that he plans to commit himself more to filming movies in the near future. “I have two movies that are going to be released,” Le is quoted as saying in the interview,... 

For me, Saturday’s main event between Frank Shamrock and Cung Le was somewhere between good and great. I will call it a very good fight. Round three was tremendous and while Shamrock vs. Le might be the fight of the year thus far, I think it will be a disappointing year for MMA if it is in the top five of top matches come year’s end. I enjoyed the... 

San Jose, Calif. — ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com) was able to confirm with sources after the Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le fight Saturday night that Shamrock indeed has a broken arm. X-rays were conducted at the HP Pavilion and showed the fracture. During the post-fight press conference, Le indicated that he not only saw Shamrock’s X-rays, but heard... 

(EliteXC/Strikeforce photos provided by TOM CASINO/EliteXC) Shamrock vs. Cung Le: Fight of the Year? Maybe. I won’t get too far ahead of myself because it’s only March 30th, but this fight has set a precedent for entertaining fights in the coming months. It may not have been the all out technical mixed martial arts fight that touched everywhere... 

Five Ounces of Pain is running our popular during the live event chat Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Le card tonight  starting at 9pm ET. While you watch the fights on the Showtime channel, you can talk smack with other hardcore MMA fans HERE as the fights happen. If you don’t have Showtime, we’ll provide blow-by-blow coverage of each bout. Sponsoring... 

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Here’s my rundown of the five scheduled matches to be televised on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET) during tonight’s EliteXC and Strikeforce co-promotion featuring Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le. Before I get to the fights, I wanted to let everyone know that Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that an opponent for Kevin “Kimbo... 

Frank Shamrock breaks down Cung Le’s strengths and weaknesses in this video. It’s always fun to hear Frank talk about the art of fighting and how he perceives things. Even though he has the biggest ego of anyone in the sport, the way he talks so passionately about it makes him one hell of an ambassador for the sport. Thanks to Bloody Elbow for digging... 

When the possibility of a match between Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock began to be floated in early 2007 (and really, the two were talked about as possibly fighting each other long before that), my initial reaction was that Shamrock would tear through Le. The thing was, I was only looking at things on the surface and did not analyze things thoroughly. To me, it... 

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When: March 29, ‘08 Where: San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion Here’s the latest on the Strikeforce/EliteXC event: STRIKEFORCE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le @ 185lbs STRIKEFORCE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT Gilbert Melendez vs. Gabe Lemley @ 155 lbs Mike Kyle and Wayne Cole @ 170 lbs Ryan Jensen vs. Joey Villasenor @ 185lbs Drew... 

An anticipated Strikeforce lightweight title match between incumbent Gilbert Melendez and challenger Josh Thomson that was expected to have taken place on the undercard of the Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le main event on March 29, is now off. The report comes from Sherdog.com’s Josh Gross, who indicates that the match was scratched after Thomson sustained an... 

Strikeforce issued a press release late Tuesday night that formally announced a match between Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le in a Strikeforce middleweight title match to be held on Saturday, March 29 in San Jose at the Hewlett Packard Pavilion. The event will be co-promoted by EliteXC and will be televised on Showtime starting at 10 p.m. ET. Tickets for the event... 

A match between Strikeforce middleweight champion Frank Shamrock and Cung Le is set to take place on March 29 in San Jose at the HP Pavilion, according to Yahoo!’s Dave Meltzer. The event is expected to be a co-promotion between Strikeforce and EliteXC and will air live on premium-cable provider Showtime. According to Meltzer, the five-bout telecast will... 

There have been a lot of people making the mistake of taking Frank Shamrock and his BloodBrothersPPV.com site at face value. That’s not a dig at Shamrock, in fact, I am complementing him. Frank is a fighter with a good mind for business. As good as he is as a fighter, he might be a better promoter. A few blogs saw the initial date on the Blood Brothers... 

Not only were there fights on Friday night at Strikeforce, but there was also news. Jerry Millen, of all people, announced that Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez will defend his title against Josh “The Punk” Thomson on their Strikeforce 8 card on March 29th. That’s a big fight right there, ladies and gentlemen. Also,... 

MMAjunkie.com is reporting that Cung Le (4-0) will be taking on former Ultimate Fighter 2 cast member, and former UFC welterweight fighter, Sam Morgan (18-8) on the Nov.16 Strikeforce card. This will fight will add to an historical card that will also feature the first 4-man tournament sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and Paul Buentello... 

The ever controversial Frank Shamrock, in an interview with Nokaut.com, elaborates on why he thinks he’s a bad matchup for Cung Le at this point in his career: Nokaut: Will you be facing Cung Le, or is that a fight that you are saving for later? Frank: I think Cung Le needs some more time and experience. I don’t think it is a good fight right now because... 

You know what I love so much about covering MMA? There’s never a shortage of news to cover. Here are some stories that are being reported around the ‘Net: - Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network spoke with John Hackleman, the trainer for Chuck Liddell, who says he’s unaware of any retirement talk. In fact, he not only claims Liddell told him he’ll...