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Josh Gross rates the performances of Strikeforce: 'Rockhold versus Kennedy' fighters.

By exploiting his size and reach, defending Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold sniped his way to a unanimous decision win over Tim Kennedy.

Quick: What's 1-2-0-1 since 2009, recently fired yet brought back via a strange case of inhuman urine, that beats up the occasional "Fireman?" That would be Brandon Vera, a fighter who had such a big buzz on his name back as a heavyweight that he...

This is a fight week that has stretched on for a year -- which is nothing for a conflict that has always been the case. Even when Jon Jones and Rashad Evans were training partners in Albuquerque, N.M., one fighter was never going to be "off limits...

In the "who's out there to challenge Jon Jones" discussion, Alexander Gustafsson is the light heavyweight intrigue right now. He is the horizon, the challenge looming at the end of the Mayan calendar for the current champion. Should he lose to Thiago...

In the end, Luke Rockhold just said what we were all thinking. After shoring up the initial defense of his Strikeforce title with a first-round knockout of Keith Jardine on Saturday night, Rockhold sounded pretty indifferent on the prospect of a b...

These are the middleweight power rankings.

Josh Gross rates the performances of Strikeforce fighters.

LAS VEGAS -- Well. That proved nothing. As expected, Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold ran through Keith Jardine Saturday, posting a first-round TKO victory in his first title defense. This is what happens when a legitimate con...

Luke Rockhold took "The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine to school with a first-round knockout to defend his Strikeforce middleweight title Saturday.

For the first time since high school, Keith Jardine weighs 185 pounds.

If Saturday's Strikeforce card lacks the kind of inherent drama you're used to, think of it like this -- what happens if Keith Jardine beats Luke Rockhold for the middleweight title? That would have to look like a burning zeppelin falling out of the ...

LAS VEGAS -- When Luke Rockhold heard his first Strikeforce middleweight title defense would come against Keith Jardine on Jan. 7, he had the same reaction plenty others had. He was confused. No disrespect to Jardine, but the champion had hoped hi...

LAS VEGAS -- During an open workout Wednesday at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, former UFC light heavyweight Keith Jardine told reporters his first-ever weight cut to 185 pounds had been easy -- so far. Jardine (17-9-2), already looking visibly t...

It was just four months ago that Muhammed Lawal made the most unfortunate verbal gaffe of his young career, comparing Strikeforce to a "cancer patient" and saying that fighters mired in what everyone thought were the organization's last days were "ju...

Strikeforce and Showtime reached a new broadcast deal that will keep the promotion on the cable network, the parties announced on Thursday.