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No matter how long Daniel Cormier competes or how much he improves as a fighter, there are two mixed martial artists he is unlikely to ever face in the cage -- UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and Bellator light heavyweight contender Muhammed ...

Never has Muhammed Lawal doubted his ability to compete at the highest levels and become MMA's best 205-pound fighter -- and he is not about to do so now. That unexpected first-round knockout loss to Emanuel Newton in February hasn't diminished hi...

Shahbulat Shamhalaev became the Bellator Season 7 featherweight tournament winner, while Muhammed Lawal was shocked in devastating fashion by unheralded Emanuel Newton.

Bellatorwelterweight champion Ben Askren finished Karl Amoussou to retain his Bellator welterweight title Saturday night.

The mixed martial arts purist in all of us is probably supposed to be a little horrified that Muhammed Lawal reportedly plans to straddle the fence between our sport and professional wrestling. Given the special kind of ridicule many fight fans re...

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal has signed a multifight deal with Bellator Fighting Championships and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is making his way around the media circuit in these UFC-less times. Is he basking in the spotlight? No: He's conducting himself with meditative calm, quietly explaining his business model while the testosterone levels around...

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed Lawal is a college-educated man. He often speaks his mind and doesn't mince words. He's also very aware of the language he uses to express his feelings. So when Pat Lundvall, who is the first...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to fine and suspend Muhammed Lawal following a positive for anabolic steroids in January.

CHICAGO -- Based on the less-than-favorable receptions former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans receives from fans whenever he is introduced, it's safe to say that most don't care for him much. But whether fans like Evans or not, no on...

The validity of Muhammed Lawal's mixed martial arts monarchy was tested this week. On Tuesday, the 31-year-old former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion learned a urinalysis administered by Nevada State Athletic Commission returned positive fo...

Strikeforce light heavyweight Muhammed Lawal tested positive for the banned substance drostanolone at an event earlier this month in Las Vegas, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Josh Gross rates the performances of Strikeforce fighters.

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

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...

Dana White alluded to the new Strikeforce/Showtime deal in the past couple of weeks with a sense of giddiness. He talked about it like it would knock our socks off just as soon as he was finally able to reveal the nature of the thing. This sort of te...