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UFC 117: Silva survives long enough to submit Sonnen

Ed Soares says Sonnen had his shot

UFC 117: Fitch outlasts Alves

UFC 117: Hughes submits Almeida

UFC 117: Dos Santos gets nod over Nelson

UFC 117: Struve survives to knock out Morecraft

Thiago Alves hires “TUF 7″ vet Mike Dolce to oversee diet

Scott Coker: Nothing Decided on Fedor Emelianenko’s Future, Next CBS Show

Strikeforce CEO: Fabricio Werdum out until 2011, no opponent set

Bobby Lashley: I’d Like to Earn a Heavyweight Title Shot in Early 2011

Diego Sanchez Returns To Team Greg Jackson

Alan Belcher hoping for recovery from eye injury

Bellator sues UFC, alleges “tortious interference of contract” of Jonathan Brookins

Gary Goodridge Says He Still Hasn’t Been Paid for New Year’s Eve Bout in Japan

Shine Fights to go old school with 1 night 8 man tourney

Strikeforce Challengers 10 in Phoenix. AZ

King of the Cage in New Mexico: 2 time Olympian Daniel Cormier goes for a belt in his 4th fight against Tony Johnson

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TWICBS Daily News Round-Up Aug 11th, 2010

Scott — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:52:50 +0000

News for Aug 10, 2010:

Here is the daily link round of what is going on in the world of Combat Sports

The 2 Forgotten Martial Arts

Bellator signs 2003 Dan Hodge Award winner Eric Larkin

Bellator suing UFC citing “tortious interference of contract”

Meet the Participants of the Strikeforce Women’s Tourney

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings

Riggs Eyes Friday Victory, Strikeforce Tourney Bid

Benavidez Calls Rematch with Cruz ‘Destiny’

NEW CONTENDERS COULD BE CROWNED AT WEC 50

MEDICAL CONDITION CAUSED SWICK’S WEIGHT DROP

Quick Replay Prevented UFC 117 Riot

UFC’s Rich Franklin throws out ceremonial first pitch, anticipates 2011 MMA return

Strikeforce Challengers 10 women’s 135-pound tournament format changed

WEC boss Reed Harris says WEC 48 DVD a hit, but company not rushing growth

Bellator firms up season-three plans, adds events in Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri

Chael Sonnen Believes ‘the Party Ain’t Over Yet’

Strikeforce Will Hold Middleweight Tournament After All

MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Anderson Silva Slips

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Thank You to EA Sports

Tom Volkert — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:46:54 +0000

Jay Heiron and Joe Riggs might not be fighting on Showtime come this Saturday, but they will at least be seen, just as long as you have some way of streaming the fight. While Herschel Walker and Greg Nagy will be on the main card of the Strikeforce: Miami card, two fighters who not too long ago where originally supposed to be fighting one Nick Diaz for the vacant Strikeforce Welterweight Championship, was seemingly pushed to the back burner, to make room for Herschel Walker and his MMA debut.

Fans scoffed at the idea of having two fighters who have a combined 2 pro fights between them, both belonging to Nagy, to be broadcast on the main card of the January 30th event, while Hieron and Riggs was put on the preliminary card. Thanks to EASportsMMA.com, at least will be able to catch the fight, as long as they have access to the internet. While it’s TV, at least it’s something for the fans.

Talking to MMA news site MMAjunkie.com, Randy Chase, the Product Marketing Manager for EA Sports told them, “It was a discussion that came up between Strikeforce, Showtime and EA Sports during planning meetings. All parties had seen the MMA community interest in the fight and wanted to give the fans what they wanted to see. We are committed to growing the sport and supporting the fighters in our game, so we were happy to play a part in bringing this fight to the fans.”

Not only is this a good thing for all parties involved, it shows that people do in fact listen to the fans and what they want. From a marketing stand-point, having a former Hiesman Trophy winner and NFL running back could bring in fans, it still has that “sideshow” feel that we have come to see from other MMA Organizations, as if I need to remind everyone about the Super Hulk tournament DREAM gave us.

This won’t be the first time Strikeforce will use the web to stream fights, as they have broadcast fights before ProElite.com and Yahoo! Sports, as well has using Showtime to broadcast an interactive webcast so fans can view fights from different viewpoints, it still shows that the fans opinions actually matter. So while Walker will make his MMA debut on Showtime, Riggs and Heiron will hope people can catch their fight streaming on EASportsMMA.com.

It’s not TV, but at least it’s something.