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Strikeforce held an open workout and press conference yesterday at Legends gym in Hollywood, California for their upcoming Strikeforce “Nashville” event. Here’s highlights, video interviews and pictures courtesy of Strikeforce, Showtime, Sherdog and FIGHT! Magazine.

Middle Easy caught this footage of Gegard Mousasi and King Mo having a few words at an open workout in Hollywood for the upcoming Strikeforce “Nashville” show.

It’s finally official!

It looks like the Strikeforce April 17 event is all but officially announced for CBS. Jake Shields tweeted earlier today that his title defense against Dan Henderson and the rumored Gegard Mousasi vs. King Mo fight are official. MMA Weekly confirmed those two bouts will co-headline the event.

King Mo is not impressed with Gegard Mousasi’s trash talk (if that’s what you would call it). Mo says it’s corny as hell and makes him sound like Kermit the Frog.

Jason “Mayhem” Miller, King Mo, Babalu Sobral and Fabricio Werdum show Wanderlei Silva a little love for his upcoming fight against Michael Bisping at UFC 110.

“I see myself [in Mousasi], but two weight classes above. He’s a great fighter. He’s very open-minded. He’s amazing. He taught me two great techniques. Those two things I learned today are worth my whole trip. I’m very happy, and I’m going to be working on it a lot…[Mousasi] does things that he doesn’t even know he does well. He does things he doesn’t think about. He just does it. It’s really amazing. It’s something not everybody has. You can’t teach that. There is something from him that I know I can learn. If I can help him at the same time, we both are going to gain from each other. It’s a great experience…If I could have a choice between money, fame or wisdom and knowledge, I would take wisdom first, without hesitation. I’m already a better fighter than I was before the practice. I have more knowledge.”

—Georges St. Pierre talking to SI.com about his first training session with Gegard Mousasi

GSP isn’t the only one benefiting from the two-week training camp with Mousasi. Gegard is as well, specifically where GSP excels — wrestling.

“Gegard is very raw,” said Cleo Ncube, a top Canadian wrestler and one of St. Pierre’s closest training partners over the past two-and-a-half years. “He doesn’t have a real specific training regimen. He just messes around, which is such an incredible story. Today we included him in our technique session and we were working through our regular scheduled techniques. I didn’t know if he was going to pick it up, and fair enough Gegard was picking it up.”

It’s not hard to see why GSP and Mousasi are two of the sport’s best. They could easily get complacent. Instead, they check their egos at the door (if they have ones to begin with), and continue to evolve by learning new techniques and developing their weaknesses into strengths. Not what you want to hear if you’re Dan Hardy or King Mo.

Image via Esther Lin for Showtime

Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani talks to Gegard Mousasi about training with GSP and what he thinks about potentially fighting King Mo in April.

Georges St. Pierre is definitely not taking his training camp for Dan Hardy lightly. GSP’s head trainer, Firas Zahabi, recently expressed interest in bringing in Gegard Mousasi as a new sparring partner for Georges, and it looks like he made it happen. Mousasi is scheduled to spend the next two weeks training with GSP, and appears to be nervous, yet excited about the experience.

King Mo wants a shot a Gegard Mousasi in April on CBS. He doesn’t care if anyone thinks he’s ready or not. He knows he can beat Mousasi and hopes Scott Coker will give him the chance to prove it.