So believes Sam Caplan. According to Five Oz. sources, ProElite has accepted a bid to sell the organization’s assets. If true, an announcement could be made as early as later today.
In recent hours FiveOuncesOfPain.com has been informed by sources that ProElite, Inc. has accepted a bid to sell its assets to an outside company.
Cung Le takes on Brian Warren, Tony Fryklund and Sam Morgan after the jump. Unfortunately, the “Best of Cung Le” didn’t include his fight against Frank Shamrock.
NBCSports.com chronicles Renato “Babalu” Sobral’s life and training leading up to his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title fight against Bobby Southworth at Strikeforce “Destruction.”
Strikeforce “Destruction” took place tonight at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California.
Scott Smith squared off against Terry Martin in the night’s main event.
Duan Ludwig stepped in on short notice for Strikeforce Lightweight Champ Josh Thomson to take on Yves Edwards.
Renato “Babalu” Sobral took on Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champ Bobby Southworth.
Kim Couture and Joe Riggs were also in action.
Results after the jump.
Rounds two and three after the jump.
Round two of the Shamrock/Baroni fight, plus Frank’s match against Cesar Gracie after the jump.
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For women’s MMA, Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg is a mega-fight. It’s the fight that should have taken place on Oct. 4 on CBS. Instead, EliteXC officials chose to match Carano and Cyborg up with different opponents to build towards a big clash on pay-per-view. From a business standpoint, that may have been the smart move, IF you knew for sure you would be around long enough to put the pay-per-view on. As we all know now that didn’t happen, and yet another huge fight slips through the cracks…well, at least for now.
Big John McCarthy is back. According to Sherdog.com, on Nov. 21 at Strikeforce “Destruction,” McCarthy will return to the profession that made him famous for the first time in 11 months.
Big John had this to say about his return.
“I missed doing it. Sometimes when you walk away from something and you think it’s time, once you’re away you realize what you’re missing –- it’s kind of like why guys come back to fighting. It’s what I like doing. It’s what I was meant to do.”
Since the Strikeforce card will take place in California, McCarthy will be working for the CSAC for this particular event. Considering previous reports that the NSAC and the UFC have issues with Big John, it still appears unclear when we’ll hear “Let’s get it on!” from the Octagon in Vegas again, but this is certainly a good start. Mixed martial arts clearly needs all the competent referees it can get, and no one is better than McCarthy.
Welcome back, Big John.
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