STRIKEFORCESTRIKEFORCE is an American professional kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion company based in San Jose, California. STRIKEFORCE has recently aquired the assets of the now defunked, ELITEXC.
I've searched high and low for a complete fighter list after the Pro-Elite deal and I can't seem to find one.
The Strikeforce site only has a partial list.
So If you want to add to it, give me a name and a source. So we can peice together this roster ourselves.
Please respond with additions to this list if I missed any.
Confirmed Roster To Date
Heavyweight:
Alistair Overeem (Champion)
Fedor Emelienenko
Brett Rogers
Fabricio Werdum
Shane Del Rosario
Rex Richards
Ron Humphrey
Bob Sapp
Tank Abbott
Levar Johnson
Light Heavyweight:
Renato "Babalu" Sobral (Champion)
Gerard Mousasi
Mike Kyle
Rafael Feijao
Kevin Randalman
Bobby Southworth
Anthony Ruiz
Aaron Rosa
Middleweight: (Champion)
Cung Le
Jake Shields
Robbie Lawler
Kazuo Misaki
Frank Shamrock
Benji Radach
Scott Smith
Joey Villasenor
Terry Martin
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
Anthony Ruiz
Tim Kennedy
Luke Rockhold
Cory Devela
Welterweight: (Title Vacant)
Nick Thompson
Nick Diaz
Joe Riggs
Andre Galvao
Phil Baroni
Luke Stewart
Eric Bradley
Lightweight:
Gilbert Melendez (Champion)
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Josh Thomson
Fabricio Camoes
Jorge Masvidal
Yves Edwards
Jorge Gurgel
Conor Heun
Billy Evangelista
Fabricio Camoes
Duane Ludwig
Mike Aina
Featherweight/Bantamweight: (Titles Vacant)
Wilson Reis
Bao Quach
Nam Phan
Women: (Title Vacant)
Cristiane Santos
Kim Couture
Meisha Tate
Shayna Baszler
Sarah Kaufmann
Gina Carano
But what a roster. They have many good fighters in all weight classes (did you hear that Affliction). Strikeforce is looking good, and I like that its not about one guy like Fedor with Affliciton or Kimbo with Elite.
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Right kick, Hospital.
Left kick, cemetery.
-Mirko Cro Cop.
But what a roster. They have many good fighters in all weight classes (did you hear that Affliction). Strikeforce is looking good, and I like that its not about one guy like Fedor with Affliciton or Kimbo with Elite.
He was the EliteX WW Champ. And yeah, I like how they've dispersed their amount of good quality fighters throughout their roster, and there isn't one main focus like Fedor.
Gil has a couple of quality opponents he can face off against, with Ishida and Thomson the obvious two choices. He wants to fight both of them in the immediate future.
What happens to Shields after the fight with Lawler? There aren't any good WWs for him to fight, and he's not likely to fight Stewart, who occasionally trains at Gracie Fighter Berkeley.
Tank makes MMA look bad period. He brings shame to the sport with his lack of determination and drive. I only watch his fights in hope that he gasses early like always and gets brutally KOed!
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My Top 10 Favorite Fighters
1. Urijah Faber
2. Jose Aldo
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Frank Mir
5. Miguel Torres
6. Brandon Vera
7. Mike Swick
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Carlos Condit
10. Forrest Griffin