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Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin: Scoring the Saga

Beating a dead horse; a phrase I've learned to love, a phrase that I hope to avoid in this article. We've all heard everyones take on the fight Saturday, whether it be Tito fans insisting upon ...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 days ago 1,253 reads 0 comments
Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; The Main Event

All this week I've been breaking down Saturday night's Strikeforce card fight by fight. Today I'll be breaking down the main event...

Written by Mike Leanza about 22 days ago 2,068 reads 1 comments
Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; Mayhem vs. Jake Shields

All this week, I've been breaking down Saturday's big card, fight by fight. Today, I'll be focusing on the Strikeforce Middleweight title bout between the host of MTV's Bully Beatdown, Jason ...

Written by Mike Leanza about 24 days ago 516 reads 1 comments
Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; Gegard Mousasi vs. Sokoudjou

All this week, I'll be breaking down Strikeforce: Fedor vs Rogers, fight by fight. Today I'll be focusing on the current Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi and former PRIDE and UFC fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou...

Written by Mike Leanza about 26 days ago 774 reads 3 comments
Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor VS Rogers; Antonio Silva VS Fabricio Werdum

All this week, I'll be breaking down Strikeforce: Fedor VS Rogers, fight by fight. Today I'll be focusing on Antonio Silva and Fabricio Werdum. A fight between the first and last Elite XC Heavyweight champion, and a former top-tier UFC competitor...

Written by Mike Leanza about 28 days ago 663 reads 1 comments
Herschel Walker: From Hall of Fame to Fighting in a Cage

Just when we were all taking Strikeforce seriously, Scott Coker does this. He signs 47-year-old football legend Herschel Walker to fight for his MMA organization...

Written by Mike Leanza about 2 months ago 1,040 reads 5 comments
Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg: What Happens Next?

Last night, over 13,000 fans jam-packed the HP Pavillion Center in San Jose, CA. They witnessed a night of quick fights and explosive knockouts...

Written by Mike Leanza about 3 months ago 1,384 reads 5 comments
Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg Live Color Commentary Blog

9:50 MMA legend Royce Gracie is in attendance tonight. He is being swamped with fans trying to get their picture taken with the BJJ master. Cung Le, Brett Rogers, and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson are also here...

Written by Mike Leanza about 3 months ago 990 reads 19 comments
A Bleacher Report Exclusive Interview With Cung Le

Cung Le, the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion has been taking time off away from the ring to pursue an acting career and heal injuries. He's been gone for over a year now and his fans are starting to wonder what he's been doing...

Written by Mike Leanza about 3 months ago 346 reads 6 comments
Have Fan Expectations Ruined Forrest Griffin?

By now we all know. We all either saw, heard, or read that one of, if not the most, popular fighters in the world was dismantled by the best pound for pound fighter in the world...

Written by Mike Leanza about 3 months ago 47 reads 1 comments
Strikeforce Adds Affliction's Co-Main Event to its August 15 card

Earlier this afternoon, Strikeforce issued a press release stating that Renato Sobral would defend his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title against Gegard Mousasi...

Written by Mike Leanza about 4 months ago 90 reads 3 comments
Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg Loses Another Title Fight

According to MMAjunkie.com Nick Diaz Vs Joe "Diesel" Riggs has been scratched from the August 15th Strikeforce card. This fight was set to crown the first Strikeforce Welterweight champion, and was originally one of three title fights on the card...

Written by Mike Leanza about 4 months ago 91 reads 0 comments
Alistair Overeem Out of Strikeforce Carano Vs. Cyborg With Hand Injury

Earlier today Strikeforce issued a press release revealing that Allistair Overeem has re-injured his hand and will not be able to defend his Strikeforce Heavyweight championship against former UFC fighter Fabricio Werdum...

Written by Mike Leanza about 4 months ago 117 reads 11 comments
What Does a Tito Ortiz Return Mean for the UFC?

Its being reported that former UFC champion Tito Ortiz has been in serious discussions with Dana White about a possible comeback to the biggest MMA organization in the world. Both are known for despising each other...

Written by Mike Leanza about 4 months ago 421 reads 11 comments
Georges St.Pierre: Is Moving to Middleweight the Best Choice?

Since UFC 100 we've all been bombarded by Brock Lesnar news. What was he thinking in his post fight interview? Who will he fight next? Is Fedor coming to the UFC? I'll answer those questions ...

Written by Mike Leanza about 4 months ago 491 reads 14 comments
Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez: An In-Depth Look at the Scoring

The subject of judges scoring has come up thousands of times. Over the years the current Unified Rules of MMA scoring system has been by far the most scrutinized topic of MMA. Recently, the issue has come back under the microscope...

Written by Mike Leanza about 5 months ago 462 reads 16 comments
What Happens When One Organization's Best Welterweights Train Together?

March 10, 2006. The HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The first MMA event in Strikeforce history. A previously kickboxing exclusive organization was now delving into the wide open sea of MMA...

Written by Mike Leanza about 5 months ago 479 reads 11 comments
My Personal Apology to Lyoto Machida

A couple weeks back, I made a pick. That pick was that Rashad Evans would retain his Light Heavyweight belt and Lyoto Machida would be exposed as an overhyped sham comparable to Brandon Vera or Gabriel Gonzaga...

Written by Mike Leanza about 6 months ago 678 reads 29 comments
The "Real Reasons" Why You Hate Dana White

Dana White, the President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship is one of the most hated figures in all of sports. Like all hated figures, he has his fans, but none of them own a press pass. Even you, you non-pass holder, hate Dana...

Written by Mike Leanza about 6 months ago 14,656 reads 13 comments
ESPN E:60's Segment on Dana White, Was It Good or Bad?

As most of you probably know, ESPN's E:60 had a special on Dana White tonight. My first thoughts on this special came as soon as I saw the first commercial...

Written by Mike Leanza about 6 months ago 356 reads 4 comments
Who Is The Greatest Champion In UFC History?

Lately I've been seeing a trend that I pray will stop, the continuous bashing and questioning of Anderson Silva. Now, I am one of those people that has questioned him, but I haven't written 200 articles about it...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 months ago 524 reads 23 comments
Can You Guess Who I am? 5.0

I've decides to change things up a bit. I'm going to try a slide show this time and see how you guys like it. Just tell me which version you prefer when you take your guesses in the post column...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 months ago 189 reads 9 comments
Volume Four: Can You Guess Who I Am?

With the overwhelmingly positive response to these articles, I'll keep things going. Expect two to three of these articles per day...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 months ago 111 reads 11 comments
Can You Guess Who I Am? Version Three

Do to the positive response I've received so far with these "Who am I?" games, I've decided to continue these as long as I can. Mike D. has asked me to put up three to five per day, I'll try to get two to three...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 months ago 133 reads 11 comments
Can You Guess Who I Am? Harder Edition

Earlier today I wrote a quick game of "Who am I?" Everybody guessed right with the answer Clay Guida. Apparently, I made it too easy with my final "hair" clue. So I'm back to stump you guys with a harder version...

Written by Mike Leanza about 7 months ago 156 reads 14 comments

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Mike Leanza Article Archive

Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin: Scoring the Saga

Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; The Main Event

Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; Mayhem vs. Jake Shields

Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; Gegard Mousasi vs. Sokoudjou

Breaking Down Strikeforce: Fedor VS Rogers; Antonio Silva VS Fabricio Werdum

Herschel Walker: From Hall of Fame to Fighting in a Cage

Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg: What Happens Next?

Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg Live Color Commentary Blog

A Bleacher Report Exclusive Interview With Cung Le

Have Fan Expectations Ruined Forrest Griffin?

Strikeforce Adds Affliction's Co-Main Event to its August 15 card

Strikeforce Carano VS Cyborg Loses Another Title Fight

Alistair Overeem Out of Strikeforce Carano Vs. Cyborg With Hand Injury

What Does a Tito Ortiz Return Mean for the UFC?

Georges St.Pierre: Is Moving to Middleweight the Best Choice?

Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez: An In-Depth Look at the Scoring

What Happens When One Organization's Best Welterweights Train Together?

My Personal Apology to Lyoto Machida

The "Real Reasons" Why You Hate Dana White

ESPN E:60's Segment on Dana White, Was It Good or Bad?

Who Is The Greatest Champion In UFC History?

Can You Guess Who I am? 5.0

Volume Four: Can You Guess Who I Am?

Can You Guess Who I Am? Version Three

Can You Guess Who I Am? Harder Edition

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