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[NCRadioMan]

Babalu/Mousasi Title at Strikeforce Confirmed

The first two pieces of the scrambled puzzle left by Affliction's recent demise have fallen into place as Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral (35-8) will defend his title against Gegard Mousasi (25-2-1) on Aug. 15.

Sobral and Mousasi, who were originally scheduled to meet at the now-canceled "Affliction: Trilogy," will instead step into the cage at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on the main card of "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg," which airs live on Showtime.

Mousasi will compete on the card with a new Strikeforce contract, Afromowitz said, and not as a loaned commodity from M-1.

Mousasi is currently riding a 12-fight win streak, including a successful run to DREAM's middleweight crown in 2008, as well as a current semifinalist in DREAM's open-weight "Super Hulk" tournament.

The new contract is not likely to affect Mousasi's position in DREAM's tournament, as the Japanese-based organization and Strikeforce have a history of working together to share talent.

Sobral will take a five-fight win streak into the contest, and the Brazilian has won 15 of his past 17 contests. "Babalu" earned Strikeforce's 205-pound belt with a TKO win over Bobby Southworth in November 2008.

While previously announced competitors Fabricio Werdum and Nick Diaz are still without opponents following the withdrawal of Alistair Overeem and Joe Riggs due to various ailments, Afromowitz said he was unable to make any other announcements at this time.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/15648/rena...-on-aug-15.mma

Frank Mir May Face Cheick Kongo At UFC 107

A heavyweight battle between Cheick Kongo and two-time former UFC champion Frank Mir may take place at UFC 107 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Kongo (14-5-1) dropped a convincing unanimous decision to Cain Velasquez at UFC 99 in his last outing. Mir last fought Brock Lesnar at UFC 100 a couple weeks back. Although Mir fought valiantly, he was simply overpowered by the massive undisputed heavyweight champion.

Mirs camp says they have not yet been approached about the scrap, however they are definitely interested in taking the fight.

http://www.fightline.com/news/mma/20...ir/index.shtml

[ActionAndy]

Speaking of Carano...How do you guys feel about Women's MMA? Personally I think it's exactly like the WNBA: glad you're having fun, but I'm just not interested. Although I do like MMA quite a bit (and hate basketball) so I do still find myself watching if it's on...

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

Speaking of Carano...How do you guys feel about Women's MMA? Personally I think it's exactly like the WNBA: glad you're having fun, but I'm just not interested. Although I do like MMA quite a bit (and hate basketball) so I do still find myself watching if it's on...

I love it. When you get a couple of good bjj girls going, they can bend in all kinds of ways to get a sub. I've seen some amazing things. There are a handful of really great women fighters and I enjoy them as much as the men. Carano, Cyborg, Tara Larosa, Megumi Fujii, Rosi Sexton, Kelly Kobold, Carina Damm and a few more are all really good.

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

How do you guys feel about Women's MMA?

Ummm, no interest whatsoever. (nttawwt) I have not seen it, and would definitely change channels once I got past the "train wreck syndrome"...

[NCRadioMan]

Satoko Shinashi is another awesome fighter. Check this out. She is the real deal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9W9luyxHw

Not only is Gina Carano very good looking, she kicks arse!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukc3W...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku4xU...eature=related

[Ken]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Babalu/Mousasi Title at Strikeforce Confirmed

Frank Mir May Face Cheick Kongo At UFC 107

Not a Babalu fan, but glad to see this fight get held together. This should be good!

I will definitely be pulling for Mir in this fight. It'll probably get done; makes sense.

How do you guys feel about Women's MMA?

I like it, as long as there are good fighters. My only knock on women fighters is they have more a tendency to stand toe-2-toe and trade punches. Not bad, but not good strategy. I'd be shocked if Gina mixed up the clinch and goes for a takedown to avoid Cyborg's big punches.