Breaking news from Strikeforce

Two pieces of news in one for you today:

1. Fedor re-signs with Strikeforce.  Today should be the day I officially cease to believe any rumor containing the words "Fedor" and "UFC" in one sentence...but it probably won't be because I would probably shart my pants in excitement if he seriously did. His first fight is going to be in February against Antonio Silva in what will be Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament, which leads me to the second, more important piece of news:

2. STRIKEFORCE IS HAVING A HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT!
This is probably the coolest AND smartest thing Strikeforce is putting up for the fans: while the UFC's heavyweight division took a minor hit with Cain sidelined with surgery, Brock rumored to be leaving for WWE, Roy Nelson having contractual issues, and Junior dos santos left in interim-belt purgatory, Strikeforce is strategically pitting their 8 ranked heavyweights against eachother in timely, vintage MMA fashion.
I feel Strikeforce has done some weird shit in the past, such as granting title shots after 1 win and giving their heavyweight champion an opponent who was coming off a knockout loss (only to be knocked out again), but this heavyweight tourney looks to make up for it (at least on paper...) and one has to admit that this is one of the more exciting things they have done.

Still not a fan?  Check out the line-up:

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva
Andrei Arlovski vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers

If the brackets close the way they should, we might even see Fedor vs. Alistair!
I'm pretty sure Alistair is smart enough to keep away from Werdum's submission game this time and to lure him into a stand-up war, and I'm preeeeetty sure Fedor is going to straight up kick Bigfoot's big ass.

Stay tuned!!

Chael Sonnen's problems

Wow, does Chael Sonnen have problems or what?

Just when things were starting to get a little better for Chael, he now pleads guilty on money laundering and can face 20 years in prison with a $500k fine.

Seriously, what is wrong with this guy? He really needs to get his shit together.


First, Chael falls out of a political race for unknown reasons at the time to focus on fighting.
Then, he talks all this disrespectful shit, and then he beats up Anderson Silva and we all begin to think that he can actually back up his shit talk. And then, he gets caught with steroids.
Then he gets suspended for a whole year but thanks to the incompetence of the powers that be behind his case, he gets to only pay a small fine and can fight within 6 months.
Now, he pleads guilty to...money-laundering? WTF is that?

Chael has got to get his life back together if he ever wants to step foot in the octagon again.
He's already got problems with CSAC, he's now in deep shit with the IRS, but Chael's biggest problem? He needs to stop getting submitted/passing out with his face in other guys' crotches:

Advice to Chael: stop getting triangled buddy! We're starting to think you like it!!