News and notes from around the MMA world …

- Here’s the lineup for Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion.

- Todd Martin discusses Strikeforce’s business model as well as their show this weekend.

- Sam Caplan talks to Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez about his fight this weekend.

- Daniel Puder talks about his fight this weekend as well, but also about the possibility of fighting Kurt Angle.

- It’s not only wrestlers and MMA fighters being reported for taking steroids these days. And doesn’t Shane Mosely now work with Oscar De La Hoya?

- Yahoo! Sports updates their Top Ten rankings.

- Mike Coughlin writes about how well Pride guys have really been doing in the UFC.

- The Rock talks UFC, wrestling, and movies.

Talking Points

After all the UFC craziness of the last two weeks, there’s a bit of a lull in the fighting schedule. Strikeforce will be streamed on Yahoo! Sports starting at 9PM Pacific on Saturday. The show is taking place at the Playboy Mansion and I actually was thinking about trying to get tickets for the show. I had a contact who said she could probably get them, but did let me know that they were $1000 a pop. Interestingly enough, I thought about it for a good day and a half before I came back to reality and stopped pretending like $1000 for a show wasn’t expensive.

Anthony Figueroa, who is fighting early on the show, told me that it’s really a party built around an MMA card. There are going to be after parties, catered food, card games, and the chance to hang out at the Mansion. Hopefully, I’ll be able to interview Figueroa sometime in the future and get him to talk about the experience.

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Garrett M. Gonzales
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Labels: Anthony Figueroa, Daniel Puder, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Gilbert Melendez, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosely, Strikeforce

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