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February 28, 2010 How MMA Can Better Utilize Aging Fighters: Out of Ken Shamrock’s last five UFC performances (his only such appearances after 1996), four were losses.  Three of those came to Tito Ortiz, and another to Rich Franklin, who was just about to win the UFC [+] February 28, 2010 Torres desperate for Bowles rematch: Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres is desperate for a rematch with Brian Bowles, who he lost his title to last year. Torres is keen to erase the loss to Bowles and not make the same mistakes [+] February 28, 2010 Wanderlei ready for Bisping rematch: UFC legend Wanderlei Silva has offered Michael Bisping a rematch if he wants. But the rematch will have to wait until after Silva’s next fight, that is expected to be against Yoshihiro Akiyama in the summer. Silva [+] February 27, 2010 MMA Roundup- Rampage, Carwin, Tim Sylvia: This week’s MMA Roundup features former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champions, as well as a man who hopes to win one of those titles this summer.  In addition, the injury bug bites an upcoming UFC event [+] February 27, 2010 Worth Watching: Strikeforce Challengers: If it can be safely said that awareness of Strikeforce’s regular offerings is but a portion of those of the UFC, then the Strikeforce “Challengers” series probably just has a fraction of that portion itself.  Without big [+] February 27, 2010 Strikeforce Challengers Results: Sarah Kaufman became the first-ever Strikeforce 135-pound women’s champion last night. Here are the rest of the results from the Feb. 26 Strikeforce Challengers card in San Jose: Main Card: Sarah Kaufman def. Takayo Hashi by unanimous [+] February 27, 2010 Kaufman delighted with performance: Canadian MMA star Sarah Kaufman was delighted with her win over Takayo Hashi at the Strikeforce Challengers event last night in San Jose, California. Kaufman became the first-ever Strikeforce 135-pound women’s champion. “I’m really happy with my [+] February 26, 2010 What’s Left for Cro Cop, Nog and Silva?: In my UFC 110 Parting Shots column, I mentioned that there was a lot to say about the futures of three former Pride Fighting Championships superstars, all of whom now face difficult roads back to glory: Mirko [+] February 26, 2010 Fedor will not fight on Strikeforce card in April: Russian MMA star Fedor Emelianenko will not feature on the Strikeforce card in April, according to M-1 Global. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed on Thursday that they will have a card in Nashville on April 17. M-1 [+] February 26, 2010 Strikeforce boss confirms April event: Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed on Thursday that they will have a card in Nashville on April 17. Reports have suggested that Strikeforce have another big card on CBS coming up in April, but Coker is refusing [+]