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Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine Parting Shots: A solid overall card from Strikeforce helped us kick off 2012, though there were no upsets to be had on the card, which largely featured familiar fighters against newer names in the organization. More dubious was [+] Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine Preview: The first Strikeforce card in 2012 is arguably also the first card indicative of the new Strikeforce, which has been stripped of many of its stars and all of its heavyweight division, with the exception of a [+] Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Parting Shots: Strikeforce’s last event until June went off with a bang, as all but one main card fight ended in the first round last Saturday night. In the title matches, it was business as usual as both [+] Strikeforce: Keith Jardine Post-Fight Interview (Video): Keith Jardine talks about the majority draw decision with his fight with Gegard Mousasi at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley event this weekend. [+] Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Preview: Shortly here, Strikeforce will promote their first major event since Zuffa purchased them recently, as Nick Diaz will take on Paul Daley in a welterweight title defense. Meanwhile, plenty of other quality action will be on [+] Shark Fights 13 Live Blog: So, a funny thing happened while I was watching Shark Fights 13. Funnier than the fact that I was watching Shark Fights 13, even. I saw Don Frye’s shirt. Frye, who is one-thirds of [+] Strikeforce’s Roster Moves: Crafty or Bush League?: Randy Couture’s son, Ryan, will not have the experience that many first-timers have when he has his first professional bout. Unlike so many others who opened their pro careers in half-empty gymnasiums, on the undercard of [+] MMA Roundup: Fedor-Werdum 2, Rampage Jackson, Upcoming UFC/WEC Fights: So many times, the Roundup is more about stories peripheral to the sport of mixed martial arts: who said what, who got dropped from someone’s roster, whatever Chael Sonnen most recently said to make Anderson Silva want [+] Point Taken: Before the world exploded following a certain fighter tapping out last Saturday night, much of the talk of the MMA world surrounded two fights: Jardine-Hamill and Varner-Shalorus. Besides being pretty good fights overall and main events [+] UFC Cuts Don’t Always Make Sense: One angle that has gotten a bit of attention in the whole “Fedor finally loses” story is that the victor, Fabricio Werdum, was a UFC castoff not too long ago. Werdum was cut after posting a [+]