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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 [+] 2011 In Review: Year-End Awards: In the first part of my look back at 2011, we talked about the biggest stories of the year in MMA. Now, we’ll hand out some awards in the categories we’ve all come to know and love. [+] Fightmania December Rankings: December exemplified the rest of 2011, meaning that there were plenty of big events, along with some surprising results and dominant performances, too. While some fighters, such as Jon Jones, have a firm grasp on the top [+] 2011 In Review: Biggest MMA Stories: Welcome to part one of my two-part look at the year in mixed martial arts, which will focus on the biggest stories and happenings of the year. On Saturday, we will feature the second part of the [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Parting Shots: Another Strikeforce event is in the books, and with a new Showtime deal in place it will apparently be far from the last. It’s only appropriate that the promotion’s best remaining fighter, Gilbert Melendez, led us out [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Live Blog: Join us tonight at 10:30 ET/9:30 CT for a live blog covering Strikeforce’s “Melendez vs. Masvidal” event. I will be here providing my take on the fights themselves as well as seemingly random observations about everything else [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Preview: With apologies to Luke Rockhold, Gilbert Melendez is Strikeforce’s last big name champion. His contemporaries, Alistair Overeem, Dan Henderson and Nick Diaz, have already left for the UFC, so fans can be excused for thinking the writing [+] Fightmania November Rankings: November was a pretty tumultuous month rankings-wise, as not one, not two, but four top five fighters lost inside the month. Cain Velasquez, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Eddie Alvarez and Brian Bowles experienced defeat, even if only three [+] Weekend Review: Fedor-Monson, Bellator, Strikeforce: To say that this past weekend was a big one for MMA is a massive understatement. Besides UFC 139 (Parting Shots coming tomorrow, by the way), we had Fedor Emelianenko’s first fight since leaving Strikeforce, another installment [+]