Strikeforce migration to UFC begins, confirmed fighters list

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Ronda Rousey (135lbs.) (6-0)
    Liz Carmouche (135lbs.) (8-2)

    Ryan Couture (155lbs.) (6-1)
    Caros Fodor (155lbs.) (7-2)
    Bobby Green (155lbs.) (19-5)
    Pat Healy (155lbs.) (29-16)
    Kurt Holobaugh (155lbs.) (8-1)
    Antonio Martins (155lbs.) (24-6)
    Gilbert Melendez (155lbs.) (21-2)
    KJ Noons (155lbs.) (11-6)
    Josh Thompson (155lbs.) (19-5)
    Isacc Vallie-Flagg (155lbs.) (13-3)

    Roger Bowling (170lbs.) (11-3)
    Jason High (170lbs.) (16-3)
    Nate Marquardt (170lbs.) (32-11-2)
    Tarec Saffiedine (170lbs.) (14-3)
    Chris Spång (170lbs.) (5-1)
    Robbie Lawler (170lbs.) (19-9)
    Bobby Voelker (170lbs.) (24-8)
    Tyron Woodley (170lbs.) (10-1)

    Roger Gracie (185lbs.) (6-1)
    Tim Kennedy (185lbs.) (15-4)
    Lorenz Larkin (185lbs.) (13-0)
    Luke Rockhold (185lbs.) (10-1)
    Anthony Smith (185lbs.) (17-9)
    Renaldo Jacare Souza (185lbs.) (17-3)

    Rafael Feijao Cavalcante (205lbs.) (11-3)
    Gegard Mousasi (205lbs.) (33-3-2)
    Gian Villante (205lbs.) (10-3)

    Daniel Cormier (265lbs.) (11-0)
     
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    Gilbert Melendez confirmed.
     
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    Tarec Saffiedine confirmed.
     
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    List updated. Mousasi, Jacare, Rockhold, others confirmed.
     
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    Rafael Feijao Cavalcante is expecting to fight for the UFC in the springtime.
     
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    The UFC has supposedly signed a handful of female fighters (a binder full?) but they haven't been announced. Tate, Coenen, Kaufman, etc. expected to be among them.
     
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    Some decent additions. Obviously Melendez and Cormier are the big two but Feijao and Mousasi should bring some new flavor to a 205 division that seems to be running out of fresh matchups. Rockhold, Jacare, and Kennedy might be able to mix things up in their division a little bit.
     
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    Bellator is supposedly going to try and sign Rampage but have claimed they aren't interested in Josh Barnett.
     
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    Luke Rockhold wants Costa Philippou for his UFC debut.
     
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    Steven Seagal wants to take Daniel-Son Cormier under his wing. He calls the undefeated Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix winner "a sleeper". Yeah. Cormier's a virtual unknown.

    In related news Seagal's top highlights of 2012 were Machida and Silva's front kick knockouts, which both happened in 2011.

    In other news, Seagal commissioned a bulletproof kimono. Gary Busey is getting jealous.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qW-QM5egdbg
     
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    Marquardt's coming back to the UFC. Will he get a new leg first?

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    Mousasi interested in fighting Gustafsson, Shogun, Machida. Any of those would make me happy.

    However I'm curious to see what he could do at middleweight.
     
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    Definitely excited to see cormier, melendez and mousasi.
     
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