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Despite broken hand, battle-tested Cormier expects 'plus-one fight' before year's end
 Daniel Cormier has faced his share of battles, and that doesn't even include Saturday's grueling "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" win over fellow tournament finalist Josh Barnett.
After a life fraught with personal tragedies, Cormier admits his recent success feels all the sweeter.
So despite a broken hand, he anxiously awaits his return to the cage, which could come by year's end
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Coker: 'Feijao' vs. Mousasi likely for vacant Strikeforce light-heavyweight title
 Following an ACL injury he recently revealed to MMAjunkie.com Radio, Gegard Mousasi won't be back in the cage anytime soon.
And that's just fine with his likely next opponent, who's expected to fight Mousasi for Strikeforce's vacant light-heavyweight title.
Following a grueling training camp, Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante - who made quick work of Mike Kyle at Saturday's Strikeforce event - is looking for a little rest and relaxation before his tentative title fight with Mousasi, a fellow ex-champ.
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Video highlights and interviews from 'Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final'
 After 15 months, the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix has finally come to an end.
At Saturday's Strikeforce event, Daniel Cormier scored a lopsided points victory over fellow finalist Josh Barnett to win the tourney championship.
Showtime has now released video highlights of the fight, as well as post-fight interviews with other winners from the event's main card.
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Ronda Rousey-Sarah Kaufman title fight targeted for late-summer Strikeforce card
 SAN JOSE, Calif. - The "rock star" is returning.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is expected to return in late summer at a currently unannounced card, likely in August.
Rousey, who's quickly become on of the sport's biggest stars, is expected to defend her title against former champ Sarah Kaufman at the Showtime-televised event.
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Strikeforce's Barnett to see orthopedist, manager says 'anything's possible' with UFC
 SAN JOSE, Calif. - Josh Barnett immediately went to the hospital after a grueling five-round fight that saw Daniel Cormier earn a unanimous-decision victory to win the Strikeforce world heavyweight grand prix.
Barnett broke his left hand in the first round of the fight and had it set in a splint by a doctor, who said it was not a "spiral" break, manager Leland LaBarre told MMAjunkie.com early Sunday morning.
An orthopedist now will determine the extent of the damage, after which the fighter and his rep will decide what's next.
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Strikeforce champ Melendez, CEO Coker say no to fourth fight with Thomson
 SAN JOSE, Calif. - Finding motivation to fight Josh Thomson wasn't the grand struggle it was made out to be for Gilbert Melendez.
"It's tough to get motivated sometimes just because if I was on the other end of the stick and I got a good opportunity, it's a lot easier to get motivated," he said after a close decision victory over Thomson at "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final."
Finding momentum during the fight was a different story.
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'Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy' officially adds Marquardt vs. Woodley title fight
 A long-rumored matchup for Strikeforce's vacant welterweight title is now official.
Strikeforce broadcasters announced during Saturday night's "Strikeforce:
Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" that Nate Marquardt
and Tyron Woodley will meet on July 14 with the belt
on the line.
The card, which also features Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke
Rockhold defending his belt against Tim Kennedy, takes place at Rose
Garden in Portland, Ore. The evening's main card airs on Showtime and
prelims air on Showtime Extreme.
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