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Gina Carano Comeback Return Date 06/18/11 at Strikeforce Grand Prix

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It’s official, Gina Carano will be making her comeback debut on 06/18/11 at the Strikeforce Grand Prix Quarterfinals Heavyweight Tournament event.
Her opponent is yet to be determined. Scott Coker said in an interview with MMA Fighting that they had previously selected someone for Gina to fight but she had to back out due to her opponent being 3 months pregnant.

Sources:
MMA Junkie
Scott Coker Interview
Credit:  Thanks GGB & David Castro for the links

Steven Soderbergh Confirms “Summer” Release for Haywire 2011

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Steven Soderbergh confirms that action spy thriller Haywire is set to release most likely in late August.  With the movie coming in 2 million dollars under budget, there was money left over for reshoots.
The movie Haywire features an Ocean’s Eleven cast of stars which include Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton and Michael Angarano. The producer of the movie is Relativity Media.

Source:  IndiaWire
Credit:  Jchap

UFC Purchases Strikeforce

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The UFC has purchased Strikeforce on March 12, 2011 for an undisclosed amount of money. According to UFC president Dana White, the UFC will honor all current contracts that fighters have with Strikeforce. He also said that Strikeforce will operate separately from the UFC and continue to do the shows on ShoweTime. It will be “business as usual” so the UFC doesn’t plan on making any changes to how Strikeforce operates. As to why Strikeforce sold out in the first place, it could be a number of reasons which may include investors wanting a return on their investment. A number of MMA companies have failed in the past several years and there was probably some worry of this happening to Strikeforce in the future.
Dana White has stated recently that “woman will never fight in the UFC” so one has to wonder just how committed the UFC will be towards expanding woman’s MMA. It appears at least so far that this will be good overall for the sport of MMA and for Strikeforce in general. Scott Coker will remain with Strikeforce so ultimately he will make the call on which fights he wants promote so Gina Carano along will other woman fighters will a part of Strikeforce’s future.

Source:  Dana White Interview

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