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Strikeforce talent, then and now

Tuesday November 27, 2012 11:44 PM By Mark La Monica

Fedor Emelianenko, left, tries to hit Dan Henderson,

Photo credit: AP

A combination of anonymously sourced reports and some rumors point to Strikeforce promoting its final event on Jan. 12, 2012, in Oklahoma City. If true (and it is widely believed that it is), it will mark the culmination of a slow (then quick) fall from No. 2 MMA promotion since being purchased by Zuffa, the parent company to UFC. There are likely many factors that contributed to this point, some...

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