Strikeforce books Robbie Lawler vs Renato Sobral for 'Los Angeles' with 'Mayhem' Miller facing possible suspension
by Jesse Holland on Apr 29, 2010 8:55 PM EDT
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Time to change your brackets.
Strikeforce middleweight Jason Miller could be facing a possible suspension for his participation in the televised CBS brawl following the promotion's April 17 "Nashville" event, and as a result, has been pulled from his tentative bout with Robbie Lawler on June 16, according to Sherdog.com.
From Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker:
"Miller isn’t fighting because we believe, in speaking with the Tennessee Athletic Commission, that he will put under some type of suspension. After reviewing the tape (of the April 17 incident), we felt that Miller shouldn’t headline our next event. We will honor the Tennessee commission’s decision when it’s announced."
Stepping in for "Mayhem" on the upcoming "Los Angeles" fight card is Renato Sobral, who has agreed to meet "Ruthless" at a catchweight of 195-pounds. "Babalu" was supposed to participate at DREAM 14; however, that was nixed when the promotion scrapped its upcoming light heavyweight tournament on May 29.
Lawler was last seen making a "Marvelous" comeback against Melvin Manhoef at Strikeforce: "Miami" earlier this year. Despite eating a dozen leg kicks that left him with a serious limp, the hard-hitting Lawler found the Dutchman's sweet spot and put him to bed in the latter part of round one.
He may need that power (along with the ability to stay on his feet) to get past the crafty Brazilian.
Sobral actually held the promotion's light heavyweight title until he got turned inside out by Gegard Mousasi at Strikeforce: "Carano vs. Cyborg" last August. That defeat snapped a five-fight win streak for the former UFC standout and it will be interesting to see his performance at 195-pounds.
Strikeforce: "Los Angeles" is also expected to feature heavyweight up-and-comer Bobby Lashley, as well as former EliteXC Lightweight Champion KJ Noons.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more updates on this still-developing fight card.
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the elephant would be more pimp
with a full gold trunk and not just a cap.
My elephants balling obviously.
Aoki 0-18 take down attempts. Never thought I'd see that happen.
as he should!
Place the blame on the guy who’s bailing on the org not the one who can breathe life in to its newbie fans.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
HAS being the keyword
hes been fighting middleweight for years
by xquisitewretch on Apr 29, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
and babalu hasnt fought HW since 2001
by xquisitewretch on Apr 29, 2010 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I just want to see Jacre fight!
I amlosing my patience! Im dying to see how much my boy has improved from his last fight!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
good fight announcement but WTF… your going to make Miller walk the plank COker?
You know you wanted him in there with SHields and Dana holding hands in public.
Not a good indicator Scotty… protect your fighters.
Aoki 0-18 take down attempts. Never thought I'd see that happen.
so who ultimately makes the decision, i read like it was up to the commission. i would hope its coker, and if it is it better not be just miller getting the hammer. he better go all bloody elbow on diaz and gilbert too...
I get my ass kicked for money, all you gotta do is talk motherfucker.... Rampage Pride GP03
by DrewMoney$$$ on Apr 29, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly! fuckn words are just that; words!
And the gracie camp losers get nothing? Those Stockton fags didn’t even come out and apologize! The person who takes it from words to physicality is responsible! If that ends up with them just chirpin its good publicity. But the punches and kicks made it bad. So discipline those fucks!
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
agreed!
That is complete bullshit! When it comes down to it all he did was ask for a god damn rematch and in return got jumped by like 10 people and he is possibly getting suspended!? Horseshit!
The Pain Train's in full steam ! ABM's look out.
by PSYQO78 on Apr 29, 2010 6:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
and in a TOTALLY non threatening manner,
He could have swore
He could have made first contact
He could have called names
Hell he could have rolled in with 20 guys too
He did none of that. He threw out the always fight provoking “Where’s my rematch?” with a grin on!
OMG guys get em!
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep this is garbage; starting to really dislike Coker if this is how he does business
Miller isn’t the one that needs to be disciplined; you see that type of showmanship all the time in mma and in boxing. The Gracie camp are the ones who went over the line and took it too far.
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on Apr 30, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
suspending miller
what a joke!!!!
and i want Hendo-Lawlor
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 29, 2010 6:10 PM EDT reply actions
i sure hope somebody passes this threads reception on to coker
Cause this isn’t going to go over well.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
What a tool
Well done Miller, you ruined someones moment trying to grab some more attention for yourself and it’s backfired spectacularly. No you’ve made a fool of yourself in front of millions and lost out on a main event fight. Good job.
By the way Worby, Shields apologised straight after the incident happened, Nick Diaz apologised in an interview with Ariel Helwani and Cesar Gracie apologised on behalf of the whole camp. So they did in fact come out and apologise.
Proud member of the Brock Pain Train.
Congratulations Jake, Gil and Mo. From the only Maniac to pick all 3 of them.
by David W-S on Apr 29, 2010 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
it can.
Most words ending in an unstressed -our in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Australia and most other English-speaking countries (e.g., colour, flavour, honour, neighbour, rumour, labour) end in -or in the United States (e.g., color, flavor, honor, neighbor, rumor, labor).
pretty cool since US english is what they teach around the world and what sounds the best to me coming from a non-english speaking country, it’s hard to even get what some ppl around the UK are saying at times.
Actually the way he used the word was plural, making his use of the word absolutely correct and you absolutely incorrect.
The error on his part was using “wasn’t” instead of “weren’t”. Grammar Nazi fail.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
Dude Cesar Gracie and Nick Diaz gave back handed half assed apologizes.
by darkside3744 on Apr 29, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly! david sees those as apologies?
Cesar apologizing on behalf of his whole camp was bs. Diaz’ were pathetic and the only one anyone saw was Shields apology, who by the way is the only one I feel is truly ashamed of what he did. His “thug” took over hanging out with all those wankstas. Bitch asses.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
david
i have to disagree with ya.
How many times (countless) has a fighter come in the cage post-fight and speak and say A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT more than “ya onna give me my rematch buddy.”
on a scale of Fault it goes 70/30 to ceasar camp
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 29, 2010 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
totally!
Uninvited or not, you always ALWAYS have the chance to be a bigger man and not retaliate physically. Or at least let Shields shove em if he wants and Miller can back for all that matters. The gang jump mentality ruined some good hype. Even though I still wanna see Mayhem smash Shields now more then ever lol.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i watch he Diaz bros fight (Nick is world class) in hopes of seeing them lose
always.
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 29, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
me too! as good as nick is and dont even get me started on his shitty brother
I just can’t support 2 complete losers like them. Their personalities are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. I was so excited when Zaromskis rattled Nick and looked to finish I almost hit my head on the ceiling I jumped outta my chair so high.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 29, 2010 6:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
nicks world class
nate will never be much
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 29, 2010 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
a fun fact is that nate's actually got a better ufc record.
nick went 6-4 in 10 fights and nate is 7-3.
Another Fun Fact
is that right now, in 2010, Nick Diaz is the only Diaz worth talking about, and is actually in the P4P talk (even tho i dont like him one bit) and is capable of being on of the BEST in his division if were in the UFC today.
I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
by SouthCaliStunNa on Apr 29, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Whose the Tool?
You must be joking blaming this on Miller. He played his part asking for a rematch AND he was let in the ring to do just that, and he got jumped and you blame him? The whole Gracie camp and the Diaz Bro’s are a bunch of thugs, and if Miller gets suspended and they do not, I will not watch Strikeforce any longer. Come to think of it I probably won’t anyway because the fights are usually complete garbage…
i am excited to see this fight
I have always liked Babalu and Lawler, cant wait
What a random match-up
… but I like it and I’m looking forward to it. Babalu via decision.
F#ck Miller!
Yeah what was he thinking going up in there and assaulting all those tight close family like people with his words? How dare he go into the cage when one of those tight close family like people was enjoying their moment and steal their thunder with his words! I mean knowing how close and tight those people are how could he not expect a different outcome?
Knowing that makes it all his fault.
If Coker/Strikeforce only punishes Miller I’m no longer going to waste time with them cause they have no balls to deal with the gracie camp. Being somewhere with words is somehow worse than ganging up and using fist? Sooner Strikeforce goes belly up the sooner the UFC can snatch up the fighters who are worth a sh#t.
Complete Joke
Ognitinoc, I’m with you, the sooner they go belly up the better. What a load of crap if Miller solely takes the fall for this. I hope Shields gets suspended indefinitely as well. Even though I give full credit to him for defeating Hendo, he is still so boring to watch fight I’d rather watch him cut his lawn while suspended, it might be more exciting then seeing him in the octagon…
If this is true
Scott Coker is a retarded prick. Im sorry Ive been a strikeforce fan sense the fedor fight and i even forgave them for the henderson fight. This is just stupid on cokers part keeping away the only real contender the middle weight divison has from the only other contender in place of some catchweighr bullshit. This isnt the ufc and with decisions like this it never will be
Miller should not be suspended
If he’s suspended, the guys who actually threw punches should be suspended too.
LOLOLOL!!!! Really dude.
Mayhem started and is resposible for the whole melee!!! That said they should not suspend him, I think everyone needs to back and realize it was just a brawl, it happens in all sports and at this point who gives a crap what non fans think!!!!!!!!!! If you are not a fan already you never will be, MMA is everywhere all the time you either like it or you dont. I thought the brawl was awesome but then Im Canadian, love hockey and think fights are awesome!!!! I think when teams brawl in Baseball, Hockey, Basketball or whatever is great!! I would never shy away from watching a sports fight/brawl.
The more I think about it
I’m leaning towards the theory that Holland let Mayhem in the cage that night.
Thoughts?
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
It's definatley Jesse's fault
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on Apr 30, 2010 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Sobrail FTW.
I could definitely see Sobral taking it to the ground and finishing it quickly. Sub in the first two minutes of the fight.
YAWN, no intrest what so ever!!
Babaloo will take Lawlor down and choke him out which is great and all. Lawlor is and always has been super over rated, cant stand either of these guys!!!
I’m not a huge fan of Lawler either but his comeback win over Manhoef was very impressive
by 49erEmpire on Apr 30, 2010 8:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
my two cents
Miller was wrong. For every action there is an equal & opposite reaction. Then there are consequences.
by Isis on May 1, 2010 12:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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