[Strikeforce on CBS]: firmato Dan Henderson vs Jake Shields, ancora nulla per Fedor (17/04/2010)

Strikeforce has been sort of slow in announcing their upcoming CBS card and rumors have been running rampant with no sign in them stopping any time soon. Strikeforce stands silent over the past few weeks as obscure MMA podcasts were getting scoops on Fedor Emelianenko not fighting on CBS and this show happening in Memphis. MMAWeekly had the interview that finally officially broke the news.

Dan Henderson and Jake Shields have agreed to meet in Strikeforce with the middleweight title on the line in April. Shields confirmed the bout when speaking to MMAWeekly on Tuesday night.

"It's a go now. We finally worked it out a few days ago," he said about the fight with Henderson. "It's a done deal, it's been agreed upon by both parties as far as I know, and I think it's set to go."

As recently as six weeks ago when Shields left to help out as assistant coach on the eleventh season of "The Ultimate Fighter," a deal had still not been sealed for the fight to happen.

Now, both Shields and Henderson have a deal in place to put the two middleweights in the cage together in April, although according to the current Strikeforce champion, while a date and venue have been given to the fighters, the actual broadcast has yet to be determined.

"I have a date (and) venue, but they told me to hold that back," said Shields. "Hopefully CBS. I think it's CBS. There's a slight possibility of Showtime because they're still (working it out). I don't know the rest of the card or any of that yet. But me and Dan's on, and I'm hoping it's on CBS."

Of course as Kid Nate aptly pointed out, Strikeforce has not been fighting any of these rumors, nor have they been making any announcements. This fight announcement came from a fighter... C'mon, Strikeforce.