posted by Ariel Helwani

This weekend is a huge one for mixed martial arts with “Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields” on Saturday night (Showtime) and “WEC: Faber vs. Brown 2″ on Sunday night (Versus).

I feel like I’ve been talking/writing about both of these events forever, and have quite a bit of work to show for it. Here are a few links to help get you ready for what should be a fun weekend of fighting.

Strikeforce

• Joe Riggs goes off on Jake Shields…
• … And Jake Shields responds
• Andrei Arlovski still can’t get over his loss to Fedor
• Robbie Lawler isn’t thrilled with having to fight at a catchweight
• It’s now or never for Phil Baroni

WEC

• Faber wants to beat Brown up
• Mike Brown: The evolving champion
• Grispi prepares to end Pulver’s career
• Cub Swanson faces a must-win situation
• Jens Pulver wants nothing to do with Jose Aldo
• Manny Gamburyan: new home, new weight class, new beginning
• James Krause has nothing to lose on Sunday night