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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: flexingtonsteele on March 12, 2011, 12:49:25 PM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Gamechanger-UFC-parent-company-buys-Strikeforce?urn=mma-wp105
I havent even read the article or watched the interview.
Its not april 1st so I think this is legit.
Zuffa, the parent company who owns UFC, bought Strikeforce, the UFC's biggest competitor. This isn't their first acquisition, as Zuffa purchased and absorbed Pride Fighting Championships as well as World Extreme Cagefighting. However, the plan is to continue operating as two, separate promotions
White mentions several times that business will continue as usual. That means that Strikeforce's April 9 event will go on without any changes. Much like before the WEC merged with the UFC, fighters won't fight for both promotions, and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will continue to run that promotion.
Strikeforce has contracts with Showtime to provide fights. White has mocked Showtime's involvement in MMA, and has contentious relationships with Strikeforce fighters like Paul Daley and Josh Barnett, as well as other employees like commentator Frank Shamrock. Because of that, White says he doubts that he will visit a Strikeforce show any time soon. He also has kept his hard line against co-promoting shows, so don't expect to see Fedor Emelianenko in the Octagon. The Russian superstar only appears at shows co-promoted by his company, M-1, and that stance isn't likely to change.
It's too early to say exactly what this means for MMA's future, but rest assured that it's a game changer. Things changed so quickly that just hours after the story broke, the UFC's official twitter promoted that tickets were on sale for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley.
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"no chicken or are they just out of chicken?"
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Goodbye Fedor and Josh Barnett.
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Goodbye Fedor and Josh Barnett.
I dont think I like this.
Monopoly's arent cool.
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holy fuk
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Goodbye Fedor and Josh Barnett.
Nope, Dana stated they will fulfill their contracts with Strikeforce......
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Very interesting indeed.
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so does that mean everyone can now fight anyone
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Wouldn't be a monopoly if one other company besides ufc could keep their shit together.
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Great news for the fighters ::)
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nvm..
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As long as I can pirate the PPV, I could not care less which banners the fighters are under. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
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Goodbye Fedor and Josh Barnett.
No, hello Fedor vs Randy Colture. ;D I think that will make for a great fight
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No, hello Fedor vs Randy Colture. ;D I think that will make for a great fight
::)
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Further elaborating on the landmark deal, the UFC President made the following points:
- Strikeforce will continue to run as is and the contracts they have in place, including a deal with Showtime, will be honored
- It is possible UFC guys could crossover into the Strikeforce ring but in general it will be “business as usual”
- Scott Coker will be staying on in his current role as head of Strikeforce
- Fedor Emelianenko will continue to be a Strikeforce/Showtime fighter
- The UFC is not going to co-promote with Strikeforce meaning there are currently no “superfights” planned
- The UFC is not currently looking to clean house on any level with White again again stressing it’s about helping Strikeforce grow while keeping things status quo for the most part
- The Strikeforce/Showtime deal runs for approximately another two years
- When Strikeforce contracts expire the UFC will consider negotiating to bring said fighters into the Octagon
- The UFC is looking at eventually doing a show at the HP Pavilion
- Strikeforce maintains the option to keep Paul Daley, Josh Barnett, and other fighters who have fallen out with the UFC
Stay tuned to Five Ounces of Pain as more information on the future of both companies as they relate to each other becomes available
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I dont think I like this.
Monopoly's arent cool.
Xd to complete infinity...but tell that to MindSpin. If there is one thing John D.Rockefeller taught the World is that monopolies suck...
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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No, hello Fedor vs Randy Colture. ;D I think that will make for a great fight
So says Mrs. Vissy.
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"no chicken or are they just out of chicken?"
(http://i54.tinypic.com/b71b34.jpg)
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^^wtf with this photo ...
(http://www.picvalley.net/u/2954/100307066363134631713000058336unQg0NA8rBj6LoRlAvD.JPG) (http://www.picvalley.net/v.php?p=u/2954/100307066363134631713000058336unQg0NA8rBj6LoRlAvD.JPG)