Planned Collusion: Sinker (Strikerforce)

The sidelining advantage to tonight's Elite-XC card goes to StrikeForce who was able to secure and actually televise their fights on a major television network (as late as some of them play at night...ZZZzz) first. With the measurable success of tonight's card, it is highly probable NBC will look to secure a similar 4 fight prime-time deal with StrikeForce which would only mean more free live mixed martial arts action for the general public to consume. While there were reports of the UFC in talks with NBC and Fox earlier this year, it would seem from Dana White, president of the UFC, that a major network deal is expendable as quoted,

At the end of the day, what we’re really in is, we’re in the pay-per-view business. My job and my crew’s job here at the UFC is, we sit around and we create new ways to build our pay-per-view business, you know? To expose people to mixed martial arts, to expose them to the athletes, to learn.

I call B.S. on all fronts.

The prediction here is look for NBC to keep their StrikeForce highlight segment (which plays way too late at night in the opinion of this writer) and a set of events cross promoting with Elite-XC. The concern of NBC vs. CBS won't be as big of a deal as some might believe since the common competitor and toughest hurdle would be the UFC which should in turn only motivate both networks and both promotions to work together and truly present the biggest MMA show ever.   

Elbows and kisses to Adam Morgan of FiveouncesofPain.com for the Dana White snipet.