During a Wednesday press event, always vocal CEO of Strikeforce Scott Coker cleared up his company's relationship with DREAM, which is currently Japan's top MMA promotion. When the topic of his future plans with DREAM, he stated that he would be open to unifying Strikeforce titles with DREAM titles. In his own words:

"I think that one of the reasons why we made the alliance is so we can see some of the best fighters of Dream fight the best fighters of Strikeforce. Unifying those title belts, I have no problem with that. As a fan and as a company, we would definitely like to pursue that."

Does this make sense? Yes, in many ways. One, since this August, the two promotions have been freely sharing talent such as Alistair Overeem, Sokoudjou, Gegard Mousasi, and Mitsuhiro Ishida. They had been sharing fighters previous to that, but when Strikeforce announced the signing of WAMMA Heavyweight Champion and one of the world's top pound-for-pound fighters Fedor Emelianenko, DREAM wanted to make their relationship more official. Second, if the agreement is reached, the two companies would score a golden promoting opportunity. They would be able to boast in truly having the world's best and having connections with potentially the third largest promotion in the world. Individually, for Strikeforce, the merger would fill gaps the promotion has in coming cards when overusing fighters and the lack of title defenses could be a problem. For example, Gegard Mousasi will be used on their next main card, Fedor Vs. Rogers, next month, after headlining their last big event, Carano Vs. Cyborg, in August. For DREAM, it would greatly boost their standing in the MMA industry and place them, as afformentioned, in the role of the world's third largest MMA promotion. For the sake of strong competition and interesting fights, MMA fans can only hope this deal comes through.