Signs Pointing to October 10 in New Jersey for Fedor Emelianenko's Strikeforce Debut on Showtime
by Kid Nate on Sep 7, 2009 9:39 PM EDT
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Franklin McNeil started the ball rolling on ESPN's MMA Live when he said that he had unconfirmed information from a trusted source that Fedor Emelianenko would be making his Strikeforce debut on October 10 in Newark, N.J. at the Prudential Center. Fedor is expected to face Brett Rogers.
John Morgan puts more clues together:
In addition to McNeil's speculation, Strikeforce's broadcast partner Showtime recently added an Oct. 10 event to its programming guide. While the listing offers little in the way of details, the reserved block adds further stock to McNeil's report.
Showtime Sports exec Chris DeBlasio today told MMAjunkie.com the addition to the network's schedule didn't guarantee an event – but he also wouldn't rule out the possibility of a card.
"There's no details to fill in there," DeBlasio said. "There's no information on that particular date or an event planned for [Strikeforce]. It's just a placeholder for scheduling so they can block off time where we can air a live event on that date if we choose to.
"It could always be changed, even of we name Fighter A vs. Fighter B, but in this particular instance, it definitely could be."
Morgan goes on to speculate that Strikeforce is delaying the announcement of the date as long as possible to make it more difficult for the UFC to counter-program the event.
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Sweet, UFC fight night October 10th.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 9:43 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
They probably know the ratings for that show are gonna be shit anyway so it doesn’t really matter.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It would, but at this point I figure the UFC will cannibalize the WEC, so they probably wouldn’t give a crap.
I love me some Sexyama!
Right, like Rome said below, they gave up caring about the WEC a while back.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
In a fight?
Or does fedor just do pro wrestling matches with his buddies now?
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Yeah
Fedor and Mousasi worked a fight. They should NEVER be able to live it down.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
live what down?
Everyone knew it was a special grappling exhibition from the get go. If anyone didn’t get what they expected from that fight, they are the one’s who are dumb, not Fedor and Mousasi.
What do you mean “live what down?” I literally just said WHAT in the sentence before. Can you not read?
Fedor and Mousasi worked a fight. And no, it wasn’t a “grappling exhibition,” they faked strikes too.
If it had been a grappling exhibit and they had really grappled instead of putting on a fake fight that’d have been just peachy.
Instead, Mousasi let Fedor win their fake fight so he could look good on TV in a desperate attempt to promote fedor.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think it was stupid, but I don’t get why people would get upset over it.
That was what they said it would be. If you expected a real fight, you’re the one who was mistaken. It was exactly what he did with Aoki in Japan.
i actually called it ahead of time
Frankly that makes it even worse.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I have no idea what you are talking about.
They said they were going to put on an exhibition. You thought it wasn’t going to be a real fight. It wasn’t a real fight. What is the sin here?
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
They worked a fight
that’s the sin.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
So did Brock sin every time he performed in WWE?
I don’t see how saying, “i’m going to work a fight” and then working a fight is doing anything wrong.
Ah, but they didn't say that
They said exhibition.
Do I seriously have to define the word exhibition for you miserable illiterates? AGAIN?
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
No one cares what the definition is.
Everyone but you seems to think they did exactly what they said they were going to do. Yet we are the dumb ones. Makes sense I guess.
You clearly
do NOT care what the definition is.
since learning that information would annihilate your argument completely.
Feel free to remain ignorant.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
And yet
the fact that “oh it was an EXHIBITION” is everyone’s excuse.
Even though that does not imply a professional wrestling match.
Fedor worked a fight.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
Getting this worked up about this is like getting upset that a team didn’t put in their starters and try to win if the last NFL Preseason game was close in the 4th quarter.
Is everyone that lost in week 4 a disgrace because they worked a football game?
It was an exhibition, they exhibited their skills for everyone to see. No one competent thought they were really going to fight. If they did, all they had to do was look up Fedor’s last public exhibition, with Aoki, and get a dose of reality.
If, after all that, they still expected a real fight, they’re dumb, and they deserve to be angry.
It's more like
if one NFL team threw a game to make the other one look better
since that’s almost exactly what happened here.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
NO
Its nothing like that. Someone inform Paynuss! This fight was obviously worked!
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Miserable illiterates? Nice troll job.
BOOSH
by Farthammer on Sep 8, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He obviously doesn’t know what a martial arts exhibition is.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The fights on TUF are exibition matches. You may notice a difference in the intensity of the competition between a TUF fight and the Fedor/Mousasi whateverthehellthatwas.
Keep firing Assholes!
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Pretty much my point. I’ve heard of setting some things up for an exhibition match, but nothing like what went down with Fedor/Mousasi.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
No, they’re exibition matches except for the semi-finals and the finals. Those are pro fights.
The reason that thye are officialy exibition matches is so that the results can be released when the show airs.
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Depends on the context of it. An exhibition can be damn near anything.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh man, is someone gonna be upset when they find out Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior was staged.
It was an exhibition champ, did anybody in the mma world think it was a legitimate fight?
exhibition does not equal work necessarily
and you just made an analogy wherein mousasi and fedor are hulk hogan and the ultimate warrior, which I could not agree with more
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
Oh man, this whole exchange, with Paynuss losing his head over the Fedor/Mousasi thing… amazing. Just an incredible thing to get even remotely upset about.
by JRN on Sep 8, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
So the UFC is going to counter program Strikeforce on Oct. 10
But that would also mean they are counter programming the WEC. That would be very stupid.
Here’s a better idea:
Let the WEC do their card Oct. 10
Let Strikeforce do this card Oct. 17
Let UFC 104 happen on Oct. 24
No head to head, no counter programming. No bs. How about letting mma fans have 3 great events in a row. Wait that makes too much sense.
From a silly fan’s comment that might make sense, but not in a competitive business setting. Realistically, Zuffa will probably kick up the promotion for WEC and see what happens.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
WEC not being on DirecTV anymore...
is hurting a bit more right now…
I'm like PacMan fightin you silly kids... throw ya Hatton the ring, and get knocked outlike Ricky did.
lol.
Go Jersey. =). The arena should sell out if Strikeforce knows how to promote the show.
20,000,000+ people (that doesn’t even include Philly, Baltimore, or DC)
Strikeforce couldn’t promote the last “biggest fight in the history of Strikeforce”, what makes you think they can do better this time? Plus, isn’t the casual fan gonna think “if this Russian guy is so good why isn’t this a title fight”? It just makes no sense that this isn’t at least for an interim championship.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That’s a very strange equation.
Are you thinking people will have figured out the answer to this question (and still care if they did)
Think of it this way. Even if 10% of 20,000,000 know who he is that’s still 2,000,000. All you need is 14,000 of them for a gate. TV is another ballgame.
Speaking as someone who can see the arena from my roof, this thing is going to be in asshole of America. It’s going to take a lot more than knowing who he is to care enough to get over here.
How many times does someone have to fail with the promoting strategy “fedor is the best” before people realize that it will take a little more than that to get people to care?
Problem is, it’s closer to 2% of that 20mil that know who he is and probably around 5% of that 1mil actually care about him fighting. And about 3% of that 50,000 is willing to shell out the kind of dough needed for it to be lucrative for m-1/strikeforce.
by Screwface on Sep 8, 2009 3:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is the type of fight you can’t see on an illegal stream. I’m definitely getting Showtime for Fedor.
'Ello G'vnor!
Not for me. Not unless they do a great job of promoting it. Sorry, but I’m not going out of my way to watch Fedor settle for second best.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL, b/c you need convincing as an MMA fan to watch the best MMA fighter fight.
=)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I see every Anderson Silva fight.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 8 recs
LOL, I would like to hear what the lines would be on a Fedor vs Silva fight. Hint, Fedor would be the favorite. =)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Fedor vs. D-9 Prawn
Fedor won’t be the favorite =)
Yeah, he would be, but god damn I’d still love to see it.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Fedor gets dealt like a deck of cards in that fight, don’t fool yourself. Fedor’s good, but certainly not the best.
by Screwface on Sep 8, 2009 3:13 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed.
Anderson is the best fighter. I still don’t get why some people can’t see that. And this is coming from a person who never really liked Anderson to begin with.
I love me some Sexyama!
I’ll be watching, but I won’t be paying. Are you that ignorant as to put words in my mouth? Why would I PAY to see Fedor fight second tier opponents?
It is illogical to go out of my way to pay someone who won’t sacrifice to please the people who pay his bills. As far as I’m concerned, M-1 and Fedor will never get a penny from me.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
All he needs is
"I would say that he’s a little donkey that, he’s on steroids, he thinks he’s a running horse. But, he’s more like a little pony." - Gegard Mousasi on Paulo Filho
The green looks too much like guacamole for my taste, but I heard Fedor keeps an open mind when it comes to ice cream.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
any more colors in there
it could be sanctioned by wamma
"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"
by blubber_guard on Sep 8, 2009 3:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea why they are being such cowards about counter programming. There’s virtually no evidence it hurts the opposition, and will just bring more press to Fedor. They should embrace it, instead they are hiding the ball and shortening their own chance to promote.
The UFC has a show ready to go with a full lineup to counter promote depending on Strikeforce’s show announcement. And no, I wouldn’t put it beyond them to counter program WEC. They are long since past caring about WEC and obviously are planning to absorb it.
BROCKLESNAR
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How well do you think the show is going to do? (Gate+ratings) Will we see a flop or will Strikeforce do another solid show?
Strikeforce doesn’t flop big shows. It will be a nother solid show.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How many of these “big shows” has strikefarce had?
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I hate to defend supremacy, but he said “solid show”…which Strikeforce has plenty of.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 7, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you, he said they don’t flop “big shows”.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes, and I said it will be solid, like all their non Challenger shows.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think the numbers those have pulled will be enough to keep the great Edor happy.
That’s sort of the whole problem (I think) with the signing. It requires a huge leap in the amount of promotion that needs to be done, and what the definition of a “good” show is. They haven’t shown anything that shows they are ready to make that leap right now, and the troubles they had last time, when working with a much more promotable figure (gina) does not bode will.
Aren’t you shooting for something more than “solid” when you are talking about the biggest signing in company history, the highest paid fighter on your roster and the supposed best fighter in the whole world? I would think “solid” would be a HUGE disappointment.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 11:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I am saying it will most definitely be solid. It could always be better, which is what they are shooting for, I would think.
=)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
brock does
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUt-5PnrfjY
"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"
by blubber_guard on Sep 8, 2009 3:39 AM EDT up reply actions
They’ve only had one good rating since coming on the air and it was with Gina Carano, the biggest TV draw in MMA history thus far. They also did a fucking terrible job promoting that fight.
by Michael Rome on Sep 7, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
But at the end of the day, they are solid shows. The Diaz vs Shamrock event had solid gate numbers and was successful. Sure the ratings weren’t as high, but it was still a solid show for them.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn’t change the fact that they did a horrible job promoting it, which was the original discussion.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Could they have done better? Yes. Did it flop? No.
=)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Could UFC 100 have done better? I really don’t see how. When you are chasing a behemoth like the UFC you can’t afford to not hit a homerun every time you have a show with the possibilities of a Carano vs. Cyborg.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 11:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Your forgetting
This isnt Affliction. This isnt the IFL. They arent chasing the UFC.
Strikeforce is simply an mma company trying to put on competetive fights for the fans.
The only reason Dana hates them now is because they signed a guy he wanted.
If he hates Showtime it's only because
they gave Strikeforce a tv deal.
Dana doesnt care if your a small league with no tv deal and no real top talent.
But if you sign any top talent that Dana wants and get on tv Dana thinks you screwing him over.
Dana can have any talent and any tv deals he wants he just has to come to an agreement with talent or tv but sometimes he doesnt and then acts like another company is in the wrong.
The UFC could have had Fedor and a deal with HBO but Dana was not willing to get either deal done and now your gonna hate Strikeforce because they took a tv deal and signed Fedor?
He may seem like he takes this all personally but it’s just business, if he thinks you are a threat to him then he is out to squash you, that’s it. He is a cut-throat businessman and considering where Zuffa is now compared to 7 or 8 years ago I think it’s pretty obvious that he is good at what he does.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
Strikeforce has always been able to draw well in Northern California. The question is can they make the leap to the national stage.
Thus far, their results have mixed. They only drew 8000+ fans for their Tacoma show (Sapp-Nortje) and only drew 7000+ fans for their St. Louis show (Shields-Lawler). San Jose can’t support more than 4-6 cards a year without cannibalizing their gate receipts per event. If the are going to putting on as many shows as they claim, they are going to need to find a way to open up new markets.
Actually, the St. Louis show drew close to 9k fans, not 7K.
The Sapp vs Nortje show was NOT a big show for them.
I wonder if they ate telling fighters In advance wh their opponents will be. It’s gonna be tough for them putting a five week training camp
by The Bronzeville Bully on Sep 7, 2009 10:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And wh=who?
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 10:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Can Somebody explain to me what is the end game?
Lets say Strikeforce goes under after its next show, then what?
Does the UFC want to be the only mma organization in the U.S.? In the world?
If Fedor doesnt sign with the UFC after Strikeforce is the plan to kill any organization that he can go to until he either comes to the UFC or retires?
Are they gonna eventually try to counter program Dream and Sengoku. Is Dana gonna let these small organizations live on.
Even if Strikeforce dies someone else will come up, Bellator or someone.
So what is the plan to counter program until you have the top 10 fighters in each division? Top 20? Top 50?
Somebody just tell me where is this going? What is the plan?
There is no real endgame for the UFC. They just want to keep marching on until MMA is bigger than soccer.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Good luck with that
Soccer isnt big in America but is huge everywhere else.
I know that, but that’s the stated long term goal of the UFC’s brass.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Anyone who actually believes this is their goal is delusional. People take what Dana says way too seriously.
by Michael Rome on Sep 7, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
If you aimed to be as big as Curling, would you really be happy with yourself if you were? I’d rather set my goals so high that ‘settling’ was a win for everyone else, than set reasonable goals and actually be settling.
by CliChe Guevara on Sep 8, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Bigger than Soccer? MMA isn’t even bigger than boxing worldwide and people think it could be bigger than socceerr? It’s like the absurd notion MMA will be bigger than the NFL
It wasn’t that long ago that it was an absurd notion that the NFL would be bigger than baseball or that the NHL would fall of the face of the earth (as far as the US is concerned).
A Couple Of Points...
1) The Oct. 10th date for Strikforce and Showtime isn’t something new, no matter how awesome you think McNeil was for “breaking” that news.
2) (August 14th) Showtime said it themselves that Oct. 10th was a strong possibility.
We already knew that DREAM.11 would take place on Oct. 6 and UFC 104 on Oct. 24, but now it looks like Fedor Emelianenko will make his Strikeforce debut on Oct. 10. Ken Hershman, Showtime Sports’ senior vice president and general manager, informed FanHouse of the news on Thursday. Emelianenko’s first fight for the organization will air live on the premium cable network.
http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/08/14/strikeforce-close-to-finalizing-debut-date-for-fedor-emelianenko/
3) (Aug 24th) WEC Postponed to Oct. 10
http://www.watchkalibrun.com/2009/8/24/1001131/wec-43-postponed
4) There is another date in November they are looking at as well.
5) Oct. 23rd in Fresno is also being looked at for their next Challengers show.
If anything, the WEC bumped their show right to the original date that the Strikforce Oct. show was going to take place.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Sep 7, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Why do I get the feeling that another 300 post Fedor special is bearing down on us?
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Cuz we’re almost halfway there?
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 11:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Batten down the hatches, full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes.
Do you assholes want to live forever?!
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Batten down the hatches, full speed ahead,damnman the torpedoes.
Unless I’m missing an obvious movie quote, I fixed it for you. :)
I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.
I’m quoting a Civil War captain who gave the order “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Adm. David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay
I’ve been to the marker showing where the battle took place out at Ft. Morgan.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Sep 8, 2009 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
You will be their what?
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 8, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Off topic:
Sig bet for 103 Whodoyagot?
I gots:
Franklin
dos Santos
Kos
Griffin
Kampmann
Efrain
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
i’m gonna go
Belfort- Honestly I hope this can lead to Belfort/Silva
Dos Santos-I hope this is an ultra competitive match where both fighters look good
Kos- Frank could easily get this though
Griffin- He will win by decesion but im praying a stoppage
Kampmann- If it was Swick I was going Swick but Daley I’ll pick Kampmann if this fight happens at all it maybe dropped
and the upset special Miller over Efrain – I dont know why but you got to go one upset and I dont consider Belfort my upset
I was wondering what the deal was with the walla walla walla thing
Belfort can do it but if he doesnt get the ko in rd. 1 then i got Franklin via ud.
People underate Vitor since a sd loss to Ortiz in 2005 he has only lost twice to Overeem (one choke and one ud) and Hendo(ud)
Not saying he is a lock but madness isnt the right word either
Belfort- Honestly I hope this can lead to Belfort/Silva
You’re confusing what you want to see with what will probably happen. That is a secret to winning signature bets.
You may go now young grasshopper, today’s lesson is complete.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Ok that is true
But you gotta give Belfort a chance just because he has ko power.
Plus we both know Franklin’s only chance of winning this fight is a Decision.
Gonna be exactly like the Wanderlei fight. Rich is tough as nails
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
Anderson Silva agrees ;-)
'He built his whole reputation as a waffle house chef. They’ve been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes' - Don Frye on Fedor Emelianenko
by Well Read Idiot on Sep 8, 2009 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Now ufc 100 replay killed Gina in ratings.
This is like comparing apples and oranges. The Strikeforce show was successful for Showtime and the Spike TV did well for Spike, as expected. That’s the bottom line.
The bottom line is that of the millions of people watching spike that night, some of they may or may not have watched the Gina fight if UFC 100 wasn’t playing. Would it make a difference? Maybe, maybe not, but the UFC isn’t going to risk NOT counter programming.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 8, 2009 2:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Bottom line is a set of fights that took place a very short time ago managed to beat out live fights. All the UFC had to do was throw in a few undercard fights, even then it was probably not needed. SF as it stands now has no chance unless they meet this thing head on and set a date and start some heavy promotion other wise look for the UFC to counter program and blow the event out of the water.
FWIW
I walked over to the box office at the Prudential Center during my lunch hour.
Me: My buddies are coming over the weekend of October 9, anything going on that weekend?
Lady: Nothing on the 9th, we have a Strikeforce on the 10th, and nothing on the 11th.
Me: Do you have any details about that Strikeforce?
Lady: no
Me: When do tickets go on sale?
Lady: Next week
Me: Any idea on prices?
Lady: No
So it looks like they’ve booked an arena, for something. They said tickets will be on sale next week, so we should be getting some info soon.
This is a joke i was reading these 100+ comments how they dont care about SF and Fedor…yet they are waisting their time writing and arguing about it….i guess if its free yall all over it…if its a penny yall like the jews… well all i can say is i will watch any fight if i can afford it or i can watch it. free or not because i love the sport and i think fight is a fight i have seen no name fighters fight a good fight even better then lots of fights that i see on UFC. so if ur gonna hate …no one can stop you…but hating and posting over 100+ post about a guy that you dont “care”….. lol JOKE.
also another thing if Tito went to SF and got his ass handed to him by Gegard or any other LHW, yall would say he is a can and his fighting days are behind him …but now since he went to UFC…he is still considered to be a force….and i can say the same thing about over 20 fighters that come and go out of UFC…. but when they fight outside UFC they suck…they fight in UFC…they shit gold….lol SERIOUS? wow what a joke…
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