M1 sounds like they know Strikeforce is bleeding so they are going in for the kill. Bleed every last dollar they can then eat the proverbial turnip.

Fedor shoud just say fuck it, and go fight in the dream super hulk tourney. You’d know that be awsome. Fedor smashing josé canseco, HMC, sokujew and minowaman. Would be sweet!!

I just hope he sits out long enough for some more “edor returns” commercials to be needed. Those were awesome.

SI.com: What is it about your business model with Strikeforce that leads you to believe it will be successful for mixed martial arts? And has it been effective so far in terms of holding events, making money, being sustainable?

Goddard: We are making money. We believe it is sustainable. We believe we’ve got the right combination of expertise in the MMA business and business acumen, business sense. We are operating in a business-like way from the beginning. From the beginning we are making money, and we expect both the revenues and profits to grow over time. For that reason we believe it’s very sustainable. We think there’s plenty of room in the MMA business given the growth of the MMA industry for perhaps a second or even other participants. We’re excited about both the live-event business and the broadcast business. The growth of the sport and our role in that. We think we’re poised to be a leader in that industry.

SI.com: As a brand, how much value does Strikeforce have right now? How much has it grown since SVS&E’s involvement?

Goddard: We think it’s got a lot of value at the present time, especially among the core MMA audience. We do believe it needs more exposure and more recognition. We need to grow the exposure and recognition among the general sporting audience. We think both the live events help that on a market-by-market basis. Certainly the events on Showtime have helped that. And the broadcasts on CBS helped that immensely. We acknowledge that we need to grow that in the general viewing audience

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SI.com: Some of the critics of the way Strikeforce is operated say there are too many chefs in the kitchen, so to speak. Decisions are slow to get made. What would you say to those critics?

Goddard: I would simply disagree. Scott is running the company on a day-to-day basis. He has the authority to make decisions that need to be made. We’re in regular communication with each other so we can reach each other on a moment’s notice. We compare notes regularly. Whenever you’re starting and/or growing a business in its early stages, there are complexities. Both with live events and broadcast events there complexities. The fact of the matter is things are not necessarily as easy as they may appear to be from the outside. There are complexities which sometimes take time and effort to work through.

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I womder if this anything to do with what he had to say about Fedor? He sounded like he had a secret. hmmm He said he is confident fedor will be fighting in the ufc soon. Who the hell knows, he always says that. But maybe just maybe this might be good news for the UFC.

seriously how do you try and “retool” an contract after one fight, and the ink is already dry?

On the table you see a scale model of the new NEOPALITON outdoor arena!! To be built in starsky oskol Russia!! Built to he 8 times the size of the ferrari arena!!!!!

No wait that’s a conference phone!

Yay, finally some the destruction of Strikeforce is being played out. I was tired of wondering what was happening behind the scenes to make them go down. Now we’re starting to get some of the play by play.

the chick in the background looks a lot like the female who killed Selena the pop star.

I thought M-1 said they would be happy with a true 50-50 co-promotion. Sounds like maybe they realized getting half the net profits from a Strikeforce/M-1 co-promotion just isn’t what they thought it would be.