Strikeforce's Gesias 'JZ' Cavalcante Frustrated With Fight Schedule
by Nate Wilcox on Apr 18, 2011 10:13 AM EDT
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Strikeforce has roughly 120 fighters on their roster at any given time. In 2010 they put on 15 events. This year they are on a pace to put on closer to 25 events. Each event features 4 or 5 fights. The math is pretty brutal and means most of their fighters will not get to fight 2 to 3 times a year.
Brazilian lightweight Gesias Cavalcante is frustrated with that pace and spoke to Tatame.com about it, he also shared his thoughts about the acquisition of Strikeforce by the UFC's parent company, Zuffa LLC:
Tatame: And how are things with Strikeforce now?
Cavalcante: Not good at all. They've been promising me a fight since December and every month they say the same thing: that I'll be on their next card, next month... Meanwhile they've offered me two bouts with five days in advance and I asked them sometime to think about it. They called me in the morning and I asked them to give an answer in the evening. Then, when I called them, they have found someone already, and they didn't tell me anything, they didn't call me... I hope that with Strikeforce's purchase, its organization will improve, and also its structure.
Tatame: How Strikeforce's purchase by UFC changes things?
Cavalcante: It's never good when there's a monopoly, it's complicated. For now, it's good because it's two different events, with individual contracts. If you have a contract with UFC, you have nothing to do with Strikeforce. It'll be good for the sport, because in the end of the day, you can have super fights, with people from both events, and you can reach different markets, but I'm waiting for other events too. The world is too big, and I hope that other countries grow and that new shows come up.
In the interview JZ mentions that he still hasn't been paid for his fight against Katsunori Kikuno at Dream 15 in July of last year.
Hopefully the Zuffa buy out of Strikeforce will mean fighters like Cavalcante will get more opportunities to fight.
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i didn't even realize he had a contract with them
When did he last fight under the strikeforce banner?
against Josh Thomson in October
Diaz v. Noons card
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 18, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah dude,
I thought he beat Thomson. Hopefully JZ gets a fight soon, I can sympathize with the guy. It’s not like fighting in Dream is really an option, considering they haven’t payed him yet.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 18, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
The funny thing is that there was one scorecard that was 30-27 for Thomson, and Thomson himself said in the post-fight interview that score was bs.
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I vaguely remember that. To be fair, I thought it could’ve been a draw, but I remember scoring the fight for JZ.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 19, 2011 2:40 AM EDT up reply actions
This is similar to Warren vs Galvao, except that JZ vs Thomson really was close enough to go either way or even get a draw. The similar thing being that Thomson got a 30-27 when he clearly lost one round, and he himself knew that as well.
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Fuckin bush league!
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 18, 2011 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
why do these guys keep fighting overseas without being paid first is beyond me.
by malo on Apr 18, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
It is better to fight and try to make money than to sit on your ass and make nothing guaranteed.
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by Earl Montclair on Apr 18, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
"It's never good when there's a monopoly..."
But, “[f]or now, it’s good [that there’s a monopoly.]”
Well said, JZ. Well said.
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Undercard?
With all of these guys complaining about not getting fights, I don’t understand why Strikeforce doesn’t do bigger undercards. I also don’t understand why they don’t show good undercard finishes in between main card fights instead of going off the air 30-40 minutes ahead of time.
I understand the reasoning others have used to defend SF’s prelim policy, but this is the reason I disagree with it. There are fighters sitting around waiting for fights and they’re running 90 minute, 4 fight cards. I hope zuffa can convince SHO to change the policy so the people can get paid.
Ugh. And to think that SF is (was?) the 2nd biggest MMA promotion in the world. It’s pretty pathetic when you think about it, really.
SF Challengers.
They show all prelim fights.
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They have a local regional promoter handle the undercard
with the exception of Peralta – Takaya on the Diaz-Daley undercard, I believe.
Now that they have some Zuffa backing, they could get more of their own fighters on the undercards.
I believe its mostly been because SF could only pay out a certain amount for each card (financial budgeting)…but I’m just guessing there.
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they bring in local guys to help with ticket sales.
Because they know one guy can bring in a lot of friends, teammates, family, etc from around the area.
Showing the finishes
would definitely be smart. I have no clue why they don’t.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
JZ vs Gomi.
For shits and giggles.
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I chatted with JZ in STL the night before Hendo/Babalu and he was PISSED then too.
Plus DREAM owed him $$ still too I believe.
He was a cool guy but simply just wants to fight.
GIVE THIS MAN A FIGHT!!!!!!!
Not really SF's fault
They don’t have the resources or time slots on Showtime to put on as many shows as people would want. They do have non-exclusive contracts, so he could fight somewhere else… that is, if he could find it. Truth is, MMA shows aren’t exactly making or paying big bucks on a regular basis outside of the UFC.
by Pantherhare on Apr 18, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure their fighters are allowed to fight outside of north america… they couldn’t just go and fight for Titan FC, MFC, Shark Fights or whatever. But now, of course, they could fight in the UFC if Dana would just let go of his “business as usual” thing.
sure they could...
…Prangley did it recently, and isn’t Lashley still under SF contract? He just fought stateside too.
No, they couldn't fight in the UFC.
Business as usual isn’t Dana’s qualifier, it’s Showtime’s.
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Coker himself said there’s nothing from stopping crossover fights right now. Unless he meant that UFC fighters could come in and fight in Strikeforce on Showtime, and not the other way around. Not sure.
Coker meant that UFC fighters could come to Strikeforce.
They cannot crossover Strikeforce fighters into the UFC until their contracts expire, or Showtime blatantly lets them steal fighters and lessen the Strikeforce brand, which they won’t do. UFC contracts are flexible because they originated with Dana, thus they can go over to Strikeforce. Strikeforce contracts originated with Showtime.
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Do you know for a fact that Strikeforce fighters have Showtime/CBS clauses in their contracts too? As far as I know, only Fedor has such a contract.
Of course they do. They are employed by Strikeforce AND Showtime. Or rather, Strikeforce exists because of Showtime. They have a deal with Strikeforce that takes them into, and I think to the end of 2012. The UFC bought Strikeforce, and it would be a breach of contract to suddenly grab guys and take them out of Strikeforce, and therefore Showtime. That has been stated several times. Just look up the posts from when the purchase happened and this was all cleared up then.
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by James Brady on Apr 19, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Just wasting away...
…lots of talent.
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by TrailerParkTrash on Apr 18, 2011 12:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Healy or Noons ??
There the only two that make sense but he’s in an awkard position because of the loss to Thompson (even though I thought he won the fight) if he managed to beat ethier its proably a bit meaningless because melendez destroyed Kawajiri and Kawajiri controlled Thompson so i dont think he would get a shot at Melendez even if he did win. It puts JZ in a difficult position but this is a problem that strikeforce has for multiple fighters they just need to start putting more than four fights on a card (obviously undercard in strikeforce is pointless except for unestablished fighters)
Lightweight is pretty shallow in SF,
if he beat Noons impressively, JZ could probably get a title shot.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 18, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Id love to see him fight Gil
He really took it to Thompson not sure how he lost that decision
I believe Meltzer mentioned...
that Zuffa is taking this roughly 2 month break between SF shows, but after the June card they intend to run more, so hopefully that’s true and fighters like JZ can get some fights.
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