From Sherdog:

"They have the desire to fight in MMA and we’re trying to put together a deal that makes sense," Coker told the Sherdog Radio Network’s "Beatdown" show last week. "Is he signed right now? No. But is he somebody we’d like to see in the cage in the future fighting for Strikeforce? It’s a possibility."

The 41-year-old Batista, who was a repeated WWE champion during his eight-year tenure with the pro wrestling outlet, has no reported prior combat sports experience thus far, though Coker has been told that Batista has already hired a striking coach and a ground instructor to train with.

We’re not the guys that are putting all the circus fights on," said Coker, "but in all fairness, look at Brock Lesnar. He made the crossover. Why not Batista?"

Let me say that I read this and it just proves my theory more and more. I know where Strikeforce is headed and it ain't a good place. I've seen this path before. I'll expand more into it later this week. This is a nonsensical move here. And I'll tell you why:

Yes, that is Booker "Booker T" Huffman who, fresh off of knee surgery, got into a legit backstage altercation with Batista and beat him up.

Besides the fact that he can't handle himself in an actual fight against a handicapped man, Batista has a damned belly button tattoo. No seriously, he does. And Batista has NO previous combat sports experience. Coker crazily compares him to Lesnar, but Lesnar was an NCAA champion. Even Lashley had wrestled in the Army. They have previous experience. Batista has none. In the article, Coker makes a snide comment about the UFC making freak show fights, but the difference is, James Toney is a boxer. Boxing is a Martial Art. Pro wrestling is NOT a martial art. Apparently Scott Coker doesn't know the difference. He envokes the name of Herschel Walker. Walker too has a legit Tae kwon do background. Batista uses powerbombs (and not the Rampage kind either).

Not to mention Batista is 45 years old. And is juiced to the gills. And gets injured just by walking down the ramp. No really. Lesnar may or may not have used, but he was the same size throughout his WWF career while Batista came in and put 30 more pounds on his already massive frame. Ever since debuting back in the fall of 2002, he's missed around 2 years in injury. He's fragile and I scoff to think that he would pass a physical, but I've been told those are jokes.

Scott Coker seems to think this is a good idea because "the UFC does it". There's another company out there that bases it's business model on how it's bigger competitor does things. And right now, it's in dire straights. We need Strikeforce to be healthy as a viable alternative to the UFC for both competition sake and for better salaries for fighters. Coker's past few months' worth of decisions have been destructive to the long term viabiity of the company.