Merger - Hypothetical Division Convergence

We have UFC and Strikeforce. the TV deals are up, SF is to be absorbed. Who comes into the UFC folds who doesn't and also, who is sent walking from the UFC as a result?

I can see Rogers and Sergei(post loss to Barnett) as dudes who are sent walking. I think UFC will take a flyer on Grave digger, and SDR will get a shot.

Daley is another obvious possibility to be let go, bad blood on both sides.

JZ, Healy, beerbohm, no need for those guys. Noons is a wild card. He has talked ish about the UFC in the past, and I can see him shooting over to Bellator, and boxing on the side.

captain organic wrote:

I can see Rogers and Sergei(post loss to Barnett) as dudes who are sent walking. I think UFC will take a flyer on Grave digger, and SDR will get a shot.

Daley is another obvious possibility to be let go, bad blood on both sides.

JZ, Healy, beerbohm, no need for those guys. Noons is a wild card. He has talked ish about the UFC in the past, and I can see him shooting over to Bellator, and boxing on the side.

SDR may never fight again. Sucks I was a big fan.

HW

SF in
Reem
Silva
Lavar Johnson
Cormier
Werdum
Kharitonov
Griggs
Barnett
Del Rosario

SF Maybe
Gabriel Salinas-Jones

SF no
Walker
Devin Cole
Shawn Jordan
Jeff Monson
Bryan Humes
John Devine
Jason Riley
Jay Freeman
Othereem
Zwicker

UFC out
Mark Hunt


Boom UFC HW division is 30 fighters deep now.

captain organic wrote:

I can see Rogers and Sergei(post loss to Barnett) as dudes who are sent walking. I think UFC will take a flyer on Grave digger, and SDR will get a shot.

Daley is another obvious possibility to be let go, bad blood on both sides.

JZ, Healy, beerbohm, no need for those guys. Noons is a wild card. He has talked ish about the UFC in the past, and I can see him shooting over to Bellator, and boxing on the side.

I don't think KJ will get a shot in the UFC. They probably don't want him as a WW and the LW division is just too deep with the addition of the WEC guys.
Daley won't be in the UFC, he burned that bridge. Guys like JZ and Healy have to keep winning to have a shot to stay on roster.

GDPofDRC wrote:

HW

SF in
Reem
Silva
Lavar Johnson
Cormier
Werdum
Kharitonov
Griggs
Barnett
Del Rosario

SF Maybe
Gabriel Salinas-Jones

SF no
Walker
Devin Cole
Shawn Jordan
Jeff Monson
Bryan Humes
John Devine
Jason Riley
Jay Freeman
Othereem
Zwicker

UFC out
Mark Hunt


Boom UFC HW division is 30 fighters deep now.

agree, but if Hunt wins they'll keep him around

LHW

SF in
Mousasi
Lawal
Cavalcante
OSP
Hendo
Kyle
Gracie
Larkin

SF Maybe
TJ Cook

SF no
Sobral
Villante
Mehmen
Berry
Carson
Ferguson
Britt
Humphrey
Smith
Jones

UFC out
Vemola
Cantwell
Marshall
Pokrajac

Gin!

MW

SF in
Jacare
Kennedy
Medeiros
Brunson
Le
Rockhold

SF out
Villefort
James
Smith
Scott Smith
Lawler
James
Manheof
Amagov
Radach
Rogers Stalling

UFC out
Credeur
Tavares
Jensen
Bongfeldt
Miller
Sakara
Dollaway
Head

Speaking of Robbie, I think that would be a great fight for Jardine's MW debut.

WW

SF in
Woodley
Daley
High
Scafidine
Volker
Bowling
Stinston

SF out
Santos
Galvo
Palmpna
Burrell
the other 18 guys

UFC out
Nijem
Wilks
McCray
Mitchell
Guymon
Roberts
Howard
Riddle
Hardy
Brown
Grant

Does Jardine make the cut?

No, no he does not.

After the Mousasi draw and the drop to MW? He will get another Zuffa fight. Win and he is in.

It would be a shame for him to given someone's spot. Jardines 35 means to me, he is done, Arlovski will accomplish more than Jardine in the remainder of their careers. He wants Cung Le, if that were to happen he would get put to sleep again. And the draw was like winning the powerball for him.

OU wrote:

After the Mousasi draw and the drop to WW? He will get another Zuffa fight. Win and he is in.

the dean of mean ain't making no WW! he gon' be a MW

GDPofDRC wrote:

It would be a shame for him to given someone's spot. Jardines 35 means to me, he is done, Arlovski will accomplish more than Jardine in the remainder of their careers. He wants Cung Le, if that were to happen he would get put to sleep again. And the draw was like winning the powerball for him.

I agree he doesn't deserve a spot and Le will put him down. But if by some miracle he wins, he is in. Also Dan Hardy won't be cut, they love that guy. Now he should be cut, but he won't be.

This won't happen. Not enough UFC fights. The UFC isn't going to release 40 guys to Bellator. The UFC isn't going to conceed every network. The UFC also has to add flyweight which has been announced for 2012. The UFC is not going to conceed WMMA to a competitor.

Why the hell would the UFC gift wrap Spike, tons of fighters and the popular names in WMMA to Bellator in one fell swoop?

You niggaz ; embarrassing selves g

OU wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

It would be a shame for him to given someone's spot. Jardines 35 means to me, he is done, Arlovski will accomplish more than Jardine in the remainder of their careers. He wants Cung Le, if that were to happen he would get put to sleep again. And the draw was like winning the powerball for him.

I agree he doesn't deserve a spot and Le will put him down. But if by some miracle he wins, he is in. Also Dan Hardy won't be cut, they love that guy. Now he should be cut, but he won't be.

you best believe he's gonna get cut if he loses the next fight

Wolfgangsta wrote:

This won't happen. Not enough UFC fights. The UFC isn't going to release 40 guys to Bellator. The UFC isn't going to conceed every network. The UFC also has to add flyweight which has been announced for 2012. The UFC is not going to conceed WMMA to a competitor.

Why the hell would the UFC gift wrap Spike, tons of fighters and the popular names in WMMA to Bellator in one fell swoop?

You niggaz ; embarrassing selves g

LOL Mr. I know exactly what they will do before they even do it. You're refusal to acknowledge even the possibility that anything else will happens destroys all your cred on this subject.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

This won't happen. Not enough UFC fights. The UFC isn't going to release 40 guys to Bellator. The UFC isn't going to conceed every network. The UFC also has to add flyweight which has been announced for 2012. The UFC is not going to conceed WMMA to a competitor.

Why the hell would the UFC gift wrap Spike, tons of fighters and the popular names in WMMA to Bellator in one fell swoop?

You niggaz ; embarrassing selves g

What are you talking about? Please read the title of this thread out loud three times than decide if it's right for you to participate in. We already have threads discussion things like you post here, no need to spam it all over.

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LOL Mr. I know exactly what they will do before they even do it. You're refusal to acknowledge even the possibility that anything else will happens destroys all your cred on this subject.

Stop man. At some point you abandoned the issue at hand and made it "LOL YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THINGS THAT HAVENT HAPPENED YET BUT ARE VERY LIKELY"

I do not know exactly what will happen, I do know what makes ZERO sense and what does make sense. "in my opinion", which at this point shouldn't have to be disclaimered.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

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LOL Mr. I know exactly what they will do before they even do it. You're refusal to acknowledge even the possibility that anything else will happens destroys all your cred on this subject.

Stop man. At some point you abandoned the issue at hand and made it "LOL YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THINGS THAT HAVENT HAPPENED YET BUT ARE VERY LIKELY"

I do not know exactly what will happen, I do know what makes ZERO sense and what does make sense. "in my opinion", which at this point shouldn't have to be disclaimered.

You don't have to state it as your opinion for it to be taken as your opinion. However you went out of your way to mention it as fact and not opinion. At that point what am I suppose to think? You didn't come on here and tell us what you strongly feel will be the result. You came on here and informed us that what you are saying is in fact true and anything else is just false. So that is why you are catching shit. For stating non-facts as facts.

Maybe they can have a final SF: Fight for your job. All the winners are guaranteed 1 fight in the UFC, the losers are thanked for their services.
Jardine vs Robbie
Smith(who is now a WW not MW like G listed) vs Santos
among others.

If you win you are paired up with one of the fighters on G's "UFC out" list. Winner is a Zuffa employee, the loser is again thanked for their services.

Loser gets a chance to make more money than they would in Zuffa blasting some scrubs in Bellator.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Loser gets a chance to make more money than they would in Zuffa blasting some scrubs in Bellator.

Bellator is full of legit fighters at the moment. Hell Douglas Lima would blast atleast half the UFC WW roster.