Emelianenko-Silva, HW Tourney Slated for Feb. 12

It seems compatible, but it isn't really. You have AA on the lst for christ sake and Grim. AA hasnt been shit for years and Grim's biggest win is against AA. Spare me the BS arguments. Though I would like to see hem merge their two HW divisions together, because it is obvious they lack the depth of other divisions.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

It seems compatible, but it isn't really. You have AA on the lst for christ sake and Grim. AA hasnt been shit for years and Grim's biggest win is against AA. Spare me the BS arguments. Though I would like to see hem merge their two HW divisions together, because it is obvious they lack the depth of other divisions.

He has AA lined up with Schaub!!! WTF drew what do you want? lol

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Eight Strikeforce heavyweights have all signed to compete in a single-elimination tournament to begin on Feb. 12, sources have confirmed to MMA Fighting.

While several of the matchups have been rumored for some time, MMA Fighting can report the addition of Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem to the field. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that Overeem will take on Fabricio Werdum.

The first two quarterfinal bouts will take place on Feb. 12, with Fedor Emelianenko taking on Antonio SIlva, while Andrei Arlovski will face Sergei Kharitonov. Earlier Tuesday, MMA Fighting reported Emelianenko's contract extension with Strikeforce, paving the way for his entrance into the field.

The other two quarterfinal bouts include Brett Rogers facing Josh Barnett and Overeem taking on Werdum, the last man to beat Emelianenko.

While the Emelianenko-Silva and Arlovski-Kharitonov fights will take place at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the location and date of the second set of quarterfinals is still to be determined.

Overeem's presence in the field is particularly relevant, as the promotion's champion has defended the belt only once, in a May 2010 knockout over Rogers. Since then he's won the K-1 Max kickboxing title and fought in a DREAM interim heavyweight title fight, defeating Todd Duffee. But his participation in the tournament field may give fans a chance to see him multiple times in the U.S. in 2011.

The stacked field should also capture some attention away from rival promotion UFC, which has had problems with its heavyweight division, including injuries to heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and contender Shane Carwin, contract issues with Roy Nelson, and the uncertain status of major drawing card Brock Lesnar.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/04/overeem-vs-werdum-among-strikeforce-heavyweight-tournament-pair/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter

Those are just lists of names side by side. And there is no BS argument or any argument at all really, lol.

so it looks like its gonna be Rogers vs Barnett, assuming they get Barnett cleared up

GDPofDRC wrote:

You would have to hate MMA to not want to see this tournament go down.

Or just be realistic of the direction an Org should be going.....

GDPofDRC wrote:

UFC is deep, but not better. Unless UFC is your only MMA.

Fedor________Cain
Overeem______JDS
Werdum______Carwin
Barnett_______Lesnar
Silva_________Mir
Sergei________Nog
AA___________Schaub
Rodgers______Nelson
Rosario_______Congo
Johnson______Rothwell
Cormier ______Cro Cop

Filling out the list with Rogers, Rosario, Lavar and Cormier could be the same as Schuab, Madsen, Barry and Struve for all we know.

If we're looking at two divisions and asking which is better, then it's the UFC

Its alot closer than I thought before i read this list.

killerofchicken wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

UFC is deep, but not better. Unless UFC is your only MMA.

Fedor-tourney-winter/spring/summer________Cain-injured-summer
Overeem-tourney-winter/spring/summer______JDS???
Werdum-tourney-winter/spring/summer______Carwin-injured-summer
Barnett-tourney-winter/spring/summer_______Lesnar-???
Silva-tourney-winter/spring/summer_________Mir???
Sergei-tourney-winter/spring/summer________Nog-injured-summer
AA-tourney-winter/spring/summer___________Schaub vs CroCop-spring
Rodgers-tourney-winter/spring/summer______Nelson-contract-????
Rosario-tourney alternate-winter/spring/summer_______Congo???
Johnson-tourney alternate-winter/spring/summer______Rothwell???
Cormier-tourney alternate-winter/spring/summer ______Cro Cop vs Schaub-spring

as you get down the list the SF side looks a lot better than the UFC... just sayin

How's it look now.

I just listed the SF rank how have it with the UFC rank next to it.

LA wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

You would have to hate MMA to not want to see this tournament go down.

Or just be realistic of the direction an Org should be going.....

You've said you want SF to collapse so the UFC can suck up the better talent. I disagree with your opinion on direction you think they should be going.

What does that have to do with anything though?

How about this

Reem beaten no notable opponents in MMA at HW, 1 Title defense in 3 years

Werdum riding that sloppy mistake win by Fedor a little too hard, last seen in the UFC getting decapitated by JDS

Barnett talented but do I have to say anything?

Serg has looked like shit in MMA fights in recent years, put nothing in to the Mizuno win

AA talented but evey fight seems dangerous for him now

Rogers LOL

Rosario and Lavar upproven

GDPofDRC wrote:

LA wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

You would have to hate MMA to not want to see this tournament go down.

Or just be realistic of the direction an Org should be going.....

You've said you want SF to collapse so the UFC can suck up the better talent. I disagree with your opinion on direction you think they should be going.

Huh? I'm running an MMA Org, my HW Title has been defended once in 3 years, there are worthy opponents for my HW Champion, lets setup a Tourney that keeps the belt undefended even longer. Even better lets setup the most worthy challenger to the Title with the Champ in the 1st rd.

Reem - no good. check
Barnett - no good. check
Sergei - no good. check
AA - no good. check
Rodgers - no good. check
Rosario - no good. check
Lavar - no good. check
UFC contract - good. check
Give MMA fans a cool and proven draw with their talent - no good. check
Dictionary definition of "MMA" returns 1 result = UFC. check

I must be missing something, how are you gonna post all that and not pick the UFC's HW division apart in equal manner.

Or I'm just looking at it more realistically, you posted all that shit about UFC HWs, I reply in a realitstic way, no hate, everything I posted was valid.

If I didn't know anything about MMA then you'd have a point.

It's like people forget what they posted or what we're talking about sometimes.

I know what I like.

I know what makes sense

Captain knows best

Ok?

GDPofDRC wrote:

Captain knows best

It's true.

Oh and I'm pretty sure the SF belt will be up for grabs as the tourney progresses. So it will be defended. See the super six for reference.

The tourney is ill-matic.