SF HW Title not on the line in tourney

All heavyweight tournament fights other than the finals are three rounds and Alistair Overeem's title will not be on the line. The tourney winner then fights for the SF title.


This is an update posted on SF's facebook account. Wonder why they changed it?

"If any fight results in a draw, an independent fourth judge will determine who advances or who wins based on the fighter's overall performance in the fight," Coker said. "We will have a fourth judge on hand scoring the fight independently of the three that we normally have."

The final question mark in terms of tournament format involved potential injuries to the eight competitors. If a winner were to suffer a serious issue, who would continue on in the bracket.

"If a fighter qualifies to advance in the tournament but for any reason can not advance, we're forming a five-person tournament-review committee who will select a fighter to advance in his place," Coker said. "This fighter will be chosen from a pool of fighters that will include the previous opponent and the winners of reserve matches."

"In this tournament, everybody has to climb the same mountain," Coker said. "To make it simple, just like they do in Japan, ... the tournament champion will stand on his own. We'll have our heavyweight champion and a tournament champion."

So if Reem losses in the tourney he gets an automatic rematch after the tourney but he would still be the champ? And if he beats everybody, then the guy he faught in the finals would then get an automatic rematch?

Looks like the SF belt isn't going to be on the line for a long, long time.

Might want to reseed that shit then, now it makes even less sense.

OU wrote:

"If any fight results in a draw, an independent fourth judge will determine who advances or who wins based on the fighter's overall performance in the fight," Coker said. "We will have a fourth judge on hand scoring the fight independently of the three that we normally have."
The final question mark in terms of tournament format involved potential injuries to the eight competitors. If a winner were to suffer a serious issue, who would continue on in the bracket.

"If a fighter qualifies to advance in the tournament but for any reason can not advance, we're forming a five-person tournament-review committee who will select a fighter to advance in his place," Coker said. "This fighter will be chosen from a pool of fighters that will include the previous opponent and the winners of reserve matches."

Wonder if that will be a Strikeforce person deciding who move on in case of a draw. I don't see Athletic Commissions changing their rules just for this tournament with the number of judges.

LA wrote:

I agree

So what if Reem wins it? who gets next shot?

LA wrote:

So what if Reem wins it? who gets next shot?

SDR

Still great fights I want to see but takes some of the luster off for me. I hate non title fights with a champion involved.

Primetyme199 wrote:

Still great fights I want to see but takes some of the luster off for me. I hate non title fights with a champion involved.

Lineal title is still on the line. Werdum is the current HW Champion of the World.

In Imaginary land

OU wrote:

Primetyme199 wrote:

Still great fights I want to see but takes some of the luster off for me. I hate non title fights with a champion involved.

Lineal title is still on the line. Werdum is the current HW Champion of the World.

The more important title is on the line still, in the most logical order. Belief in that or not makes it no less true.

LA wrote:

In Imaginary land

No I think it is an understood fact by many. But if people like you and Drew(yeah you are grouped together) can't see a title without three little letters on them. I see it, it's shiney and it's wonderful....It's magical.

Personally I think the entire so called lineal title is garbage.

Fanz dont carez da lineal titlez bro. UFCZ!


Still, this fucking sucks.

Primetyme199 wrote:

Personally I think the entire so called lineal title is garbage.

Logical reason?

I can't see it because it doesn't exist.

People just don't seem to get some aren't believers in the whole lineal Title thing, if Fedor beats Silva and Reem he moves to #1 for me without a Title, it's all about wins and how you're fighting, that's all that matters.

LA wrote:

I can't see it because it doesn't exist.

Like it or not, the current HW Champion of the World....Is Werdum.

Broaden your vision. Don't purposely narrow yourself. That's all I can tell you.

Tell me why Cain is ranked 1 everywhere then and has a belt to boot.