UFC Purchases Strikeforce

That would work at the minimum for me. 3hrs for the first 5 fights on one channel. Then the PPV with the main card or something. I don't dig the whole, these fights on your computer, then these fights on cable, then these fights on PPV. Just lump em all together and show it.

GDPofDRC wrote:

That would work at the minimum for me. 3hrs for the first 5 fights on one channel. Then the PPV with the main card or something. I don't dig the whole, these fights on your computer, then these fights on cable, then these fights on PPV. Just lump em all together and show it.

SF put some fights on HDNet before the SF show(HW GP show I think). My guess is though the UFC would be more likely to put more shows on Facebook then on some channel.

Ariel Helwani

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Wow dude...fuck them having to put shows on Showtime! That's bullshit!


But on a side note...cant wait til they start making matches! Great day for MMA!

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Man there are a lot of anti-UFC people on this board.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Man there are a lot of anti-UFC people on this board.

How is us liking the fact that the UFC bought Strikeforce, anti-UFC?

If anything, that makes us good UFC fans, because that is great for the sport.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Man there are a lot of anti-UFC people on this board.

I think you are just confusing them with MMA fans. You are use to the "I love watching Ultimate Fighting" kind of people.

War MMA.

I want someone else deciding what defines the industry of MMA.

Biggest and most money has yet to equal the best show in this sport.

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Dana on possible future merger: "Anything's possible, I would never say never to anything in the future.

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Dana: We're looking to run SF shows on Showtime. Scott will run this and communicate with fighters.

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Lorenzo Fertitta says Strikeforce-Showtime deal goes into 2014, not into 2012 as has been reported.

- White:

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I wouldn't count anything out with regards to fighters crossing over. As of now, we're keeping things separate, but it's a work in progress.

Keeping that door open, I like it.

Does this now mean SF can use UFC footage for promos? Like when guys like Hendo, Diaz and Robbie fight they can show HL from the UFC days.

OU wrote:

Does this now mean SF can use UFC footage for promos? Like when guys like Hendo, Diaz and Robbie fight they can show HL from the UFC days.

i would think so... so when fedor fights they'll be using Pride footage?

killerofchicken wrote:

OU wrote:

Does this now mean SF can use UFC footage for promos? Like when guys like Hendo, Diaz and Robbie fight they can show HL from the UFC days.

i would think so... so when fedor fights they'll be using Pride footage?

Great point, hopefully.

Mike Chiappetta MMA

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Dana: Regarding champ vs. champ fights, our job is to make sure fans get fights they want to see. It's just a matter of when.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

captain organic wrote:

LA wrote:

Bro 2 years ago I was predicting the UFC would buyout SF just like Affliction.

At the time there was high level talent with high popularity, now the stable is far too thin with the UFC cornering pretty much 98% of the best fighters. There's a good chance they still use SF as well, to feed their own Organization. As I said before, there's always going to be smaller shows running, but no one will able to move into a position like SF did. Bellator's TV contract is already being weighed based on their MTV2 numbers, if they drop off, it may only last for 6 months. And you honestly think M-1 can carry on as viable competitor with Showtime? Who are they going to fill out their stable with? who is going to watch to make it profitable? Fighters are where they want to be except a small few. Zuffa has the MMA market covered, this is a very good thing.

it was less then a year ago that u were arguing Bellator as the best non zuffa org in the sport. And the SF Affliction comparison is pretty weak considering Affliction was a failure while SF was on a meteoric rise.

Bellator got big #'s on their first MTV show, so Im not sure what u mean by it being weighed.

Once SF gets officially squeezed, new orgs will rise to fill the void. There is no shortage of fighters, and there is no shortage of TV outlets looking to make $$$ off em.

Actually I was argung that Bellator was a better organization and they are. they are much better organized than SF, SF has many more fans and a solid HW Division, so ...

As ridiculous now as it was then.

You find anything Drew says that isn't ridiculous, you let me know.

What does that even mean

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"I was shocked when I read it, but I'm very excited. It's a very big upset in the MMA world, and the fighting world in general. But yeah, my first thought was, I'm excited. ... I see things through a positive lens. It can be really, really the best thing [that] ever happened to the sport, if it's used positive, and I see that happening. If it's used negative, then it's going to be a downfall. But I don't see that happening. I see this as a good thing, a good development, so I see the sport growing. We're going to have to wait and see how it works out. The fans are going to get to see the fights that are most appealing to them. I think this is what the sport needs to grow, because the sport has grown rapidly, but it's still not there yet. It still needs to grow bigger. I think [UFC president] Dana [White] wants this and I know I want this as well. We want the fights to be worldwide known. We want everybody worldwide to talk about these fights, like in the old days with Muhammad Ali and [Mike] Tyson, and we're not there yet. To get there, there's still some work to be done and I think Dana's working on that."

-Reem

GDPofDRC wrote:

Long story short. Bad mojo for MMA.

SF was the goods. one of the examples of "right" with the sport. 5 years running all of these things got better every year: Shows, talent pool, exposure, recognition, popularity, quality etc. they were going backwards nowhere every single year and in 2011 they were the best MMA show a fan could watch easily. That's what separated them from all the other orgs who destroyed themselves. Their direction was and had been the right one. What did UFC have to do to any other Org? Nothing. Stikeforce was so damn good and had become scary enough to them they had to dump their monopoly money on them. Money is more important than anything. And the flawed few with the most are going to be the only individuals dictating their image of the sport. MMA has only been at it's best when there was competition.

Please dude LOL, things couldn't be any better, this is the right move to usher MMA into the future. SF was going all out to make an impact but still wasn't bringing in enough in Net income where they weren't all to willing to make this deal. SF or any competitor holds MMA back if anything.