MMA Megathread - UFC / Strikeforce / Bellator

[Kompressor]

wow!!!!!!!! Holdtite bigfoot. Long live the king an all that, i wanna see Fedor go down to LHW, dont like him getting undone by sheer size difference.

[mp*]

Yeh, hes only like 34. He should give it a shot.

[Infidel]

he got paxxedis overeem fighting 2nite>?

[Kompressor]

No Overeem's not fighting tonight. Actually sad if this is his last fight, But the man looks broken.

[Infidel]

when does reem fight

[Guest Medic]

April

[Aquaman]

yh them guys r way too big for fedorwerdum already beat overeem n fedor im backing himobv overeem was more mobile in k1 guy looks over bulky atm

[JWP]

after the last 3 fights im thinking @fedor should go dwn to LHW, these big HW's are too big

This would have been the sensible option tbh. But remember he comes into the weigh ins at 230lbs, presumably his training camp would have naturally taken a significant amount of his walk about weight off him as it is, so to cut a further 25lbs on top of that, while barring in mind he's not exactly getting any younger, wouldn't this just be a further obstacle in it's own right for him to face?/Dana must be loving this, no doubt he must have taken a sneeky dig on his twitter by now. M-1 Global must be pissed./Arlovski must be pissed, 4 losses in row...by knockout? Ouch.

[Kompressor]

LOL all Dana said on twitter was "LOL" to be honest I prefer Fedor going out this way than being mauled by Brock, Overeem looks bulky, but don't let that fool you, the guy can get around, clear Fav now if he wasn't before, Bigfoots a machine, and the confidence he's gonna get from last night will be imense, plus he says his fighting for his people In Brazil so.............................this is the best thing happening in MMA right now

[Kompressor]

Bamma 5, live on Syfy now, Paul Daley in the main event.

[Guest Medic]

Wow was anyone watching UFC just now?Sanchez beats Kampmann by UD, bit controversial...but his face at the end Dont think I've seen a fighter look worse by the end of match. Sheeeet.

[Kompressor]

i must be the only person that thought Sanchez won the 2nd and 3rd rounds.hmm might have to watch it again, his face was f*cked, but id rather have a busted swollen face like he did, that my nose where my ears is like Brandon Vera ended up.

[Kompressor]

Apparently Zuffa have in principal agreed to buy Strikeforce. set to be formally announced on Mondaywill come back with a full article about it when i find one

[Kompressor]

Game Changer: Zuffa and UFC Purchase StrikeforceIn a move that will change the mixed martial arts industry forever, Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, has purchased Strikeforce.The deal was announced by UFC President Dana White in an interview with MMAFighting.com on Saturday.“It’s literally official right now,” White said in the interview about purchasing the San Jose, Calif. based promotion. “We literally just closed the deal.”MMAWeekly.com had been told by sources a couple weeks ago that Zuffa was talking to their partners in Abu Dhabi at Flash Entertainment about funding to purchase Strikeforce. Flash owns a percentage of Zuffa, and the deal was likely marked by a financial undertow from both Zuffa and their partners in the Middle East.Zuffa has made a move similar to this before when they purchased Pride Fighting Championships in Japan and also buying World Extreme Cagefighting a few years ago.This move, however, may end up proving to be the biggest deal of them all, as Zuffa has now purchased the only other major MMA promotion in North America, and by far their biggest competitor.White says the deal just came together recently, but emphasized the point that the UFC and Strikeforce will continue to run as separate entities.“Let’s face the facts, Strikeforce is a brand that fans have come to like, that they do have a following, people enjoy the fights that they are putting on,” White stated.In the deal, Zuffa will be the owner of the Strikeforce brand and library of fights, but the contracts of all fighters remain under the Strikeforce name and they will continue to operate “business as usual.”White also confirmed that Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will remain with the company in the same role as before. He will lead the promotion and have free reign to handle all fighter contracts and continue signing new deals with fighters as well.Fighters will continue to fight under the Strikeforce banner, including Fedor Emelianenko, whose management company M-1 Global has had a volatile relationship with White and Zuffa for years. White maintains that Emelianenko will remain in Strikeforce, and they will honor all previous deals.White stated that fighters such as Paul Daley and Josh Barnett will remain with Strikeforce and they will fulfill those contracts, but did point out that Daley will still never fight in the UFC again. What that means for his future beyond his current contract remains to be seen.The women’s division in Strikeforce will also remain status quo according to the UFC president. He stated time and time again that everything running in the MMA promotion remains business as usual.Strikeforce remains in a contract with Showtime for approximately two more years. White says that his partners at Zuffa will deal with them for any issues, as he has never held his tongue when talking about the cable company.Strikeforce employees will remain “for now,” according to White, but Zuffa will lend a hand wherever help is needed, including any behind the scenes issues and production.The deal is a landmark change in MMA as Zuffa now owns the biggest conglomerate in the fighting world. While White stated “business as usual” several times in his interview, the business of MMA is now changed forever.

[Kompressor]

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/19794/video interview with Dana

[JWP]

LOL that's crazy. But then again after Pride this is hardly surprising. Dana will probably do a u-turn on the Daley situation after his contract runs out, especially if he puts in a top class performance against Nick Diaz.Was about to say next up is DREAM, but then DREAM are technically in partnership with Strikeforce so Zuffa will probably have some rights over them too.

[Kompressor]

Don't think Dana will do a u-turn on the Daley situation, and now he has even less reason to, Daley will be making the company money regardless, and Dana doesn't lose any face in the process, win win

[JWP]

But no matter how much Dana wants to say how it's "business as usual" makes no difference. Mite not be this year, mite not be next year, but it's only a matter of time before Strikeforce gets packed in altogether, Zuffer choose the fighters they wanna keep and merge it in with UFC at some point so that there is an undisputed champion across each weight division. We saw this happen with Pride, we saw this happen with WEC. It's coming, and quite possibly after the Stikeforce contract is done with Showtime? If Daley is fortunate enough to be in a very compromisable position by the time this change happens (however unlikely this is to occur), i.e holding the Strikeforce Welterweight title and defeating whoever is the then UFC Welterweight Champion, Dana would find himself in a very, very difficult situation.

[Black.]

Fight Card:

Light Heavyweight Championship: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Jon "Bones" JonesBantamweight Bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie WinelandLightweight Bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal ShalorusMiddleweight Bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Dan MillerHeavyweight Bout: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs Brendan "The Hybrid" SchaubLight Heavyweight Bout: Luiz Arthur "Banha" Cane vs. Eliot "The Fire" MarshalLightweight Bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani (FOTN Candidate IMO)Welterweight Bout: Ricardo "Big Dog" Almeida vs. Mike PyleLightweight Bout: Kurt "Batman" Pellegrino vs. Gleison TibauBantamweight Bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian LovelandFeatherweight Bout: Eric Koch vs. Raphael AssuncaoFranklinweight (195lb) bout: Nick Catone vs. Constantinos Phillippou

Jones has a good chance of winning

[Guest Johnny Dang]

Time?C'mon Jones!!!

[The King]

2am the event starts. Countdown show on now. Prelims @ 1.All on ESPN./Barboza >> Watched bare of his muay Thai fights. Kicks are lethal.Been a Shogun fan for years but Jon jones man. Guy is f*ck*ng sick. The combos, the wrestling, the submissions; guys a monster. Hope Shogun wins. Deserves the glory. Don't know who I'd like him to fight next though. None of the UFC matchups excite me.

[JWP]

Hyped for this!Gwarn Jones!!!!

[Kompressor]

http://www.silversportz.co.uk/

[Black Ant]

lol @ Jones stopping a robbery 2 hours before a fight

[Black Ant]

oh shitCro Cop landed on his head