UFC Buys Strikeforce
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I love UFC, but this is some ole ? . UFC was already cuttin ? left and right. Now that trend is just gonna increase. With their ? up way of picking fighters in the title picture, and fighters outside their picture, Dana White's infatuation with brawlers as opposed to actual fighters is just gonna continue to create technically deficient matchups.
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ehhhh...........
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arbitration wrote: »I love UFC, but this is some ole ? . UFC was already cuttin ? left and right. Now that trend is just gonna increase. With their ? up way of picking fighters in the title picture, and fighters outside their picture, Dana White's infatuation with brawlers as opposed to actual fighters is just gonna continue to create technically deficient matchups.
Looks like Bellator is our only hope for some sort of balance in the MMA world.
Bellator is full of the people they cut...so go watch ur meidicore fights of dudes who couldnt cut it against the worlds best
Seriously yeah they cut people...u would to, u wanna pay for losers? they dont just cut u for no reason unless ur on a losing streak or u do something deserving to get cut.... -
UFC didn't buy them Zuffa did they also own UFC
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oh great....more Dana White cutting every fighter and oversaturated the market with pay previews
Anyone remember when he threaten to cut Silva if he didn't make his fights more exciting I.e... Brawl instead of using his technical fighting skills
but yet he praises GSP... When he lays on his opponent all fight long
Dana White will ruin mma
hes gonna ruin it but where was it with out him -
This is no good whatsoever since there wont be any Strikeforce vs UFC fights so ? Dana White.
Dana is a girls name . -
Heard about this on sherdog yesterday. I don't think this is a good thing for mma. Looks like UFC/ Zuffa wants to monopolize the sport. We've all seen what happened with Pride after they bought them out. The two situations are not 100% comparable but still. I think Dana's gonna get the best fighters from Strikeforce to sign with the UFC after their contracts end and Strikeforce will be either a lower level competition for rejects or done in a few years...
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NFL, NBA, NHL and PGA are all monoplys you get the best people in one place. I hope they can get better pay but it makes a better productHeard about this on sherdog yesterday. I don't think this is a good thing for mma. Looks like UFC/ Zuffa wants to monopolize the sport. We've all seen what happened with Pride after they bought them out. The two situations are not 100% comparable but still. I think Dana's gonna get the best fighters from Strikeforce to sign with the UFC after their contracts end and Strikeforce will be either a lower level competition for rejects or done in a few years... -
its great now it can be more like boxing and after the best fighters actually fight each other
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lol. This whole sport sux.
Didnt they buy Bodog fight a few years back? -
Bellator is full of the people they cut...so go watch ur meidicore fights of dudes who couldnt cut it against the worlds best
Seriously yeah they cut people...u would to, u wanna pay for losers? they dont just cut u for no reason unless ur on a losing streak or u do something deserving to get cut....
Bellator may not have the talent, but it's a straight up more fair system. No politics involved in who gets a title shot. Meanwhile, in UFC, if you fight with a ? nose, you're all of a sudden dubbed a warrior and get to fight as long as you want. Tell me how guys like Stephan Bonnar are still allowed to fight in the promotion while Brandon Vera gets cut. ? disgusting and you know it. -
Lol @ ? just purchasing ? .
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Strikeforce isn't being dissolved, yet atleast. They are still going to function under Scott Coker too.
Bellator is actually a pretty good promotion. May not have the best fighters, but they have good fights so I can still watch. And Bellator has the most politics of anyone. The people who run it are like a country club, and if you're not in with them, its not easy. Just what I've heard from fighters who have been involved with the org. -
Bad comparison. UFC fighters will even be more 'cautious' when they fighting because if they get cut, there's nowhere to go to. If a basketballplayer can't make it in the NBA his career ain't over. He could go to Turkey, Spain, Israel, even China etc.NFL, NBA, NHL and PGA are all monoplys you get the best people in one place. I hope they can get better pay but it makes a better product
Get ready for more fighters who'll fight not to lose, get ready for more wall 'n stalling and lay 'n praying. Get ready for more wrestlers f*cking the game up since these American rules favor them heavily. UFC is all about profit and not the development of the game. Notice how it's all about the marketability of fighters instead of their skillset. Some fighters got cut for no apparent reason while others got titleshots based on their marketability. MMA as we know it is in serious danger if UFC monopolizes the game but alot of people don't get it... -
So not really a big UFC follower what's the significance without this move? Is it NBA buying ABA or NFL AFL merger type?
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Bad comparison. UFC fighters will even be more 'cautious' when they fighting because if they get cut, there's nowhere to go to. If a basketballplayer can't make it in the NBA his career ain't over. He could go to Turkey, Spain, Israel, even China etc.
Get ready for more fighters who'll fight not to lose, get ready for more wall 'n stalling and lay 'n praying. Get ready for more wrestlers f*cking the game up since these American rules favor them heavily. UFC is all about profit and not the development of the game. Notice how it's all about the marketability of fighters instead of their skillset. Some fighters got cut for no apparent reason while others got titleshots based on their marketability. MMA as we know it is in serious danger if UFC monopolizes the game but alot of people don't get it...
Don't they still have DREAM, Bellator, K-1 and some others. Duffe left and if enought fighters go somewhere it will build another brand. -
Lol @ Dana buying every single fighting organization so Fedor won't have a choice but fight under him or retire.
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I think there is a good chance strikeforce is kept around as a farm club and so the UFC name doesn't oversaturate the marker.
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esco soprano wrote: »So not really a big UFC follower what's the significance without this move? Is it NBA buying ABA or NFL AFL merger type?
Not yet. Basically, Dana White says he's going to keep Strikeforce as its own separate promotion, just like when WEC was owned by UFC but operated separately all these years. I think that the UFC is trying to wait until its roster settles in from teh WEC merger before it thinks about another merger with Strikeforce.
It's going to be interesting to see what guys like Dan Henderson (LHW champion), Paul Daley, and Fedor are going to do now. My guess is that Dan Henderson and Paul Daley will probably stick around, but since Fedor is with M-1 and there is so much bad blood between them and Dana, he may decide to jet.
From a purely competitive perspective, this is horrible I think. Even though UFC has the talent, I think we can all agree that there is a lot of politicking involved with who gets title shots and big name fights. I never heard of the politics with Bellator, but I think that havign a straight up tournament to decide title shots is better than having Dana White and his crony Joe Silva call the shots.
