http://www.mmaconvert.com/2009/10/02/strikeforce-may-counter-program-ufc-107/ Its definitely a ballsy move if they make it. Whether its stupid or not I suppose is up for debate. The UFC is coming after Strikeforce regardless of much they like them or hate Showtime, so its not like this move would wake the sleeping giant. Having Herschel Walker on the card is going to attract mainstream media attention regardless, but Herschel Walker vs. UFC 107 may very well attract more. Theres probably some small segment of the casual fanbase that could be persuaded into watching Herschel Walker for free (sort of) instead of paying for another UFC event, especially when theres another one only a few weeks later. Or maybe a larger segment of that same fanbase would check it out if there wasnt a UFC event to watch. Maybe the additional media coverage would convince a significantly larger portion of the general sports fanbase who dont buy the UFC pay-per-views to tune in. I dont know, but at the end of the day, I really dont think it matters what Strikeforce does or doesnt do. There was a time when I thought one of these organizations could make a dent in the UFCs market share, but after everything thats transpired over the past couple years, Im really starting to believe the UFC brand is just too powerful to overcome. No matter what all these promotions try, the UFC is always the one who comes out smelling like roses. Look at ProElite. Not even counting all the debt they racked up buying up other promotions, splurging on websites, lavish offices, and overpaying executives, they still werent making anything significant off their golden goose Kimbo Slice. Look whos profiting off him now.
Bad idea. The UFC would go out of their way to stack the **** out of that card. Although they wouldn't have to.
Stupid move. Being a minor thorn in the side of the UFC is not a good idea for a small company. They should work on getting bigger, not annoying Dana White. What's a better claim: "Hey, we pulled one million fans away from watching the UFC!" or "Hey, we pulled in five million fans!" Option A might stick it a little to the UFC, but option B means WAY more advertising money. At this point, they need to worry about growing an audience, not trying to poach a few people from the UFC to "hurt them."
Ah, so it's "a ballsy" move when somebody does it to the UFC. When the UFC does it, they hate the sport and are being monopolistic.
It would be risky. Fedor at heavyweight Mousasi at light heavyweight Cung Le at middleweight Cyborg for the women If they could make that card v the best competition possible then I would possibly watch the Strikeforce card depending on how much it would cost etc
Idont see it being a bad thing, Dana is trying to destroy them anyway so **** it right. Afterall it is Dana's formula, why not use it against him? Don't forget most causal fans think "the owner" of the UFC is a dick so all Dana's shittalking everybody is actually just helping advertise his enemies
