How Long can StrikeForce Last?
Posted on July 4, 2010, 01:39 AM by HipHopMMAAfter Fedors' 1st round Loss to Werdum what is truly left for Strikeforce?
It was a cold night for Fedor fans watching their champion fall in only 69 seconds of the first round. That 69 sec could of been the fall of an empire built almost overnight.
StrikeForce signs a deal with CBS and tried to go head to head with the UFC. They volley for Fedor and StrikeForce wins the Match. The Russian Born Fighter was thrown to the wolves and this is the begining of the downward demise of Strikeforce. Fedor is a different fighter he was not only trying to hold himself together and keep his "mystique"about him but he was the very fabric of Strikeforce. Without facing defeat, Fedor was the only thing holding Strikeforce as a valid competitor in MMA promotions.
Next Fedor will be fighting Overeem , this will be Fedor's last fight under contract with StrikeForce win or lose watch to see Fedor retire. With Fedor out of the picture
Strikeforce will need to be looking for new talent, with the loss of Jake Shields and rumors of Nick Diaz to the UFC they will need to pick up some big names. The pile is slim picking as the UFC holds the contracts to most of the top fighters in the game or anyone worth watching atleast.The remaining fighters on the Strikeforce roster are fighters who are ready to retire with maybe one or two fights left in them....cough cough Dan Henderson.
Does Overeem have the Star power to support the large weight put on his shoulders? would he gain the reputation of being the best in the world?these questions remain to be answered but i am sure the future of StrikeForce is not looking good.
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It depends on who really leaves and if they can build up any stars.
like who? cung lee , Mr. Cyborg, ?
If they lose Overeem and possibly Hendo, SF is done. They need to take in all the decent guys from Bellator. That is their only option. If they keep trying to suck in all the guys that got cut from the UFC, that would look bad on their part also but it might just come to that and that's when SF begins it's ugly journey to the end...
How is putting Fedor against the a guy that is maybe #10 at best considered "throwing Fedor to the wolves?" Do u know what that means? Not to mention you may want to work on .......cough cough Transitional phrases.
lot longer than what i thought
the ufc actually needs strikeforce and other organisations, even though it tries to ruin them.
without them where would ufc tout new talent from?
and any fighter losing twice and getting cut would have no career, which would have a serious knock on effect down the line.
dw would be fuked bad style if ufc ran all the competition out of town as there'd be no new talent coming through and there'd be less fighters consider mma as a career as a couple of losses and its over.
it would serve dw well to remember what happened to pride. they were the biggest mma scene with the majority of the best fighters and look what happened to them.
dw wants to careful he don't become a victim of his own success.
I don't think Fedor will retire after his departure from Strike Force, i think he might only tho go on for another 2 maybe 3 years but I would like to see him in the UFC, he has never been KO'd so his physical stature is in a lot better then shape compared to fighters his age who have been stopped several times,,plus fighters from around, 190 - heavy weight (boxing and mma) can last a lot longer because they don't have to deal with faster speedier guys unlike lightweights e.t.c strength is that last attribute you loose and Fedor is not in the range of decay yet,, but some fighters deal with age differently
Strikeforce needs to do a better job of promoting their fighters & fight cards. Also their match making sucks.
I cant wait till SF dies! Im gonna dance on its grave!
whats wrong with you? Why would you want to see less fights?