Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva Media Conference Call Highlights

I can't remember looking so forward to a MMA event. This will be fun and hopefully UFC will follow suit in a tournament style event.

If Fedor can win this tournament, it will bring him back to the spotlight he deserves.

The fourth judge will be a SF official, and regardless of who he picks is the winner in the event of a draw, it will still go on both fighters record as a draw. His purpose is to pick a winner to advance in the tournament.

would prefer to see the hw belt on the line. but **** it, i'm just excited to see all these awesome fights!

hey i didn't know scott coker worked for K-1

No, The fourth judge will be Dana White.

Yea, maybe he can be resposible for the "Rise of SF in MMA: hahahah

That Dana white needs to stop talkin and put his money where his mouth is by one day allowing any non Rising mma star to fight for him

pretty cool that Fedor would like to train with Carwin, though I'm not sure why...

yeah, this was brought up to Carwin's Twitter, Carwin said he'd like to train with Fedor when he comes to the States, he'd even travel to Russia for it.

So if Werdum defeats Overeem and then goes on to win the entire tournament... Does he have to fight Overeem AGAIN to get the belt??



Or if Overeem defeats Werdum and then loses to someone else. Does the winner of the tournament still have to face him after the final, to get the belt?



Cause if that's the case then Overeem is getting waaaay to good of a deal. Because he's basically allowed to lose once without losing his title. And then he get's another chance to avenge his loss if that person makes it through.



I'm soo confused...

No you're not confused, you got it right... It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense I guess... The title will not be up for grabs at any point in the tournament. So if Werdum beats Overeem, he advances in the tourney, but does not get the title... In order to get a shot at the title, they have to win the entire tournament. If the Reem wins, then no one gets a shot... Well, hypothetically no one gets a shot, but obviously he will still have to defend his title anyway. Listen to the audio if you can, it helps somewhat lol

its just like the Pride Tournaments , like the 2005 Wanderlei was the Champion and he enter the Tournament he actually lost to Arona and got eliminated , Arona got to the final where he got KO by Shogun in the very first round. so Shogun got the title of the winner of the Tournament but not the Pride Middleweight (Lightheavy weight) Title belt.



Shogun would have got the title fight vs Wanderlei but they are friends so Wanderlei kept the title.



So yeah IF Werdum beats Overeem and wins the Tourtnament

Werdum vs Overeem will fight after the Tournament but thats a big IF.

"SHARP" that weakers its the 3rd tab down not the second

The same as in Pride. Fedor was the HW champion and Cro Cop won the Open Weight Grand Prix. I think it makes a lot of sense not to combine Grand Prix title and the regular title. The winner of this Grand Prix can fight Overeem for the super title.

I am really happy that Overeems belt won't be on the line. Back in the Pride days you had the Champions and the Tournament Champion would often made for a really interesting dynamic. And I think its important to keep the two separate.

This is an excellent tournament to start the new year and whats better it is will continue through out the year. Although it seems like Overreem has the advantage since he can lose in the preliminary round he will still be in action to defend his championship (perks of being the champion). I would not be surprise if SF does this tournament on a year to year basis but with different weight division obviously.

Одним из условий участия Оверима было то, что пояс Страйкфокса в этом турнире разыгрываться не будет. Оверим чувствует, что может проиграть и боится потерять свой пояс. В этом и заключается проблема в том, что и победитель турнира в очной ставке может проиграть бой Овериму. Но сам по-себе турнир очень интереный. Вы посмотрите на участников турнира. Настоящие бойцы. И любой из них достоин быть первым.

Yes, I Agree ! That make perfect sense. You just answered all of my questions.

If you hack all they have to do is find that crazy keyboard and your busted!

This is just awesome. Werdum gets his shot at Overeem to start things off. And then the #3 & #4 guys in SF go at it. The only thing i'd like was if Reem & Fedor were on the opposite sides of the brackets.



Not to long ago, many SF fans were frustrated because the top HW's weren't matched up against one another. We can no longer say that & i'm sure no one saw them matching up in a tourney. Kudos to SF for this power move.

I cant wait 4 this tournement... Ive been looking forward to see Kharitanov 4 yrs without shiz i dont know why that man hasnt been taken to the Ufc long time ago... Fedor is waking up... he sayning he train harder then ever so i think Fedor is gonna come out tuff... IF fedor beats Silva wich he can with his speed and tynasaty... then im sure Fedor is BACK and he will win the tournement... but still my homeboy Alistar Overeem is my favorit 2 proove that he is the MAN in this time... Anyways this is the real shizz... just like Pride was... This is better then UFC has EVER shown.. Good job! keep it up

The best part is DW has been quiet about this.because he has no comeback to this.the UFC HW division is nothing in comparison to SF HW division.they i.e. strikeforce currently have the best Heavyweight division in the MMA world.and the winner of this tournament is the true no.1 heavyweight in the MMA world.can't wait for it to get started.

i didnt think this joke there calling a tournamant could get any worse.

overrem is a walkin ass cheek with a needle hangin out of it. the guys a joke and now hes not evn puttin his paper belt on the line. this is a ****in disgrace. the hes gona fight the winner of the turnamant anyway. wat the **** is the point of this juiced up nobody even being part of this crap!! unless him and barnet are havin a secret roid competition with who can get away with havin the most juice in the system. this is a ****ING JOKE!! ITS A ****IN FARCE!!

dude dont talk shit like that.. think litle first maybe it helps u... theres a reason why the belt is not on the line.. cus its a tournement!!!! if alistair shud fite 5 rounds evry fite it wudden be fair... or if a replacemnt comes in 2 the quarterfinal it wud not be fair if he shud goes 5 rounds... its a grandprix... it makes LOT of sense unless ur IQ is below the normal borderline

and to the roid shit u talking bout Barnett yes but not alistar dude he was bigger then u wen he was 14 and he wud put u to a special clinic wen he was 15 so dude ssssssssshhhhhhhhhh....please dont say nothing

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SOOO Fedor is one of the kindest people ever, even whens hes talking about fighting someone else.

On a side note. I can't recall anybody insulting Fedor. Overeem mostly blamed his management for ducking him, Werdum was very humble, and even more humble in his win. I mean only person to ever really bad mouth Fedor was Dana. It's kinda hard to insult somebody who seems like regular soft guy, unless he's inside the ring.

Lesnar has also talked bad against Fedor on a radio interview...that was back when he was still riding the Dana hype horse... now that Cane rode him like one he would sing a different tune I guess!

Strikeforce is nothing compared to the ufc never will be fedor will lose again

So will Brock and almost every MMA fighter

PS Fedor would destroy Brock your hero