snakerattle79

http://www.mmaconvert.com/2009/10/02...ogram-ufc-107/

It’s definitely a ballsy move if they make it. Whether it’s 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 it’s 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. There’s 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 there’s another one only a few weeks later. Or maybe a larger segment of that same fanbase would check it out if there wasn’t a UFC event to watch. Maybe the additional media coverage would convince a significantly larger portion of the general sports fanbase who don’t buy the UFC pay-per-views to tune in.

I don’t know, but at the end of the day, I really don’t think it matters what Strikeforce does or doesn’t do. There was a time when I thought one of these organizations could make a dent in the UFC’s market share, but after everything that’s transpired over the past couple years, I’m 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 weren’t making anything significant off their golden goose Kimbo Slice. Look who’s profiting off him now.

Toxic

Stikeforce has completly changed there business model and are gonna be under in less than a year because of the foolish choices they are suddenly making.

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dudeabides

Can I have some of what they are smoking? I would like to see what fights they are planning that they think mma fans will choose over these 107 fights (plus the ones that get added later):

Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago
Welterweight bout: Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant
Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo

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J.P.

Counter promoting is not a good move at this juncture IMO.

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Toxic

I just cant see what they hope to accomplish, they aren't gonna hurt the UFC they are just gonna spend a bunch of money promoting during a time when there key audiance is watching something else.

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J.P.

Exactly, that money can be used on a key acquisition or a card a week later with compelling potential.

This would be a bigger payoff for Strikeforce as far as fans are concerned.

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steveo412

Who the hell is going to watch an old balls NFL player over watching BJ vs Diego, which has potential to be the most exciting fight of this year. Even if there event is free, hell even if they give us ten dollars to watch it, I am still choosing the UFC event. Its really not even a choice.