Strikeforce: Carano vs Cyborg (August 15th)

[Liquidrob]

pfff Mousasi gonna get Babalu'd. Babalu will remain the Strikefarce champion

shoot, Mousasi is Fedor's little buddy now, Babalu better watch out because it might look like Fedor vs Zulu

Babalu about to get Zulu'd

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

shoot, Mousasi is Fedor's little buddy now, Babalu better watch out because it might look like Fedor vs Zulu

Babalu about to get Zulu'd

so is this another one of Rob's iron clad locks of the week? always gotta have an out somewhere..

 

[Liquidrob]

so is this another one of Rob's iron clad locks of the week? always gotta have an out somewhere..

lol, put it in the vault, lock it up, throw a chain around it baby

 

[Epidemik]

Is it just me, or is this Carano vs Cyborg card the only fight im extremely excited about in a long time. I mean besides being quasi big name fighters i mean the last few UFCs were good but this one ive been lookin forward to for a long time

maybe its just cuz Carano is hot and she can legitly kick ass, and she is actually going against a "holy shit" type fighter

 

[Liquidrob]

lol, looks like the UFC is going to be running UFC 100 during the Strikeforce show

www.mmamania.com/2009/08/12/counter-programming-alert-carano-vs-cyborg-vs-ufc-100/

Counter programming alert: Carano vs Cyborg vs UFC 100By: Jesse Holland

Back in June, veteran mixed martial arts journalist Loretta Hunt said that Gina Carano will “get more press and media attention than UFC 100.”

Looks like we’re about to find out once and for all.

Ultimate Fighting Championship has scheduled a Spike TV replay of selected fights from UFC 100 for Saturday, August 15 at 10 PM ET, directly opposite the Strikeforce: ‘Carano vs Cyborg’ event that’s set to air live on Showtime.

Fights to be aired from Zuffa’s mega-event include:

265 lbs.: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
185 lbs.: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
185 lbs.: Alan Belcher vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
205 lbs.: Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
155 lbs.: Shannon Gurgerty vs. Matt Grice
205 lbs.: Jon Jones vs. Jake O’Brien

This is not the UFC’s first counter programming effort against Strikeforce. Spike TV debuted UFC 94: “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2” to run head-to-head against “Shamrock vs. Diaz” back on April 11.

This latest news, of course, should come as no surprise since Zuffa has made a habit of counter programming in the past. The UFC went up against the Elite XC debut show on CBS in May 2008 with a tribute to perhaps the most popular mixed martial artist on the planet, Chuck LIddell, called “Ultimate Iceman.”

They also hastily put together UFC Fight Night 14 to draw interest away from the debut of Affliction: “Banned” on PPV last July with a main event between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and James “The Sandman” Irvin.

For Affliction’s second effort, “Day of Reckoning” on January 24, the UFC answered with a replay of UFC 91 “Lesnar vs. Couture.”

Strikeforce can be now be considered a major player in mixed martial arts with its signing of heavyweight free agent, Fedor Emelianenko, as well as its pending cable and network television deals.

While UFC President Dana White has long since supported the efforts of Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, he is now at war with “Strikefarce” since they entered the proverbial big stage.

Competition 101 (or perhaps ‘100′ in this case).

Let the games begin.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Wow, such a fresh PPV? Dana is a giant hater.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Dana is smart, and strikeforce is legit competition.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Dana is smart, and strikeforce is legit competition.

Still a hater tho. And he either views them as legit competition or is just a giant douche. Or both.

 

[Liquidrob]

its not really going to effect the ratings that much IMO, its a Showtime fight, whoever was going to watch it will still watch it, if this was a CBS show the UFC would probably do a free spike UFC like they did to Affliction once and that would really be 'counter programming'

 

[BigBiss]

Still a hater tho. And he either views them as legit competition or is just a giant douche. Or both.

hater is a gay term, its Business, The UFC is very good at it.

 

[SHOGUN]

hater is a gay term, its Business, The UFC is very good at it.

 

[clovett]

Counter programming makes great business sense IMO. But as a fan of MMA I dont like it. I like to see a variety of orgs and fighter getting the chance to fight and succeed outside of the UFC.

 

[BigBiss]

Is it still Haten' if im Hating on UFC Haters?

om:

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Is it still Haten' if im Hating on UFC Haters?

om:

I definitely am not a UFC hater..

Dana definitely is a hater..

You are also a hater for saying hater is a gay term..

 

[Liquidrob]

13 votes, WTF?

Vote mfers

 

[BigBiss]

I definitely am not a UFC hater..

Dana definitely is a hater..

You are also a hater for saying hater is a gay term..

that makes me a hater hater .... right

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

that makes me a hater hater .... right

If you hate Dana then yes you'd be a hater hater.

 

[Liquidrob]

Enough with the hate, lets all just make up, ok?

 

[Bmore]

I'm not the biggest Dana White fan, but I must admit the guy put MMA on the map in a way.

Probably the greatest marketing ever.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm not the biggest Dana White fan, but I must admit the guy put MMA on the map in a way.

Probably the greatest marketing ever.

He made the right TV deal at the right time.

Everything was riding on TUF. Dana was shopping the UFC around, but nobody was buying. His original idea was a "Friday Night Fights" type show, because he didnt think the reality show route was a good idea.

At the same time, Spike was losing the WWE back to USA Network, and was looking for a new franchise. Dana made the desperation deal, and using the soon to be gone WWE RAW as a lead in was a brilliant move by Spike, taking advantage of the obvious potential crossover audience that the shedog dorks love to pretend dosen't exist.

Even though TUF 1 did good ratings, TUF II wasnt finalized until after the Bonner/Griffin fight. Dana made the deal that night, at the arena, and the rest is history.

Dana is a great promoter, but like most things in entertainment, there was a huge dose of "right place, right time" involved.

-He found the one network that was desperate enough to take on his brand.

-They had the right lead in, hooking prowres fans with better prowres booking than McMahon was (or still is) doing

-Leben/Koscheck had a feud that popped a monster rating for the peak episode. The show went from doing ok to a bonefide hit because of this storyline

-Griffin/Bonner had a great slugfest that won over the Spike execs and generated massive buzz

If any of those four things don't occur, MMA in all likelyhood fails to boom, because you need a strong TV outlet to make stars, and you need stars to make money.

There is a very good chance the UFC wouldn't have survived without the Spike deal, or would still be scrapping by doing 75k ppv buys.