UFC Buys Strikeforce

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I hate MMA in a cage. Now with JMMA in the shits and this all there is now is MMA in a cage.

:rage:

Word...Ive always been a fan of Football on hardwood...but thats the way of the world.

 

[Steel Mamba]

I don't get it, SF used a cage too so that doesn't change anything.

 

[Liquidrob]

someone on the UG made an interesting post, Dana didnt seem to happy with this, all you guys from some reason think Dana in the man for Zuffa, that is no the case, he owns a small percentage, he is pretty much the mouthpiece for them

Dana doesnt like Showtime, Dana doesnt liek deailing with M-1, guys like Diaz, etc...

This came from the top, the real top, not the Dana White its all about me part

 

[Steel Mamba]

He seemed fine to me. What Dana cares about is crushing his competition and being the only show in town. The purchase plays right into his ego and is a good move for the UFC regardless of who made the call.

If it wasn't his call, look at it like this. All those guys he hates, he's now their boss. What better way to slap them in the face? He won.

 

[Liquidrob]

Zuffa = The Fertitta's, Flash Entertainment and than Dana's percentage they let him have

 

[Liquidrob]

Hendo reacts

"Guess Dana's really got a crush on me. He bought Pride and now Strikeforce just to get with me?"

 

[Liquidrob]

fighters need to unionize and make this a legit sport

 

[calgaryballer]

Wow! I can't believe there was no heads up this was even in the works.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Having to agree that Coker stays in charge and Showtime maintains production etc were probably not White pleasers. But at the end of the day he'll gets what he wants.

 

[EmpireWF]

someone on the UG made an interesting post, Dana didnt seem to happy with this, all you guys from some reason think Dana in the man for Zuffa, that is no the case, he owns a small percentage, he is pretty much the mouthpiece for them

Dana doesnt like Showtime, Dana doesnt liek deailing with M-1, guys like Diaz, etc...

This came from the top, the real top, not the Dana White its all about me part

If you think Lorenzo brokered this deal while Dana didn't want it, you're still silly.

No shit Dana's percentage is the lowest of the Zuffa owners, but he's the day to day boss. Btw, Dana has nothing against Diaz, in fact he said he liked the kid and said he's always be welcome back to the UFC.

It's no secret what Dana's goal is. He's said it for over a year about wanting to take the UFC into countries all over the world and put on tons of fights. He said it himself, he needs fighters. Buying SF is one way to go about bringing in a new stable of fighters.

 

[Liquidrob]

Yep, Zuffa couldnt produce any exciting fights, so they went and bought them, congrats!

 

[Liquidrob]

If you think Lorenzo brokered this deal while Dana didn't want it, you're still silly.

No shit Dana's percentage is the lowest of the Zuffa owners, but he's the day to day boss. Btw, Dana has nothing against Diaz, in fact he said he liked the kid and said he's always be welcome back to the UFC.

It's no secret what Dana's goal is. He's said it for over a year about wanting to take the UFC into countries all over the world and put on tons of fights. He said it himself, he needs fighters. Buying SF is one way to go about bringing in a new stable of fighters.

Dana is the mouthpiece and doesnt do 'big deals'

thats why they let one of the brothers babysit him for the last year or so, he is there to generate buzz and 'act tough'

 

[EmpireWF]

Having to agree that Coker stays in charge and Showtime maintains production etc were probably not White pleasers. But at the end of the day he'll gets what he wants.

Dana doesn't like Showtime. So instead of having him deal with them, they keep Coker around to promote the SF brand and deal with Showtime. Once the Showtime contract ends, if Coker wants I'm sure they'll give him some new title in the office and then the merge happens.

 

[Liquidrob]

Dana probably had the same input as TUF, none

 

[EmpireWF]

Dana is the mouthpiece and doesnt do 'big deals'

thats why they let one of the brothers babysit him for the last year or so, he is there to generate buzz and 'act tough'

:laughing:

 

[EmpireWF]

Yep, Zuffa couldnt produce any exciting fights, so they went and bought them, congrats!

Learn to love Zuffa my fellow ZuffaZombie.

Besides, UFC has had plenty of exciting fights this year. A bloody war just last week as a matter of fact.

 

[Liquidrob]

The Fertitta's: Hey Dana, we just bought Strikeforce

Dana: WTF?!!? Why did you do that?!?? I want to crush them! I will put on Gray vs Edgar III...wait, I mean, Chuck vs Tito III...uh...what about Rampage vs Rashad II?

The Fertitta's: Um, no, just go announce it like when we had the toy deal

Dana: Ok....fuck

The Fertitta's: what?

Dana: Nothing...

 

[EmpireWF]

:jimross:

 

[Steel Mamba]

The headline is UFC buys StrikeForce, not Dana buys StrikeForce. Doesn't really make a difference who cut the deal. Either way it's gonna be a shitty outlook for the fans and fighters in the next 3 years.

 

[Liquidrob]

no one knows how this will pan out, another 'number 2' will appear, maybe bellator, maybe showtime backs M-1 or another group we dont even know about yet

At the end of the day, Zuffa pretty much just purchased the pride library, we might have the same thing on our hands when the showtime deal ends, contracts end quickly

the difference here is, showtime still has there library I would assume, so they still have eliteXC and SF fights to use if they keep doing MMA