Chill. Is there anyone here that ISN’T going to watch the fights anyway? Regardless of what they “mean” in the grand scheme? I know I am, and that’s because Fedor is fighting, who contrary to some opinions (45), IS the baddest man on the planet.

Thats a ridiculous frame. Some titles are important, and some aren’t. Whether or not the #1 fighter has it plays a part in its importance, but it isn’t the only thing.

It matters as far as Carwin is concerned because he’d get paid more and have a lot more weight to throw around in negotiations. Throwing together another title belt matters in so much as having 2 belts is too many, much less an arbitrary third for the sake of promoting a fight,which is exactly why you see boxing sanctioning bodies with 3 champions.

But in so much as how that pertains to a nobody champion in a second rate promotion defending his promotional bauble? It doesn’t. If the UFC wanted Mousasi, they could have him with ease, champion or not, because they make so much money.

Oh, and for the record, you can go back to any discussion I’ve had about the UFC titles over this same span and see no change in opinion. I think its funny that bloggers love to promote these fake champions. Shows what kind of allegiances and backgrounds they have when they do it.

Strikeforce needs to act and dress the part of a big time promotion.

I don’t care if they act or dress that way. I don’t care if the ratings are great. Mousasi ain’t the fucking light heavyweight champion. He’s barely top ten. I don’t need to respect his title or pretend that it means anything. Nor should anyone when it comes to these fake ass belts.

So under Alan & Taveras’s opinion, the UFC Heavyweight Title has no meaning and it shouldn’t matter what they do with it because Fedor is the #1 Heavyweight in the world. And in the previous thread, you (Alan) discuss your opinion on the UFC Heavyweight Title:

“-Poor Shane Carwin. Goes from title fight and big pay day to now having to “earn it” like Karo did. Someone will see what I did there. He turns 35 next year and his athletic peak is probably not long for this world.”

and

“-We just unified the belts and guess what? We may have interims yet again. Its the worst aspect of boxing and the UFC seems all too happy to do it here too.”

But it all doesn’t matter, right? Get your opinion straight. Either titles held by non #1 fighters are either meaningful and worth discuss or they aren’t. Sounds to me like by even discussing that belt, you are putting a smidgen of meaning into it… Shame on you!!

Now… TITLES ARE IMPORTANT!! There, I said it. They give casual fans a way of knowing who the best within that company is. In the corporate world, when you work at a company and you want to move up to the next level, many people will say: “Act and dress like you are already at that level.”

Strikeforce needs to act and dress the part of a big time promotion. You can’t make it to the highest level without acting like you belong. That means getting title belts with meaning. That means getting rid of those stupid non-title fights. Whether they have the #1 fighter in that weight class or not… They need to start making those belts important. And then if they can get the talent to back it up, it will be that much easier to continue with what they should be doing.

The way they are operating right now, they act second class. And that does not help out Strikeforce.

No one is worthy outside of the UFC because no one is worthy outside of the UFC (namely Machida) of being called the light heavyweight champion.

Sokodjou is literally the best contender for his Strikeforce title out there. If Sokodjou is not worthy of a title fight, then nobody outside of the UFC is.

When people talk about the UFC/Strikeforce or the networks having CONTROL, stuff like this non-title garbage is exactly why the “right deal” has to be signed. Strikeforce is at the mercy of CBS and Showtime, and the MMA suffers because of it.

Personally, I’d rather see an extra two rounds of Soko/Mousasi for the title (if it comes to that) than Werdum/Silva.