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The good, the bad, and the ugly coming out of Strikeforce’s event in St. Louis

By Zach Arnold | May 15, 2010

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Josh Gross said the attendance for tonight’s show was 8,136.

Really questionable judging

Missouri’s commission is ran by Tim Lueckenhoff, who is the head of the ABC (Association of Boxing Commissions). He is someone who UFC regulatory czar Marc Ratner says should be involved in recruiting new MMA judges and referees. Tim might want to try helping out his state first before he decides to help out the rest of the country.

Really, really questionable announcing on the Showtime broadcast team

Every time one of your friends tells you that they are tired of Mike Goldberg shilling and Joe Rogan going off on a crazy tangent, just tell your friend to listen to those two call a match and then tell them to watch a Showtime “main team” broadcast. (Sorry, Mauro.) Trying to force concepts from a piece of paper, cram a million different things down your throat, and have guys sometimes go out of their comfort zone on opinions creates an unbearable situation. The announcing lately on the Strikeforce telecasts for “the main team” is detracting, not adding to the product.

I hope that the announcing team for next week’s event in Portland is better.

The end of Andrei Arlovski and a re-birth for Antonio Silva

It’s sad to see the ex-UFC champion go out the way he has, but he’s made a lot more money than a lot of fighters in the business. I tip my cap to him for his years of service as a fighter. As for Bigfoot Silva, I’m not sure he’s a Top 10 heavyweight right now (given his stamina issues), but he’s certainly picking up technique. Late bloomer?

The media’s flip-flopping on Alistair Overeem

Going into this fight, Brett Rogers was the fashionable pick to win. Frank Shamrock played his up gimmick by saying that he wanted Rogers to knock out Overeem because Overeem is arrogant. Jon Anik on Tapout radio was firm in picking Rogers. So were a lot of other people. The media, before this fight, largely wasted their time focusing entirely on Overeem not answering steroid questions. (As if he’s the only one who is questionable as far as doping in the business is concerned.)

I’m glad that the coverage coming out of this fight is about Overeem’s skill. Given the media’s predictably, I fully expect those who “boycotted” him this week to bring up steroid allegations in passing, but note that it will be in passing. Alistair Overeem is a legitimate K-1 fighter and anyone with high-level skill like him or Badr Hari will always pose a major threat in an MMA fight. There’s a reason Joe Rogan always talks about K-1 level striking on commentary — because it means something.

Hell, I remember the days of watching Valentijn Overeem when Chris Dolman booked him for Akira Maeda in RINGS. Never thought that Alistair would become what he has become, but I’m happy to see him execute to his maximum potential.

Brett Rogers is still a barely-Top-10 Heavyweight

After all the talk, after all the BS’ing, and after all the steroid bombs in the media that radio hosts and commentators allowed Brett Rogers and Mike Reilly and company launch against Alistair Overeem, Rogers got owned in the end by a world-class striker and a fighter who has a clue as to what to do on the ground. I am not surprised in the least bit by the outcome of Saturday night’s fight, but the way Rogers and his camp were talking up a storm and the way the media was portraying this fight, you would have thought that Rogers was a Top 5 Heavyweight.

Thankfully, the record has now been revised after Saturday’s night fight. Rogers exceeded expectations in the Fedor fight. He pretty much did what I expected in tonight’s fight. Nothing more, nothing less.

As for those who gave Rogers and his camp all the microphone time in the world to blast their constant talk, enough already.

DREAM lost the battle in Nashville, but they won the war in St. Louis

This is a promotion that is struggling to find the right programs to draw fans in Japan and to continue getting television support from Tokyo Broadcasting System. After Shin’ya Aoki lost to Gilbert Melendez, it looked to be terrible news for the organization. Luckily, that fight wasn’t aired on a big scale platform in Japan. Plus, Aoki never really was a big ace for the promotion as far as business was concerned. Yes, he was rammed down people’s throats in the Japanese media, but he never was a big attraction.

DREAM’s big attraction and program goal in 2010 was a triangle featuring Josh Barnett, Alistair Overeem, and Fedor. Barnett won ugly over Mighty Mo, but he won and people have moved on. Overeem destroyed Rogers and thankfully prevented a situation in Strikeforce where Rogers would actually go in as a champion against Fedor in a re-match. As for Fedor, he has a relatively benign fight against Fabricio Werdum on 6/26 in San Jose.

The safe money is that these heavyweight mega-fights will happen in Japan for DREAM and not for Strikeforce in America. There’s more money for Fedor’s camp to make in Japan still than in America. Same for Overeem. Barnett has to fight in Japan at this point due to what’s gone on with the failed drug tests. I still believe that we will see these big fights happen in Japan and they will air for Strikeforce on a same-day delay on Showtime. I’m not convinced that Overeem vs. Fedor is something you can do strong numbers with on PPV in America.

There’s still more money for Barnett, Overeem, and Fedor to do the triangle in Japan than there is in America — and that’s in a current state of Japanese MMA that is severely weakened.

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33 Responses to “The good, the bad, and the ugly coming out of Strikeforce’s event in St. Louis”

  1. 45 Huddle says:

    I’m not buying into Antonio Silva. He has a 3 minute gas tank. He will never beat the best in the division.

    I will be shocked if we see Fedor Emelianenko vs. Alistair Overeem in 2010. I honestly will be shocked.

    So let’s play out some scenarios…. All assuming Fedor beats Werdum, which is a safe assumption.

    1) Fedor Emelianenko vs. Alistair Overeem does happen next. Who does the winner fight? Antonio Silva?

    2) If Fedor & Overeem do not fight. Who do they each fight next? One of them can fight Silva, which is still a big yawn fight. The other has nobody to fight. And I don’t buy into Barnett being a factor here. Strikeforce can’t touch him without enough bad press. And Japan has not made a big Heavyweight fight in years.

  2. mr. roadblock says:

    I called both fights perfectly. Absolutely smashed the nail on the head.

    I don’t think Fedor will go near Overeem. I’m not aure what he does after Werdum. Japan against Barnett is the safest fight anyone will pretend to care about.

    This sounds crazy but maybe the UFC LHW division.

  3. Derreck says:

    Strikeforce seems to be going backwards. Last year after some really successful events like Cyborg/Carrano and Fedor/Rogers they looked like they would be alright, but its quickly going downhill.

    The last 2 shows have been terrible, their MW champ is probably going to the UFC, their WW champ may be suspended, they may have lost their CBS deal, their expensive acquisition from the UFC looks to be washed up, their announcing has gotten even worse, and Fedors management makes it impossible to get anything done.

    Further more, they don’t have one over fighter. The only people that get a reaction at their shows are UFC fighters or refs they have seen on UFC’s like Big John.

  4. Derreck says:

    Also, another event goes by and more of Fedor’s best opponents look like frauds. Fedors best wins are Cro Cop, Nog, Rogers, Alovski, Sylvia and they all have looked atrocious lately.

    • Mark says:

      The key word is “lately”, they were truly great in the 2003-05 span Fedor defeated them in. The absurdity of some of you people is mindboggling. “Fedor isn’t fighting today’s top contenders” is a valid argument against him. “Guys Fedor beat lost steps as athletes 5-7 years later so the wins don’t count” is pure stupidity.

      • 45 Huddle says:

        Fedor hasn’t beaten a Top 5 guy since Mirko Filipovic in August 2005. The skewed rankings that all of a sudden gave Sylvia and Arlovski much higher rankings once they became potential Fedor opponents don’t really change that fact. Arlovski & Sylvia were never Top 5 while they were in the UFC. Sylvia went right from the UFC to fighting Fedor. And Arlovski beat 2 guys who really weren’t Top 10 and then magically made it to #2.

        Going 5+ years without fighting a Top 5 guy is why Fedor gets so much crap from fans. He has protected himself by fighting Choi and Lindland…. While not fighting the top guys when they were top guys.

        • Zheroen says:

          Two guys who held the UFC Heavyweight title, Sylvia doing so on Multiple occasions and his last fight being for the belt = never top 5. Interesting.

          And also intellectually-dishonest bullshit, which is pretty much status quo from you.

          Care to have another hissy fit tantrum about Overeem being ranked #9, just to complete the circle of hypocrisy?

        • Zheroen says:

          45 says…

          “My current MMA Top 10 Heavyweight Rankings…
          1) Fedor Emelianenko
          2) Brock Lesnar
          3) Cain Velasquez
          4) Shane Carwin
          5) Frank Mir
          6) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
          7) Junior Dos Santos
          Alistair Overeem
          9) Fabricio Werdum
          10) ????”

          Just based off of your rankings, it looks as though Brock has only fought one top 5 fighter in his career! And yet, you want to slam Fedor for not having done so since 2005…which is a convenient way of skewing and distorting what happened at the time versus where they are now post-Fedor (which is an interesting point that I’ll discuss later).
          Tell me what is wrong with Arlovski being ranked in the top 5 at the time he fought Fedor – AT THAT TIME, he had been undefeated for nearly 3 years, riding a 5 fight winning streak against TOP 10 FIGHTER (according to your rankings) Werdum, and borderline top 10 (according to you) Roy Nelson. His only losses in a SEVEN-YEAR span were to Tim Sylvia, who was the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion. His record in that interval was 11-2. Please tell me who you would have ranked above him at that time, outside of PERHAPS Mir, Lesnar, and Nogueira (and Fedor, obviously). That sounds like top 5 to me!
          As for Sylvia, who would you have ranked above him AT THAT TIME, in 2008? Frank Mir, who went 4-2 during this time frame (with losses to Marcio Cruz and Brandon Vera, who Sylvia beat in the meantime) while Sylvia went 5-2 (losses to Couture and Nogueira, win over common opponent Vera)? Lesnar, who was 1-1 with a loss to Mir? Who should have been ranked above him in July 2008?
          The Post-Fedor effect…it’s conveniently-used when you want to denigrate Fedor’s accomplishments, yet no one truly wants to acknowledge the fact that FIGHTERS ARE NOT THE SAME AFTER FEDOR BEATS THEM. Has anyone beaten by Fedor ever reached the same pinnacle of achievement they were at prior to meeting him? Nogueira, Crocop, Herring, Sylvia, Arlovski, Coleman, Randleman, Hunt…look at where there careers were PRIOR to fighting Fedor, look where they’re at now.

        • 45 Huddle says:

          Being a former champion doesn’t mean anything. Carlos Newton and Dave Menne are former UFC Champions, and beating them means nothing. It’s all about when you fight. Fedor fought Sylvia after he went 1-2 in his last 3 bouts and was outside of the Top 5. He did fight Arlovski on a win streak, but it was a win streak created by beating decent guys, not top 5 guys. So Arlovski was never Top 5. You can’t get Top 5 without beating Top 5 (unless somebody in the Top 5 moves out for some reason). It’s so simple, but obviously you cannot understand it. Win streaks mean nothing to me. It’s all about the QUALITY of the fighters and earning your rankings based on both your and their rankings. Arlovski was being pushed as a #2 Heavyweight by WAMMA so they could justify giving Fedor a belt. The rest of the media went along for the ride and believed it. A complete lack of real critical analysis on their part. Shows how dumb they are.

          Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was #2 in the world. Frank Mir beat him. Brock Lesnar beat Frank Mir. That’s why Lesnar gets that ranking. It’s so simple. Is he early in his career? Absolutely!! Does he deserve to be the #2 fighter in the world? Absolutely. Rogers was early in his career when he beat Arlovski, and earned a #8-#10 Top 10 ranking because of it. Time has shown that he was a 1 hit wonder, but he still deserved his ranking for the time.

          As for this thing about fighters not being the same after he beats them…. Is it that? Or were they never that good to begin with? I would gues the second one.

          Look at the UFC Welterweight Division. GSP beat the best in the division when they were at their peak. And these guys were so good that they are now coming around for a 2nd time for title shots. Is it because the division is shallow? Nope. It’s one of the deepest divisions in the sport. It is because they were so good that even his top tier challengers are impossible to move out of their high rankings. Which shows he is fighting the best.

          And let me tell you this…. Alistair Overeem will be pushed higher into the rankings by people trying to justify Fedor’s opponents once again. I bet if they do end up fighting, Overeem will be in the Top 5 of most people’s rankings. And then people like you a year from now will proclaim that Fedor has fought multiple Top 5 guys…. including Overeem. Which as we all know, isn’t true.

          I was saying it back during Fedor/Arlovski…. That Arlovski was not Top 5 at the time. I have stuck to that ever sense. And I’m correct on it. To revise history just to bulk up Fedor’s record.

          Look at the rest of the major divisions….. Even though the #1 ranked guys change…. Give me any other division that the #1 ranked guy hasn’t fought a LEGIT Top 5 fighter in 5 years….. There isn’t any. Because the rest are fighting the top guys when they are top guys.

          The Fedor love is out of control…. He ducks opponents. And he is going to duck Overeem.

      • Mr.Roadblock says:

        The idea that Fedor does something magical to people after he defeats them is beyond stupid.

        Cro Cop and Nog were the same fighters after Fedor beat them as they were before. They’re still the same guys they’re just fighting better competition and getting creamed.

        Cro Cop won the PRIDE Grand Prix and Nog became UFC champ after fighting Fedor. That disproves this idiotic Fedor robs souls argument.

        Sylvia and Arlovski were overrated during their UFC run because the division was crap. Sylvia barely beat Jeff Monson. He lost to a 205lb Randy who didn’t cut weight.

        Arlovski is very similar to Cro Cop. He beatsguys that allow him to bully them and fight at his plodding pace of occasional flurries and repositions. If you push either of those guys they wilt and get uncomfortable.

        Fedor’s resume doesn’t hold up to a #1 ranking today. If you want to argue that he’s the best to ever fight. OK. I think that’s a fair argument. And I agree with it.

        Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer ever.

        But I don’t think Fedor deserves the #1 spot based on his recent resume after the Brock/Carwin fight happens. Just like Ali isn’t ranked above the Klitschko bros.

  5. IceMuncher says:

    I think there’s a really good chance Fedor doesn’t fight Overeem. Fedor only fights for the money, and Overeem is an unnecessary risk towards that end. He can make just as much fighting guys he completely outclasses, and he’ll have legions of “You have to beat the best to be the best” journalists and fans keeping him at the top of the division the entire time.

    I see Fedor beating Werdum, then jumping ship to fight in Japan against a bunch of questionable fighters. M-1 will probably claim it’s due to dissatisfaction with the co-promotion deal they have with SF.

  6. Vic Mackey says:

    I never get tired of Mauro asking Frank “who’s winning” 2 minutes in to the first round.

  7. rainrider says:

    If Alister beats Fedor after summer, Zuffa will do whatever they can to sign him with 7 figure contract.

    • IceMuncher says:

      Yep. Also, if that falls through, they’ll air Overeem vs Chuck, Shogun, Werdum, and Lil Nog on UFC Unleashed for a month straight.

      On second thought, I’m not sure how necessary any of that is. If Overeem beats Fedor, the UFC champ will move up to the #1 spot anyway. They already won, anything on top of that would just be icing on the cake.

      If that fight ever did go through, Zuffa would be pulling for an Overeem victory more fervently than Overeem’s own mother.

  8. Mark says:

    1) Awful judging. I don’t want to hear the stupid “the fight looks different live” argument, there is no way Villasenor won a single round. None. I don’t think Arlovski won round 2 either, but at least I can see why someone scored it that way. Villasenor got outclassed for 15 minutes.

    2) Are you saying Rogan isn’t shrill and annoying and Goldberg’s icy robotic pitching-and-plugging as announcing isn’t also bad? Yes, Frank and Mauro are truly awful, but I don’t get why Joe and Mike should get a pass.

    3) Arlovski is one of the most mentally weak MMA fighters in history. He had all the tools to be great, but as soon as he loses a fight he can’t handle it. And he’s been repeating that cycle for the past 4 years. It’s a shame, he had so much potential.

    4) Internet MMA pundits crack me up. 24 hours ago Overeem was nothing but a steroid-shooting overrated hack who never beat anybody worthwhile at Heavyweight and had an overrated stay at Light Heavyweight and never should be close to considered a top 10 Heavyweight. Today he’s awesome, the UFC is salivating to bring him in, and Fedor is trembling in fear because he knows he’ll get destroyed by him. Have some dignity with your bandwagon jumping, please.

    5) Rogers had a great story of being an everyday guy with a dream to be an MMA star that was sold very well by Elite, especially when he was compared against Kimbo’s crapiness. But yes, it’s time to move on from believing he’s anything but a gatekeeper.

    6) I agree that these fights will happen in Japan. Overeem seems genuinely pissed by the media harping on steroid accusations and ignoring what he did in K-1 last year, which is odd since it’s an MMA tradition to call anybody with halfway decent kickboxing a K-1 LEVEL STRIKER~! Now you actually get one and nobody cares. But if Strikeforce can’t get Fedor-Overeem on CBS, with Gina probably never coming back and them being cold on Kimbo I can’t see them getting another special. Even in the dead months of summer programming they would have absolutely nothing to offer. A Walker can fight certainly won’t do it.

  9. Joe says:

    the arlovski that fought bigfoot silva is definitely not the same fighter who fought fedor or fought in the ufc. arlovski used to fight on his toes, almost bouncing around the cage, displaying athleticism, confidence, and a solid striking base that used to intimidate the hell out of his opponents. go back and watch the second tim sylvia fight, where sylvia was scared to death of him before landing that lucky uppercut. and the arloski that came into the fedor fight was confident, threw out a varied offensive attack, and had a solid, well-prepared defense (recall his easily stuffing fedor’s takedown attempt). but last night arlovski was flat-footed, relied exclusively on straight punching, and seemed to have no specific gameplan for silva aside from just assuming that his boxing would outdo whatever striking silva brought.

  10. Steve says:

    “There’s more money for Fedor’s camp to make in Japan still than in America. Same for Overeem.”

    Zach, where is all this talk of more money to be made in Japan coming from?

    Sengoku is basically on life support and living off the teat of Don Quijote. FEG supposedly is shopping around the DREAM brand in order to concentrate on their core kickboxing product. Unless FEG finds a buyer with deep pockets, I don’t see DREAM being able to afford a guy like Fredo. Overeem can still make a fat stack of cash in Japan, but it is far more likely that will come as a kickboxer than it will as a mixed martial artist.

    • Coyote says:

      In Japan MMA are mainstream sport. Comercials, Ratigs, Sponsor’s are more bigger than in America…. of course in the big events.

      Masato, is not seeing as an MMA fighter, is more like a Edward Cullen who fights with great heart. He meake T.V. Novels, he makes movies, music…etc

      The Jap, market is diference than the american, they dont care about rankings, or looser, (“Kid” is still a big draw)

      For the sponsor in the comercial slots, you well see big names trademarks like Mitsubishi, Chevron, Poky, Pachinko, videogames, etc… And that means, the slot was sold at high price.

    • Chromium says:

      I do see Barnett vs. Overeem having a good chance of taking place in Japan, in part because Barnett just doesn’t have many options right now. As a crossover K-1/MMA star, maybe Dream could convince TBS (Tokyo Broadcast System) or whoever is broadcasting their fights to pony up the dough for Overeem, and Barnett’s asking price really has to be a lot lower these days.

      I otherwise agree though. The United States is now the center of the MMA world, especially financially.

  11. cutch says:

    8- 28

    That’s the record Fedor’s last 8 opponents have racked up since fighting Fedor (including their Fedor losses).

    the wins are’nt really a whose who of MMA, they are

    Jason Riley
    Jose Conseco
    Fabio Nascimento
    Stephan Bonnar
    Vladimir Kuchenko
    Ikuhisa Minowa
    Angelo Araujo
    Douglas Humberto

    • Zheroen says:

      93-23

      Their combined record before fighting Fedor.

    • 45 Huddle says:

      GSP’s last 7 wins…. Their record since… 15-5. And 3 of those losses happened between those 7 fighters…. Which means there had to be a loss somewhere. Without those 3 fights, it would be 12-2.

      Does Fedor take people’s Aura? Or where they not at a good point in their career to begin with?

      GSP is fighting Top 5 guys at the peak of their careers. So it’s not a shock that they still have solid record after fighting him. Fedor is fighting non-Top 5 guys and some of them not at the peak of their careers. It’s not a shock they have horrible records after fighting him.

      I wrote a few responses to threads but they got caught up in moderation.

  12. klown says:

    The May 2010 Heavyweight rankings (based solely on wins against ranked opponents):

    1. F. Emilianenko
    2. Lesnar
    3. Carwin
    4. Mir
    5. Velasquez
    6. Nogueira
    7. Couture
    8. Sylvia
    9. Overeem
    10. Rogers
    11. Silva
    12. Arlovski
    13. Dos Santos
    14. Werdum
    15. Gonzaga
    16. Herring
    17. Kongo
    18. CroCop
    19. Barnett
    20. A. Emilianenko
    21. Yvel
    22. Rizzo
    23. Kyle
    24. Wiuff
    25. Monson
    26. Kharitanov

  13. Chuck says:

    Klown,

    How is Tim Sylvia ranked so highly on your list? And shouldn’t Werdum be higher than Antonio Silva, considering Werdum BEAT Silva this year? Why is Junior Dos Santos ranked so low? And shouldn’t Heath Herring be knocked a few pegs down, considering that he lost his last fight, and that fight was almost two years ago?

    And back to Sylvia’s ranking…..since you go by pure wins over ranked fighters, then shouldn’t Ray Mercer be in the top ten? I’m sorry man but your rankings of Tim Sylvia’s (too high) and Werdum’s (too low) rankins make no sense whatsoever. Your lowest bracket (20-25) makes way too much damn sense though. Even though you could switch Mike Kyle and Rizzo at this point IMO, but that is a close call.

    • Chromium says:

      Silva beat Arlovski, who beat Werdum, who beat Silva. OH NO! A PARADOX!

      Or you could just make time be a tie-breaker, and discount the oldest of those wins (Arlovski d. Werdum).

      However, considering all the people Wiuff has lost to, and the fact that Monson just lost _again_, I’d just ditch everyone below Rizzo. Except Monson beat Nelson (albeit somewhat controversially), who is a legit Top 25 fighter on almost anyone’s list.

      Also if you’re going to ignore Mercer knocking out Sylvia in 9 seconds, you might as well make a whole lot of other exceptions.

  14. Joe says:

    One big issue coming out of the silva-arlovski fight that maybe isn’t being talked about enough is the evolution of striking in brazilian mma. these guys have evolved from the chute box style of pressure pressure pressure into being lethal counter-strikers with airtight defense. you saw it last night with both bigfoot silva and feijao (who didn’t seem quite as sharp as silva), it’s strike and cover up, strike and cover up, and if the guy manages to get inside, they immediately clinch, or push off and attack. these guys aren’t committing themselves to the point where they expose themselves to takedowns or counterpunches themselves. they stay balanced at all costs and utilize the cage as an ally.

  15. Got home today and watched what I needed to from Strikeforce in about 20 minutes. Silva looks really soft now. I wonder if that stems from the roids/brain tumor removal? Overeem ran over Rogers. Made it look absolutely easy. He’s the most interesting fight outside the UFC for Fedor, but that doesn’t mean that he’s “earned the right” for a fight with the real champion. Then again, this sport is basically a joke in the way its promoted and sanctioned, so whatever.

    Roger Gracie is the same guy he’s always been. Jacare couldn’t finish a mediocre opponent. Feijao is okay, but looked not very big against Britt.

  16. Alex Sean says:

    I’m not even going to bother addressing the Fedor hate going on here because I’ve come to realize that no matter how many facts you throw their way, the Fedor hater will do what all haters do; Hate. It’s the same thing that drives people to hate on The Dark Knight and Avatar. They see that the general consensus enjoys those films and, out of an insecure to justify their existence to themselves, they go out of their way to have a different opinion because, in their eyes, it makes them special. The Fedor deniers are no different. They see that every single person who knows anything about the sport respects and admires his abilities and considers him to be the best so, out of a need to feel special and unique, they argue against that so they stand out. It’s really quite sad and pathetic.

    But for once, Zach, I actually agree with you on Strikeforce in that the announcing on this show was abysmal. Constant factual errors and ridiculous pushing of fictitious storylines are really starting to poison these broadcasts. We saw that back on CBS when, during a round wherein Fedor got two takedowns, nearly KOd Rogers with a left hand, and threatened with three very close submission attempts, the announcers were losing their shit over how Brett Rogers was “dominating” the round by landing a grand whopping total of five punches and some knees in the clinch.

    Any idea why they’re not using Quadros? I always found him to be one of the best play-by-play men in the sport.

    Ed. — Quadros works this Friday’s telecast of the Matt Lindland fight on Showtime.

  17. Alex Sean says:

    Haha, my mistake. Thank you for the heads up, Mr. Arnold.

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