Strikeforce: Nashville
Posted by GameSetMatch on April 16th, 2010
With the dissolution of Pride and much of the big-ticket Japanese scene, the UFC has experienced virtually no major defections of talent in the past five years. Tito Ortiz threatened, but eventually relented; Fedor Emelianenko, the highest-profile missing person, was never theirs to begin with.
What is remarkable about Saturday’s Strikeforce card (their second for CBS) is that it will feature the first Zuffa-endorsed, highly visible, highly competitive athlete to walk away from that promotion voluntarily.
Dan Henderson, while not nearly the draw of major UFC stars like Brock Lesnar and Georges St. Pierre, has still benefited enormously from the UFC’s promotional pull. His appearance against Michael Bisping at July’s UFC 100 was seen by a record 1.5 million pay-per-view households; The Wrestling Observer estimates 16 million people in total watched that event. He also notched a free-TV title merger (a loss) with Quinton Jackson in 2007. The only thing he missed was “The Ultimate Fighter” coaching position. To some minds, that’s probably a good thing.
Click here to read the full article – By Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com of ESPN.com
April 16th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
This is a good fight card especially that it is free on television. The fighters I would like to see win in each fight are Henderson, Lawal and Melendez. The one person I really want to win and will have a tough time is Lawal. I find him to be a very interesting and charismatic fighter. Plus the way he presents himself is very entertaining. Dont get me wrong Mousasi is a wonderful fighter and I’ve been watching him for years but I gotta go with my man King Mo.