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Darc Requiem on 04 July 2010
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Hus said:
Darc Requiem said:

 

Well firstly, I'm glad Fedor lost. I'm tired of his and M1 Global's antics. Simply put, every promotion Fedor has fought has went out of business and the ridiculous financial concessions have to be part of it. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned Brett Rogers fighting Overeem. That fight happened because a deal couldn't be arranged between Fedor and M1 Global for the fight date. It's a shame because it makes Strikeforce look like a second rate promotion for giving a guy a title shot off a loss.

In 2005, Fedor was by far the best fighter in the world but he's been fighting also rans in the past few years and I think that lead to his loss. When you are fighting the best you have to stay sharp, when you are fighting second tier guys you can get way with being sloppy. I honestly thought Overeem would be the one to end Fedor's streak. Overeem absolutely man handled Brett Rogers.

As for Lesnar vs. Carwin, it's going to most likely come down to one thing. Carwin's take down defense. If Carwin can stop Lesnar's take downs. Carwin wins. He's a far better striker than Brock. If can't stop Lesnar's take downs, Brock will GNP until the ref stops it. Either way, this fighting isn't going five rounds. It will be interesting, especially after Lesnar's long lay off due to nearly dying.

UFC has given title shots to guy that have just lost.  Yes i do think they are second rate. 

Pride died due to the yakuza scandal.
Affliction died casue BArnett pissed hot and they lost their main event.. 

The only time I recall the UFC doing such is win the original challenger got hurt and couldn't fight. You are right about Pride, you are wrong about Affliction. Affliction went under because they paid all their fighters too much money.They built their promotion around Fedor. They overpaid him and then they overpaid second rate fighters to come and fight him. Tim Silvia got $800,000 for his loss to Fedor. Strikeforce is the only promotion that Fedor has fought for that isn't bankrupt.

As for the second rate, I said it makes Strikeforce look second rate. I didn't say there were second rate. Fedor and M1 Global left them in a bad position.