25 years of being a regional promoter is meaningless. the guy down the street who runs the bar has the same credentials. We’re talking about a guy who a year ago was promoting bob sapp vs some nobody and now we’re surprised that he’s promoting Hershal Walker vs Greg Nagy. being a small local promoter trying to sell tickets is very different to trying to play on a national stage. Combine this with the fact that showtime and CBS runs the show (what, they have like 2 years experience and this isnt their core business) and you have the mess that strikeforce is today.

Strikefirces answers may lie in a partnership with a cable network the size of spike to be this source of information and to drive the hype of their Showtime and CBS fights and later PPV. This is probabely something they cant do because of a limited contract with CBS/Showtime. If this is the case it was a very poor decision to make moves that would make you seen as competition to the UFC. They should not have signed Fedor if they couldnt win the war.

The April 17th card became official last Monday, March 1st. How does 38 days equal seven weeks?

They were supposedly meeting on Monday (three days after tickets went on sale) to decide if they were keeping the card on the 17th. Anyone hear any statement?

Strikeforce has difficulty telling stories and giving reasons for their fans to care about their match-ups. Some of their cards to the non hardcore MMA fan appear to five fights with no end game.

The build up for Nick Diaz’s and Sarah Kaufman’s recent title fights come to mind. Who are there opponents? Why are they getting a title shot? Why should the causal fan care about these fights? No build up and no end game from the outside looking in

To Strikeforce’s credit they have been only been working with this current incarnation (partnership with Showtime and CBS) for less than 12 monthes.

Sort of like the UFC before their marriage to SpikeTV?

Matt C., while you’re right that Strikeforce doesn’t have it all together, and fighters ARE being back-burnered, the point was that they don’t float rumors to stand in for actual announcements. Neither do they use Scott Coker or Mike Aframowitz to generate buzz by making wild proclamations that undermine their credibility…despite being good for headlines on websites. And as for fight announcements, there’s a big “Card Subject to change” disclaimer whenever you buy a ticket. The live cards feature a LOT of local fighters, who have their own followings, and who aid in ticket sales. The main televised card is usually announced just under two months before the event, which is more than enough time for fans to make a purchasing decision, and adjust their calendars. And if you won’t buy a ticket until the card is finalized, you may find it difficult to score them when it finally is. Or you might not. Either way, I think we’re forgetting that while the Zuffa way is working for the UFC (and to a lesser extent, WEC), Strikeforce’s way has been working for them. We’d all like them to improve, but the notion that they are somehow imperiled is laughable.

Also I don’t see how Strikeforce gets away with putting tickets on sale for an event that only has a couple fights announced. They won’t get me to buy a ticket with only having a couple fights announced for a card. I mean is it so unreasonable to expect a full main card announced before asking people to buy tickets.