Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer weighs in on M-1’s decision to partner with Strikeforce in order to build their global brand and the UFC’s choice to stay out of network TV for now: The idea of being able to create a war chest to allow M-1 Global to run a viable worldwide MMA brand […]
Strikeforce
The Silver Lining in Carano-Cyborg Turnover
The Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg card has undergone a tremendous amount of turnover in the last month. Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports articulates quite well how the card, originally scheduled to feature four title fights, has now been left with two, in addition to a host of other alterations. The card itself just hasn’t had a lot […]
UFC, Strikeforce, and the Law of Fellowship
Selected quotations from Chapter 11, The Law of Fellowship in The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al and Laura Ries: In order to build the category, a brand should welcome other brands. Greed often gets in the way of common sense. Not only should the dominant brand tolerate competitors, it should welcome them. The […]
Strikeforce-Dream Partnership Taking Shape
MMAWeekly has published an informative piece that focuses upon the developing relationship between Strikeforce and Dream; it also features an interview with Strikeforce President, Scott Coker. While the entire article can be found here, a summary of some of the more interesting points lies below: Scott Coker has a history with Dream promoter Kazuyoshi Ishii that dates back to his […]
Fedor-Strikeforce Media Conference Scheduled Thursday, August 6th
Strikeforce has just sent out an e-mail indicating that the organization will be holding a media conference call for Thursday at which time it is expected to address, in further detail, the Fedor Emelianenko signing. In addition to Fedor and Scott Coker, Vadim Finkelstein will also be present on the call. I suspect at this time […]