Dr Zaius
Chief Defender of the Faith
- Joined
- May 1, 2001
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- The Forbidden Zone
- First name
- Don
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Holy ****! I never saw this coming.
http://www.ufc.com/news/zuffa-buys-strikeforce-press-release-031411
So Zuffa now owns the UFC, WEC, and Strikeforce. Which basically means the UFC owns Strikeforce and has access to all of the organizations' fighters, even the current champs. Dana White is saying that Strikeforce will remain as a separate entity, however, Zuffa has the authority to transfer contracts from one to the other at its discretion.
It may take a while for things to sort themselves out, especially since Strikeforce has a contract with Showtime. However, it's only a matter of time before we see superfights between the UFC champs and the Strikeforce champs.
Alastair Overeem vs. Cain Velasquez anyone?
This is going to be epic! :nofear:
http://www.ufc.com/news/zuffa-buys-strikeforce-press-release-031411
So Zuffa now owns the UFC, WEC, and Strikeforce. Which basically means the UFC owns Strikeforce and has access to all of the organizations' fighters, even the current champs. Dana White is saying that Strikeforce will remain as a separate entity, however, Zuffa has the authority to transfer contracts from one to the other at its discretion.
It may take a while for things to sort themselves out, especially since Strikeforce has a contract with Showtime. However, it's only a matter of time before we see superfights between the UFC champs and the Strikeforce champs.
Alastair Overeem vs. Cain Velasquez anyone?
This is going to be epic! :nofear: