All Entries Tagged With: "Scott Coker"
Ten simple sure fire ways to beat the UFC and be the best MMA promotion ever
1. Throw your big name fighters into meaningless catchweight match-ups that no body wants to see and wouldn’t do anybody any good. 2. Who said champions should defend their belts at least two, three times a year? I say once is enough. 3. If the champion wants to fight more than once a year, give him non-title fights. Don’t worry, they’re just as good as title fights. 4. But be firm, if a champion won’t defend his belt for more than a year because he is busy or just doesn’t feel like… (Full Story)
So Dana White doesn’t hate Scott Coker?
According to Dave Meltzer, he has nothing against him. White also said they are not going to counter program Strikeforce’s debut of Fedor Emelianenko with a live show and that he has nothing against Strikeforce, that his issues are with Showtime. He didn’t explain why other than say they are losing to HBO in boxing and will lose to someone other than HBO in MMA. He said he’s proven he can show a replay show and beat Showtime. I guess when you are in more than five times as many homes,… (Full Story)
Dana White says no, but Scott Coker says yes
Update: Now Showtime VP says it’s “a long shot” to have Roy Jones Jr. fighting in Strikeforce under MMA rules. And MMA fans will go back to 1993, when it was style vs. style, boxing vs. jiu-jitsu, and Gracie vs. the world. That’s because Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker said that a fight between boxer Roy Jones Jr. and Gracie Jiu Jitsu fighter Nick Diaz may happen in Strikeforce. Things will be a little different this time around as Nick Diaz has shown he has much better boxing skills than… (Full Story)
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