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MMA’S
SOAP OPERA
CONTINUED
July 29:
August 2:
Ben Rothwell and Chase Gormley make
The rumour machine is in full swing:
a date at UFC 104 to honour their fight, ori-
Fedor was offered a 30 million dollar, six-fight
ginally set for Affliction Trilogy. For Zuffa, the
contract to fight in the UFC, M-1 would also
summer blowout sales look interesting.
be given a cut of the pay-per-view sales and
Fedor could continue competing in combat
sambo.
August 3:
The rumour dies just as quickly as it was
born, M-1 deny vehemently that an offer of
broadcast agreement with Showtime/
CBS, and the excellent relationship that
StrikeForce holds with DREAM—which was
made official the same week as signing
Fedor—Scott Coker and StrikeForce are
Vadim Finkelstein announces that Fedor
more than ever in a position to go head to
will not be fighting in the UFC unless M-1
head with the UFC. It is not a coincidence
co-promote the event. Dana White punches
that StrikeForce left it’s traditional Califor-
his table and breaks it into pieces.
nian base this year to display it’s wares in
July 31:
such generosity was ever on the table. But
Strike Force seems in a
Barnett, victim of his own making, is
the real guilty party is Fedor, who announces
stunned to learn that the second sample
better position than ever
his surprise signing with StrikeForce for three
also came out positive when tested by the
fights.
to compete with the UFC. Athletic Commission.
Following the UFC, it’s the WEC’s turn to August 5:
Washington... It would seem that the time
pick up the pieces of Affliction. They stroll StrikeForce makes official its strategic
is right for StrikeForce to go on the attack.
partnership with Japanese promotion DREAM
As if signing Fedor and making an official
and continues to affirm their intention to
partnership with DREAM was not enough,
compete, both sportively and economically,
StrikeForce continued to make strong
with the UFC.
moves when they signed “Jacare” to a
multi-fight contract with the organisation.
A move that adds some depth to their
middleweight division.
In short, we can breathe easy, the pre-
mature death of Affliction is not neccesarily
a return to the dark ages of MMA in North
America and across the world. Because the
struggle that is set to take place over the
coming months between StrikeForce and
the UFC promises to be passionate, on both
the sporting and business fronts. And to
reassure you that this will all have a happy
home with Mark Hominick and L.C Davis vs
ending, you should note that Barnett, who
Javier Vazquez in their shopping bag.
was at the heart of the scandal, has not
August 1:
disappeared into oblivion. We expect to see
The very day that he was scheduled to
him compete in Sengoku before the end of
lock horns with Fedor, Barnett announces
the year, and who says that he won’t finish
that he will be returning to Sengoku.
by taking on Fedor in Japan in a co-promo-
ted DREAM/StrikeForce event.
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