People close to the deal have said as much. Strikeforce was losing money and needed an injection of capital to make up for recent signings and the HWGP. The investors werent willing to commit more resources and instead accepted an offer from Zuffa rather than invest more money.Strikeforce was not failing, don't know where this idea has come from.
I thought it was common knowledge that SF's deal with Fedor and M-1 spelled doom for them.People close to the deal have said as much. Strikeforce was losing money and needed an injection of capital to make up for recent signings and the HWGP. The investors werent willing to commit more resources and instead accepted an offer from Zuffa rather than invest more money.
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That was part of the problem. Remember every Frdor fight had to be a co-promotion with M-1 and it ended costing SF more money than they though. Also, Fedor losing to Werdum and Big Foot hindered Fedor's drawing power.I thought it was common knowledge that SF's deal with Fedor and M-1 spelled doom for them.
Bringing Fedor stateside is cursed.
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Strikeforce rejects becoming UFC champs, smhCoker is the GOAT at finding talent
He has a winning record against UFC (with Strikeforce)
He beat 5-0 Rizin (with Bellator)
He beat 5-1 PFL (with Bellator)
Meanwhile Dana failed every time with Chuck in Pride, with Conor in boxing, with Ed Herman against Jacare in Strikeforce. I mean Lawler went 3-5 in Strikeforce and immediately after that run he signed with the UFC and went on a 9-2 run and became champ
Ngannou also went 0-2 in boxing (without fighting in PFL even once)
Coker > Dana
Also what Bellator did to Aaron Pico was tragic. They almost ruined that kid.Why then. I think he truly was bellator's problem. He has no idea except let's get those vets from the UFC and build MVP for a thousand years before giving him real comp
Seronio 4-0 (Bellator vet) vs collard 3-3
Rodriguez is a glory vet
Compton is a 8-3 mw mma (Bellator and lfa vet)
Wodicker is a lion fight vet she should be facing Bade who is a Muay Thai vet from NY
Regional show … similar to Strikeforce when Coker started it
Wait, wouldn't this mean he succeeded with Marquardt against Woodley? Or Diaz's run? Not to mention Lawler was an UFC prospect first and foremost.Coker is the GOAT at finding talent
He has a winning record against UFC (with Strikeforce)
He beat 5-0 Rizin (with Bellator)
He beat 5-1 PFL (with Bellator)
Meanwhile Dana failed every time with Chuck in Pride, with Conor in boxing, with Ed Herman against Jacare in Strikeforce. I mean Lawler went 3-5 in Strikeforce and immediately after that run he signed with the UFC and went on a 9-2 run and became champ
Ngannou also went 0-2 in boxing (without fighting in PFL even once)
Coker > Dana
Using Chandler and Askren is somewhat unfair, Chandler was coming in when he was already mid 30s and Askren had spent a decade in ONE and had retired due to a bad hip before he came back for the ufc runWait, wouldn't this mean he succeeded with Marquardt against Woodley? Or Diaz's run? Not to mention Lawler was an UFC prospect first and foremost.
And you conveniently left out how Bellator champs have historically done poorly in the UFC (Lombard, Brooks, Chandler, Askren) and Gilbert's historically shit run. Tito beating Shlemenko was also bad, but I think that was pre-Coker if my memory isn't failing me.
I get you were probably being tongue-in-cheek with your post, but I'm Coker hater. Never forgave Dada/Kimbo and Royce/Ken 3 completely nuking Bellator's reputation for the rest of its lifespan. Shit even Kimbo/Ken was pushing it.
He used Ed Herman and Conor & Ngannou boxing as examples tho.Using Chandler and Askren is somewhat unfair, Chandler was coming in when he was already mid 30s and Askren had spent a decade in ONE and had retired due to a bad hip before he came back for the ufc run