Strikeforce headed to Nashville (Update)
by Zak Woods on Feb 25, 2010 8:22 PM EST
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Does anyone honestly know what's going on with Strikeforce?
WKR is still waiting for details on those female tournaments but everyone else wants to talk about the April card so we will leave those tourney's aside and go along with the herd.
Currently the rumor is that Strikeforce is planning on holding their April event in Nashville, Tennessee. No wait! I mean California. Wait! It's Nashville again. Oh my god, the rumor now is that Strikeforce wants to hold the first ever MMA event on Pandora ... you get the idea.
Despite the uncertainty we do know that middleweight champion, Jake Shields, will fight Dan Henderson for the title on the card. For those that think that Strikeforce should at least tell the fighters where they are going and when they need to be there, Shields says he knows but is suppose to keep it a secret.
It is in that backdrop that MMA Junkie reports that they are pretty sure Strikeforce will in fact go to Nashville, Tennessee on April 17th (that means no WEC 48 counter broadcast).
Update: Strikeforce confirmed Nashville, Tennessee as the destination for their April 17th show. Scott Coker said that April 24th is off the table as Showtime has a boxing event scheduled, which means no WEC 48 counter broadcast. Coker also commented that he believes Strikeforce will hold a pay-per view by the end of the year.
Update #2: MMA Weekly says the card will be shown on CBS.
With all that said, there is one last "if". Will the card be broadcast on CBS or Showtime? Jake Shields told MMA Weekly that he thinks the card will be on CBS but, "there's a slight possibility of Showtime because they're still (working it out)." Such a statement leads to instant speculation which in turn focuses on Fedor.
The consensus #1 ranked heavyweight is expected to fight Fabricio Werdum this April for Strikeforce but there are rumors of a potential fight with Alistair Overeem in Japan. If the Strikeforce card ends up on Showtime most observers would assume that meant no Fedor.
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if fedor is on this card i may consider going to this. i loved nashville when i was there. been looking for an excuse to go back for a while now.
cbs, showtime, i dont care. just make it happen.
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after fedor beats his opponent he will do a duet with taylor swift at the grand ole opry.
does taylor swift sing in russian? lol.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 25, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
King Mo is from Murfeesboro
just outside of Nashville. I’m guessing the fight vs Mousasi will be on this card.But then if they are going to have Fedor on May, you have to assume thats going to be on CBS. Either way you look at it, the April or May cards overall seem like they may be lacking star power with Strikeforce’s already shallow roster.
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
Fedor will fight in May, showtime
according to M-1 global. So, I hope it’s still a good card, but the main draw is fedor. Cross promotion sucks!
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