I believe Strikeforce should be the Triple-A UFC. Why the false competition? Just call it all what it is and start letting the two entities help each other.
Just to seed that conversation a little bit, because I know Dana White and Scott Coker are absolutely reading this, here are 12 fighters on the Strikeforce roster who make sense as UFC entrants.
Admittedly, I made some of these decisions on a gut level. This isn’t just a list of the 12 best fighters in Strikeforce. It’s guys I thought, for one reason or another, had both fully earned a shot in MMA‘s major league and made sense for the promotion in a matchup and/or marketability context. So maybe call them the 12 most UFC-ready “properties” in Strikeforce.
As a delightful added bonus, I’ve also included one Strikeforce alum you can ship back. Go ahead…guess who it is.