Earlier we touched on the fact that there are reports surfacing that the UFC might counter Strikeforce’s upcoming April 17th event in Nashville, with its own event that same night. The UFC has certainly done the old ‘so you want to play with the big boys?’’ thing before, putting together a Fight Night card featuring Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin in no time flat, to take a stab at Affliction’s first show in July, 2008 (ah, remember those days, when Affliction was a promotion as well as the purveyor of cross and skull ridden t-shirts?).
Well, according to a report from Sherdog.com, the UFC could be taking it up a notch higher, as reportedly the promotion is looking at not only holding an event that same night to diminish television ratings, it might be considering holding an event in Nashville itself. If accurate, that’s not going to be good for Strikeforce ticket sales. The line-up for the Strikeforce card is sick, but, let’s face it, the growing promotion still isn’t exactly the ‘talk of the town’ with mainstream, ‘I only watch a couple of fighters like Chuck Liddell’ fans.
But hold on, the Sherdog report goes on to state that Strikeforce could move the event one week later to April 24th, which would then go head to head with the WEC’s PPV debut (cue dramatic music). Meaning the UFC might have to decide whether or not it wants the $44.95 WEC to compete with the free CBS Strikeforce card. There’s more drama to come no doubt.