With The MMA News being a ‘World Blog’ site, I’m left with a bit of leeway when it comes to posting updates on the current mixed martial arts headlines, as well as those rumors heating up the web, and I found a great one that I had to share with all of you.
A recent post on the Underground Forum board put forward the rumor that Brock Lesnar would be pulling out of his fight with Junior dos Santos, 24 hours later that rumor turned out to be true.
Now that person has returned to fire off several more juicy rumors, this time concerning Strikeforce and it’s heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.
The post is quite long, but I’ve included it after the jump as well as the link to the post on the Forum board which is located above. Suffice to say the biggest rumor concerns Alistair Overeem’s possible withdrawal from his GP tournament bout with Fabricio Werdum. The writer says fans shouldn’t be surprised to see the Strikeforce champ abdicate his title and leave the promotion for the UFC.
Big rumor indeed!
Here is a highlight of the post:
- Says source is someone “high up in Vegas”
- Scott Coker isn’t happy with Zuffa firing most of the Strikeforce staff, and may leave by December
- Announcers Gus Johnson and Mauro Ranallo will get their walking papers, Frank Shamrock is on the bubble, while Pat Millitich and Stephan Quadros will do the Strikeforce Challengers cards
- Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg will take over announcing duties in December
- Strikeforce will hold their first PPV in December
- Alistair Overeem is not happy with Coker over the failure of putting together a fight with Fedor Emelianenko
- Don’t be surprised if Overeem pulls out of Tourny and relinquishes title to cross over to the UFC
Some very interesting rumors indeed.
The writer notes that with Overeem out of the tournament, the winner could then be crowned the new Strikeforce champ and that fight could be featured on the promotions first pay-per-view event.
The UFC has taken a big hit with the loss of Brock Lesnar, plus it’s latest season of “The Ultimate Fighter” season 13 featuring coaches Lesnar and Junior dos Santos, has been less than a ratings boon. They may be looking for the next “Big Thing” and Overeem could be it, possessing the physique and knockout power fans expect to see in their top athletes.
Some very interesting rumors indeed that may, or may not prove to be true but definitely something to think about.
Check out the full post from the Underground Forum after the jump
HAMMERS HAMIL exclusive: Strikeforce news
This is going to be a long post so bear with me… To all the haters keep hating I sill love you guys… As For My Sources none of your damn business there high up in vegas wink…
As Zuffa Aquired strikforce they have stated business as usual which has not been the case… Zuffa has terminated mainly the whole strikeforce staff except 2…. Rich chou was well respected within the company by staff and fighters and will be sadly missed as he was being groomed for taking over strikeforce for scott coker… Scott Coker has not been happy about his staff getting fired and very upset about chou getting replaced… Scott did not like his demotion but being scott as he is he took it in stride and just like a good pr man he pretends its all good… Many within say Scott will be gone by december to presue other endovours and scott is just there too smooth over the transistion…
Zuffa and Showtime once bitter enemies are now best friends… Zuffa has made inroads with showtime about making changes about the production… Gus Johnson And Mauro Ranallo are on the chopping block… Frank Shamrock is on the bubble and Pat Millitich and Stephan Quadros will be kept on for the challengers cards… Goldie And Rogan Are expected to take over duties in december….
There have been also talks of the tournament finals being Strikeforce first ppv this december and with ZUFFa like to DO 6 shows per year..
There have been strikeforce tourny issues things have not went off without a hitch.. Josh Barnett is not guaranteed but most within think with the zuffa brass at helm they can get it done and incase andrei arvlovsky will be on stand by…
Allistar Overeem has had A rocky relationship with the coker regeime… Allistar was not happy with coker dicking him around with the fedor fight that was promised to him… Also Not happy with the long layoff between the rogers fight and some contractual matters… Coker extended an olive branch in obtaining Valentjn overeem to smooth t
Now the next part is rumor there have been rumblings and info changing daily on this… My sources are tight lipped… But the overeem vs werdum fight is not guaranteed… Ive asked about injury but zuffa has been coy with info being leaked…
Ive been told dont be surprised if overeem pulls out of the tournament and relinquishes the championship… Overeem could possibly be crossing over to the ufc… This would make the Tournament finals for the championship and makes a debut ppv more interesting… This as i said is rumor i know there have been talks and the fight is not cancelled and is still official but was told dont be surprised… This can change daily so I will try too keep updated with more info as I find out more but its not a guaranteed more to come…