Strikeforce Henderson vs Babalu News Brief – Live on Showtime Dec. 4th from St. Louis

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Courtesy of :The MMA Truth UFC BettingStrikeforce Henderson vs Babalu News Brief – Live on Showtime Dec. 4th from St. Louis

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Strikeforce Henderson vs Babalu News Brief – Live on Showtime Dec. 4th from St. Louis

Pre-Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu Video Hype

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Despite the fact that its card is better from top to bottom than the competition’s on Saturday night, Strikeforce’s  Henderson vs. Babalu broadcast on Showtime will likely top off at less than half as m…

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Despite the fact that its card is better from top to bottom than the competition’s on Saturday night, Strikeforce’s  Henderson vs. Babalu broadcast on Showtime will likely top off at less than half as many viewers as The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale show on Spike TV.

In an effort to win over a few sets of eyeballs who are indifferent in preference between the two cards, Showtime has released some highlight videos this week featuring main card fighters, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Dan Henderson and Scott Smith.

Now, I only took two marketing courses in college, but wouldn’t it have been wiser to have released these videos a few weeks ago and to have more than three fighters featured in them?

Regardless of Strikeforce’s head-scratching business decisions, the shorts are pretty well done. 

Check out Scott Smith’s highlight and the original Babalu-Henderson bout after the jump.

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Friday Link Dump

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–  British writer says Pickett could be the next Hardy or Bisping. Does that mean he’s going to get KTFO by an American? (cagewriter)
–  Due Date review (screenjunkies)
–  Training with Team …

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–  British writer says Pickett could be the next Hardy or Bisping. Does that mean he’s going to get KTFO by an American? (cagewriter)

–  Due Date review (screenjunkies)

–  Training with Team Quest Okami says Sonnen is innocent (mmajunkie)

–  Click-A-Chick: Cristina Brondo, Brittany Barbour, Sofia Vergara, Pixie Lott, Ericka, & friends (bustedcoverage)

–  Jeremy Horn interview (whoatv)

–  Report: UFC 127 in Australia to host Condit-Lytle (yahoo!)

–  Chilean miner sings Elvis on Letterman (TuVez)

–  Weekend preview:  Drysdale and Saunders back in action (mmafighting)

–  Woman fined $1.5 million for downloading music illegally (mademan)

–  Velasquez adjusts to life as UFC champion (sportsnet)

–  Angie Sanclemente Valencia photos (holytaco)

–  Menjivar-Pickett on tap for WEC 53 (sherdog)

–  Cleveland’s response to new LeBron commercial (scoresreport)

–  A book of insults just for the UFC (cracked)

–  For (stuffed) colored girls (funnyordie)

–  The murse from TUF explains why he’s now famous (middleeasy)

– Maxim’s 5 favorite gifs for Friday (doubleviking)

Babalu Not Motivated by Belts Anymore; Plans to Move to Different Weight Classes to Pursue Challenging Fights

(Belts? We don’t need no stinking belts.)
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker mentioned in an interview this week that the winner of the December 4 light heavyweight bout between Dan Henderson and Renato Sobral will likely be next in line for a shot at the pr…


(Belts? We don’t need no stinking belts.)

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker mentioned in an interview this week that the winner of the December 4 light heavyweight bout between Dan Henderson and Renato Sobral will likely be next in line for a shot at the promotion’s 205-pound titleholder, Rafael Cavalcante.

Coker’s revelation seems a bit questionable considering Sobral, who defeated Robbie Lawler at a 195-pound catchweight in his last bout hasn’t fought at 205 for the promotion since losing his title to Gegard Mousasi in 2009 and Henderson, who lost to Jake Shields in a title bout in his Strikeforce debut hasn’t fought under the SF banner at that weight at all.

Regardless of whether or not he beats Henderson or earns a shot at his old belt, Babalu says he may not stick around at light heavyweight for long, revealing that he wants to go wherever there are challenging fights.

"I’m looking for challenges now. Belts don’t mean as much to me any more. I want good match-ups. That’s what keeps me motivated to fight. I’d like to fight maybe at heavyweight. It depends. It all depends on the opponents. If you give me good match-ups, I’ll fight at any weight," Babalu tells CagePotato.com. "I can go up and I can go down. If it’s a good bout for me and I say I want to fight that guy, I’ll move to the weight they’re at. I don’t have any preference. It’s not about weight classes; it’s about fighters."

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Fabricio Werdum: ‘If I Beat Fedor On That Night, I’m going to Be Better Than Him On That Night’

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The majority of MMA fans and media feel that Fabricio Werdum will likely lose his fight against Fedor Emelianenko on Saturday night. Apparently nobody gave Werdum the memo.
"I know it’s going to be hard but …

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The majority of MMA fans and media feel that Fabricio Werdum will likely lose his fight against Fedor Emelianenko on Saturday night. Apparently nobody gave Werdum the memo.

"I know it’s going to be hard but I know that I can [beat Fedor]," he explains.

Although he is confident about his chances this weekend, Werdum has no illusions of grandeur.

"If I beat Fedor on that night,  I’m better than him that night. I don’t consider myself better than anybody else," he says. "I just know that I have a place on the top. I think to beat Fedor is like having 10 belts in the house."

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