I like the effort they’re putting forth. I really hope Strikeforce does well. It won’t be easy for them, though. And I hate to say it, but I doubt Overeem will be fighting in the States anytime soon.

3. Who should Strikeforce sign to help build up Lashley and Cormier without throwing them to the wolves off tops?

Me. Of course, I’m considering cutting down to lightheavyweight, but I don’t mind putting over some new talent before I do!

even if it’s a local event. when i lived in vegas for 3+ years. i have seen three live events in las vegas. the first was wec event at hard rock hotel. main event was carlos condit vs brock larson. condit beat larson by submission in first round. we paid 75 dollars and we had fairly good seats. the thing that struck me the most was not many people showed up until the main event. there were i think 7 or 8 preliminary fights. the thing that bothered me the most was the cameramen getting in the way alot of the times when the best action is happening. there are three of them around the cage. alot of downtime between fights too. the old joint at the hard rock might have held 1200 people for a mma fight. i saw maybe 600 people until the main event then the place filled up. don’t mix up the old joint with the new joint at the hard rock b/c they expanded it and now it is on the other side of the hotel. second mma fight was at the pearl at the palms casino. ticket was 250 dollars. this was by far the best seats b/c we were on a balcony looking down at the action. the cameramen where not in the way as much. it was the anderson silva vs james irvin ufc fight night. anderson silva won that fight in a little over a minute and was quite impressive. best fight was an ifl fighter who i think his name was rory m. he had the knockout of the night with a perfectly landed leg kick to the temple and the other guy fell like a tree to the canvas. you could here him hit the canvas. the crowd went crazy. i would say maybe 1500 people where there. third live fight i saw was at mandalay bay and chuck liddell was facing renato sobral. tickets were 350. roughly 14,000-16,000 people were there and chuck destroyed him. these fights are not in the order i’m writing them either. i’m glad i went to see them live but will never see them live again. you can see the fights much better on pay per view or in my case at your local casino. some of the casino’s in lake tahoe and reno show them for free. i do think everybody should go once to a major event. even if it’s a local mma fight. peace out. ramble on!

The monitors helped a lot….but there was nothing like the atmosphere before the Liddell/Evans fight….and then RIGHT after Evans KTFO Liddell…that was the biggest contrast ever….it was like mofo’s lost a family member and shit walking out of the arena…that was priceless.

I forgot to add Roger Gracie to this list….he might make his Strikeforce debut in Nov.

1. Of those names IMO only Alistair has a chance.

1. Yes, but not until 2010.

1. Well Lashley was scheduled to fight Ron Waterman. That’s not a bad fight for him. Or maybe someone like James Thompson.

With Cormier he should fight a fighter with next to no experience or guy past their prime like Mark Kerr or Don Frye would do because honestly I didn’t think he was impressive at all in his debut. I know it was his 1st fight but he looked out of shape and his opponent was a newcomer as well.

And shouldn’t that list of heavyweights include Sergei Kharitonov? I thought he was coming over from Dream.

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/09/04/the-potential-depth-of-the-strikeforce-heavyweight-division/

it’s humorous when you realize that further up stadium seats are usually cheaper and often better than the closer ones….took me a couple live shows to figure that out.