A big win certainly would help things. I’d like to see him in the UFC again as he wasn’t exactly run out of the UFC due to a ton of losses (or boring fights either), but I don’t know if Strikeforce would be completely done with him. He’s a serviceable HW, with a ton of experience. I could see him fighting Werdum or Rogers, or just about any other HW that Strikeforce can get their hands on—not that he’d win every fight, but he’s legitimate in a often questionable division. He’s a solid gatekeeper at the time being, and if he strings enough wins together, it wouldn’t be out of the question to rematch Overeem, assuming that’s how the Strikeforce title picture still comes together some time in the future.

Alternatively, if Yvel wins big, I get the feeling he has a larger chance at landing a UFC spot, what with never having fought there before and having a definitive “look.”