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at the beginning of 2011,burberry sito ufficiale, there was a legitimate question as to which mma promotion had the best heavyweight class. i broke it down earlier this year at :
strikeforce was going to go big. their signature event for the year, a "heavyweight grand prix," would pit eight of the best gargantuans in the sport in a winner-take-all tournament with bragging rights at stake.
the first show set viewer records on showtime and sparked plenty of debate. were strikeforce's best heavyweights on par with the top fighters in the ufc? it was an unthinkable question.
no promotion had matched the ufc fighter for fighter in any weight class since the japanese pride fighting championships went under in a wave of controversy and accusations of japanese mafia involvement back in 2007. fans were intrigued.
were fighters like alistair overeem, fedor emelianenko and fabricio werdum really the equals of ufc greats like brock lesnar, cain velasquez and junior dos santos? battles on message boards and in the comments sections of mma sites all over the internet were fierce. strikeforce had hit a nerve.
by the end of the year? dana white announced that the division was on life support. after the grand prix and "one more fight," the strikeforce heavyweights would be no more. |
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