Coker outlines 2011 plans for Strikeforce
Q: You’re hoping to run 10 Challengers events and 10 on the big circuit next year. How will that break…
Q: You’re hoping to run 10 Challengers events and 10 on the big circuit next year. How will that break down between networks? Will all the championship series shows be on Showtime, or will you be able to return to something like CBS?
Coker: We have the Showtime championship series, and we had those two fights on CBS. Next year, I’m going to have another conversation in the beginning of the year with CBS, and basically re-engage to see what the temperature is for another show on broadcast television.
But also, we are putting together a syndication show. We will be having another television platform in the sense that there’ll be a Strikeforce syndication show out there, a half hour recap-type show, promoting basically the fights that happened, up-and-coming fights, and building some of our stars.
That’s something that’s in the works that will be probably be starting in the second quarter of next year.
How similar will it be to the NBC show you used to have?
It’ll be a little bit different. The NBC show was a little bit more of, “This is what Strikeforce is about. These are some of the fighters we’ve had fight in the past.”