Dave Meltzer: Strikeforce has to realize they are in a war
It was a fantastic show, I thought, as far as compared to previous Strikeforce shows. They built up the next…
It was a fantastic show, I thought, as far as compared to previous Strikeforce shows. They built up the next round of the touranment, they made the tournament out to be a big deal, they had the video packages, they promoted Gina Carano’s return. I just thought overall they had very good fights. That’s something different from a production standpoint.”
“A lot of the weaknesses that Strikeforce has had, not so much Strikeforce has had, that Showtime’s had because Showtime’s the one that does this. It seems they learned and it was just a really fast-paced I thought very entertaining show. It really felt like a major league show.”
“It didn’t feel like they were the secondary group other than some very strange things that they did during this show but that’s, you know… they have the mentality that they are a sport and their main competitior has the mentality that they are a business and I see that, it’s just a different, different thing.
“It just amazed me when, again, it’s HDNet covering it as a sport and, Greg Jackson’s there and they interview Greg Jackson and ask him about how Rashad Evans is doing and how Jonny Jones is doing and its your competitor and your competitor who’s running in a month, in the same market basically. It was just weird to see.”
“I understand that they’re saying ‘well, we’re just covering it like it’s a sport,’ but the UFC wouldn’t do that … they have to realize that they are in a war and the guy who’s on top in the war absolutely knows he’s in a war and behaves like he’s in a war, and as their television goes if they’re going to say, ‘well, we’re not in a war,’ they’re probably going to lose a war when you pretend you’re not in it and the other guy who’s more powerful than you knows he’s in it and is pounding on you.”
“They did the Greg Jackson interview which was just… interesting. I get it from their standpoint because because from an HDNet standpoint you watch Inside MMA… in their minds, they are people who are covering the sport of MMA. But they were covering a promotion, then going out there and acting like that the promotion’s rival is actually the more important promotion and that’s kind of weird when you’re watching, you know, a Strikeforce event and they’re basically telling you, ‘yo, you know there’s Jon Jones and Rashad Evans and all this, this is like the important stuff.’