Strikeforce announced an April 17th event filled with great match-up, including 3 title fights. The card will feature a lightweight title clash between fast-paced, Gilbert Melendez and DREAM lightweight champion, Shinya Aoki. The second title bout will be at middleweight, featuring grappling phenom, Jake Shields and UFC refugee/long time badass, Dan Henderson. The final title fight of the night will be contested between the composed champ, Gegard Mousasi and flamboyant prospect, Mohammed "King Mo" Lawal.
Quite a night of fights to be featured, FREE, on CBS nonetheless. Well, if you aren't familiar with how Zuffa does business, here's a sample. NEWS FLASH: Dana White has announced plans for a UFC event on April 17th... coincidence? Absolutely not. Counter programming has been an effective strategy in most cases, and one tactic that the UFC brass has down to a science. (With a roster as big as the UFC's it's relatively easy to scrape together a quality card on short notice.)
Well two can play at that game. Scott Coker fired back that if the UFC put on a show April 17th, then the "Strikeforce: Nashville" card would be moved to April 24th...the same day as the first WEC pay-per-view. Touche, Strikeforce, touche.
My opinion? Healthy competition is great for the sport. So many fights and so little time...what is an MMA fan to do? If you don't have a DVR, I suggest you get one by April.
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