UFC 107: 'Penn vs Sanchez' vs Strikeforce: 'Miami' on tap for Jan. 30
by MMAmania.com on Jan 5, 2010 7:40 PM EST
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New Year, same strategy.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will once again give mixed martial arts fans options while one of its competitors, Strikeforce, promotes a live show.
UFC 107: "Penn vs. Sanchez," which was one of the more successful pay-per-view (PPV) events of 2009 for the promotion, will re-air on Spike TV on Jan. 30, 2010, at 10 p.m. ET.
Does the date sound familiar? Well, it should.
Strikeforce: "Miami" is scheduled to go off that same night from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., on SHOWTIME.
Back in August, a UFC 100 replay that aired on Spike TV directly opposite the Strikeforce: "Carano vs Cyborg" event, drew a whopping two million viewers for a 1.8 rating in men 18-34, a 1.7 rating in men 18-49 and a 1.5 household rating.
Meanwhile, the Showtime broadcast of Strikeforce: "Carano vs. Cyborg," in comparison, averaged 576,000 viewers, with 856,000 tuning in for the night's main event.
It seems like an effective strategy ... if for nothing less than bragging rights alone.
UFC 107 featured a sensational performance from lightweight division champion BJ "The Prodigy" Penn as he successfully defended his title against number one division contender Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez in dominating fashion.
Former two-time heavyweight champion Frank Mir began his quest for a third title when he submitted Cheick Kongo in the co-featured fight of the night.
Strikeforce: "Miami," on the other hand, has a dynamite main event planned between Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis to determine the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos is slated to defend her 145-pound crown for the first time ever against Marloes Coenen.
What are your plans ... have a preference?
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Since I will be at Strikeforce
I will not be watching the repeat of 107
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
i will also be there.. it will be nice to meet you in person.
"I’m not going to stop yelling because that would mean, I lost the fight!"-Kenny Powers
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by ekc on Jan 5, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Great News!
Free UFC is music to my ears… even if I’ve seen it already
by PHISH NATION on Jan 5, 2010 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
just wondering if you are as opinionated in person as you are in the internets
"I’m not going to stop yelling because that would mean, I lost the fight!"-Kenny Powers
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by ekc on Jan 6, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
i will be watching strikeforce
i watched penn vs sanchez plenty of times already on the internet.
you hear that, dana?
by wandwagon on Jan 5, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone who doesn't have showtime
Confucius says:
"Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk."
Just find a stream
while Coker or Showtime arent going after people.
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
I’ve never understood watching a replay over live. I mean SF isn’t even PPV anymore. SF will have no problems this time around.
Hello, how many ppl don’t have a pvr or dvr yet? Geez
by daniel worby on Jan 5, 2010 8:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thank you Dana!
for feeding my Tivo while I watch Strikeforce live. Manhoef vs. Lawler, Lasley vs. Rosario, and Daiz vs. Zaromskis will be entertaining to say the least.
If I didn’t fork out the money to Zuffa and order the events live, I would probably care more.
Right
That’s what everyone was whining about when Affliction was around.
Confucius says:
"Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk."
I have a solution
Two TVs right next to each other… either that or Picture-in-Picture. Keep SF as the “large” picture and UFC 107 as the “small” picture. Either way, it helps with the downtime between both events.
attention dana white
the ufc will NEVER be as large as an nfl or nba in the US WITHOUT COMPETITION…but at the same time, this is the SAME SPORT, if all you do is fight each other, without ACTUAL fights…what do you get? NO FANS…strikeforce BRINGS FANS….and for those of us that want to just see fights, not only fights with UFC stamped all over it, this is GREAT…I would NEVER pay 45 dollars for dana white and his HALF of a card, ill watch the first half free, and watch hdnet/showtime fights….45 bucks for evans silva? pass.
either way, they need to do a tourny, much like a dynamite…
otherwise, mma will ALWAYS be a sport with not enough fans…
Haley is the right coach who just needs good people around him, much like Cassel
Vince Wilfork will be Scott Pioli's top offseason priority and will be a Chief.
Jamaal "Do it All" Charles
What?
I can’t even understand your point with all THIS random CAPS and what not… speak English!
by PHISH NATION on Jan 5, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Caps confusion
Capital letters make the same sound as lower case letters only they are bigger. The language remains the same as well. Some people capitolize random words for emphasis.
plus, if all this means is that we have to wait a couple months to watch the best fights from a UFC event, why not just tape it while watching strikeforce...all of this is silly...they should support each other...they would only be bigger and better.
Haley is the right coach who just needs good people around him, much like Cassel
Vince Wilfork will be Scott Pioli's top offseason priority and will be a Chief.
Jamaal "Do it All" Charles
by SDChief on Jan 5, 2010 10:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
WAR CANADA
I hope all you maniacs are watching the Canada/USA hockey game!! another instant classic crazy sick awesome game
Theres nothing funner than lettin them hands go
-rashad before refusing to let his hands go at ufc 108
fuck!
Newfie3! DAMMIT! OT man! 3 on 1! Wtf? Ah!
by daniel worby on Jan 5, 2010 10:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
ya...great game but....dam
"Me and Michael are like Mozart...and Mozart's friend."
"No, I'm like Butch Cassidy..."
"You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head. Courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
I have nothing against Strikeforce
But since I don’t have showtime I won’t be watching. Not a Nick Diaz fan anyway. I’ll watch the next Strikeforce show that’s on CBS.
But seriously, why do people get all pissy when Dana does this?
Confucius says:
"Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk."
Well
Most of them still don’t understand that the UFC got MMA in the US rolling and have the resources to win any sort of “war” with any other promotion. They got to be the top promotion by being ruthless… just like the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc.
Doubt that has anything to do with why people get mad....
but I’m not one of the people that gets mad so I couldn’t say for sure. I used to get mad because I would pay for events and then they would show them for free 6 weeks later. Now I just don’t pay for PPV’s and watch at a friends, a bar, or on the internet. Watching live is always best obviously, but unless it’s a huge card I’ll save my $50 especially when I can watch it on TV a month later. More free MMA is good for everyone in my opinion. I don’t think this takes any viewers away from Strikeforce, but will definitely attract viewers that don’t have Showtime or don’t know about Strikeforce.
"You can observe a lot just by watching."-Yogi Berra
U shud watch for diaz opponent then
Zaromskis has sum of the sickest KO’s ive seen. This fight honestly cud be better then Gomi vs. Diaz in pride. & melvin vs. lawler cud be 1 of the sickest brawls as long as lawler cud hang
Just for Dana White, I’m going to tune my TV to Spike, mute it, and watch a live Strikeforce stream.
by Ninkynonk on Jan 5, 2010 11:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I find it strange they don't hold off a bit longer w/ the free re-airing of cards.
It is kinda ridiculous though that the UFC is going to put this on free tv only a month after the live show. Why even bother buying a PPVs anymore?
Isn’t Yahoo still selling the stream? And weren’t satellite/cable providers selling re-airs up to maybe a week or two ago?
Sanchez dirtied
and owned.
Could not believe the difference in the level of skill.
Could not for once believe it.
He should go back to 170 and fight in the strikeforce card to be 170 champ there – hes already beaten nick.
by MMA-Supplements on Feb 9, 2010 11:55 PM EST reply actions
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