Spike TV presents UFC 113 'Machida vs Shogun 2' to counter program Strikeforce 'Fedor vs Werdum' on June 26
by Jesse Holland on Jun 7, 2010 11:52 AM EDT
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Spike TV is once again hosting a special encore presentation of a recent UFC pay-per-view (PPV) when the cable network goes head-to-head with Showtime on Saturday, June 26 at 10 p.m. ET.
Featuring a light heavyweight rematch between two of the world's top 205-pound athletes, UFC 113: "Machida vs. Shogun II" will counter program the upcoming Strikeforce: "Fedor vs. Werdum" event set for the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
In addition to "The Last Emperor," Strikeforce will feature Women's Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos against Jan "Cuddles" Finney as well as a rematch between former middleweight champion Cung Le and Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith.
Is that enough to outdraw a couple of Brazilians, Kimbo Slice and a Canadian piledriver?
The UFC seems to think so. Here is a list of the featured bouts for Saturday's Spike TV presentation:
205 lbs.: Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua
265 lbs.: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
155 lbs.: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
185 lbs.: Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
170 lbs.: Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
185 lbs.: Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher
This latest counter-programming effort should come as no surprise.
The UFC and Spike aired a special presentation of "Ultimate Fights" to run opposite the Strikeforce "Heavy Artillery" event from St. Louis back on May 15.
Of course most fans who want to see both cards will DVR one broadcast and watch the preferred one live -- or simply flip-flop back and forth between the bouts that don't hold their interest.
Which one of those descriptions best fits you? Let's hear it Maniacs, what are your plans for June 16?
Sound off!
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I'd rather see Machida get KTFO
than Fedor facing his toughest opponent yet!
Conan : You are known as a striker. Is that correct? Tell me what that means.
Chuck : Well I like to punch people, or kick them.
Really? Then the first half of your screename is truly appropriate.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
he was being sarcastic
I’m thinking because of the exclamation at the end
by kibbled_bits on Jun 7, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? Then I take it back. My bad.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
I think he was only being sarcastic about Werdum being Fedor's toughest opponent to date.
It looks like a shot at Fedor and his hand-picked opponents.
This is what happens when you bet on a loser like Cote, I should have listened to David W-S
Really? Then I un-take it back.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
LOL
"THIS IS THE GREATEST UPSET IN THE HISTORY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS!"
Gus Johnson will never live that down and it should never be forgotten.
Yeah, I deserve one of these O_o
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
LOL
Everybody dissin’ my name.. it’s not daft = foolish;silly .. it’s inspired by daft punk one of my fave artists.. Oh and yeah I was being sarcastic
Conan : You are known as a striker. Is that correct? Tell me what that means.
Chuck : Well I like to punch people, or kick them.
Ok. I take back my un-take back. Daft Punk is good music, too.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
ARRRRRRRRG ... that pic hurts my feelings
" The pain that you carry is the love that you never showed "
ill be watching strikeforce
because i already paid money to watch ufc 113 and what can i say, live mma is simply the best
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
obviously yup
any “hardcore fan” (see someone’s fanpost") will be watching Fedor fight live instead of something we can see any day/night on the web.
live simply.
Yes. Also, its just common sense. Why watch a replay of anything instead of a live sporting event? Any category, not just MMA.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
UFC Strikes again
I just cant stand the production and the commentary of strikeforce. It drives me insane.
"IT IS WHAT IT IS"
Mauro Retardo is the worst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t stand that guy. Makes me want to stick a screw driver in my ear.
and thats why
we mute the tv in our house for strikeforce, and turn on some of that jammin’ bass
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
Watching Fedor is magic
Doesnt matter who he fights.
It will be spectacular.
by Lester The Pimp on Jun 7, 2010 12:14 PM EDT reply actions
I think the same, Lester. And more, with these retirement rumours, it can be one his last presentations.
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
by Eduardo Cruz on Jun 7, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
and he's fighting a guy who's very out matched.
I’ll stop short of calling Werdum a can, but god damn this is about as one sided as it gets.
no
werdum is a decent enough opponent, just look at his goddamn record.
he beat your precious overeem among others.
by Lester The Pimp on Jun 7, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure he is.
Lemme guess, Fedor fan? If he was fighting a worthy opponent you wouldn’t have to defend him.
This is what happens when you bet on a loser like Cote, I should have listened to David W-S
he beat your precious overeem among others
Lemme guess, Fedor hater/Overeem lover?
by Lester The Pimp on Jun 7, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Werdum can go into the UFC HW division, and beat any of your favorite fighters!
Official WORLD CLASS JITS
Tough Chin/sturdy dude
Improving stand up
BIG FIGHT EXPERIENCE!!!!
Just cause its Fedor, doesnt mean you gotta Bash Werdum.
Personally, I would give Werdum a good shot against Brock!
He would Crush Mir….those are the last 2 Hw champs for crying out load
Fedor haters would never be happy unless he fights Brock
If he were booked to fight Carwiun, people would complain that Carwin hasnt beaten anyone
If he were to fight Cain, it would be that Cain isnt ready yet….and Fedor is fighting Cans
No one will ever be happy with Fedor’s opponents for one reason, because the mat he doesnt knock people the fuck out on doesnt have a UFC label on it, and isnt 8 sided…..as If I give a fuck!
War GOD!!!!!
i think that might actually be ken-flo's body. lol.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. "Training Day". Rashad will beat Rua b/c it's a bad matchup for him. 2/1 odds. Josh Koscheck will dethrone Gsp and win the welterweight title. 2/1 odds on that too.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 7, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
psh....
i could care less about that strikeforce card at all..call me when they make the overeem/emelianenko fight…then ill tune in….other than that, the hell with fedor he hasent fought anybody worth talkin about in a good few years,hes gettin sloppy…if i dont have nothing goin on that night ill tune in to spike
another typical piece of shit move from dana
i hope fedor retires so that fucking greasy, sweaty, despicable pig never gets the rights to make fedor fight.
Counter programming is a bad move?
He doesn’t want anyone to watch SF, what’s wrong with that? I don’t see you calling Coke a bunch of cock-suckers for competing with Pepsi.
This is what happens when you bet on a loser like Cote, I should have listened to David W-S
bad move and piece of shit move are two entirely different decisions
by Coach's Corner on Jun 7, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
it is a very good move on dana's part to counter program from a business stand point
especially when spike is in so many more homes than shotime. its a shit move when he plays an entire event that many of us payed 50-60 bucks for (some like it in hd) 6 weeks after it aires.
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
LOL at Coach’s Corner crying about this. The “Zuffa is evil” crowd are the same people who were saying that competition is good for the sport when Strikeforce decided they wanted to be a part of the bigger scene. Zuffa counter programming them is competition, you got what you asked for.
As for hoping Fraudor retires so he doesn’t fight under the Zuffa banner….. that’s retarded. You don’t want to see him fight Lesnar, Dos Santos or Velasquez? GTFO
..and NO, i don't want to see a 225 pound fedor fight a 300 pound lesnar. now THAT is retarded.
by Coach's Corner on Jun 7, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Fedor was beating 300 pounders and no one had a problem with it
Now there’s a 300 pounder with talent and everyone says it isn’t fair? If Fedor doesn’t want to fight big HW’s he should cut 15 pounds and fight LHW.
This is what happens when you bet on a loser like Cote, I should have listened to David W-S
I'm a fedor fan & I wud luv 2 see him in the ufc!
When has fedor ever bitched about the size of an opponent? NEVER! Or anything?! I think coach means Dana’s a 2 faced slime ball & fuck giving him the satisfaction of having th best fighter of all time. I wana see him in the ufc as much as anybody. He’ll beat them all.
by d*locc on Jun 7, 2010 2:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
counter programming is stupid,
Im not going to rewatch a sporting event when I already know who wins. Besides that, Im a real fan of MMA so when there is a PPV event I buy and watch it that night, hell I have UFC PPV parties at my house. There is know way I would watch the UFC over Fedor that night. I dont care who Fedor fights, I want to see Fedor fight. I dont care if its in the UFC either, he is ranked #1 and I want to see him fight, more than anyone else. This whole Strikeforce UFC BS is exactly that…..BS. Your either a fan of MMA or your not. To say you wont watch Strikefeorce because its Strikeforce is just plain stupid.
counter programming is not competition
if they were to hold live PPV events on the same evening, that would be competition.
they fact that they are re-airing a program that many of us paid 60 bucks to view only 2 weeks ago JUST to spite a competitor’s attempt at growing the sport, is straight bull-SHIT.
chances are that i loved fedor before you realized how how much you loved sucking on your mom’s tit.
THAT is why i don’t want to see him used and abused by dana.
I want him retired as a legend, not a punching bag that dana can use to go, “see guys, see.. i told you he was over-rated. Now someone come over here and rub my bald-head.”
Counter programming is competition
You are just an emotional fan boy who is only interested in viewing his own side of the argument.
WOW
buddy has gif’s of james vanderbeek on his computer and he is calling out other people. nice.
let me guess, you love how greg jackson trains his entire camp to employ the dry-hump technique during every fight. winner.
by Coach's Corner on Jun 7, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Clearly you have no clue as to who fights for or is affiliated with Greg Jackson. You think because he advises GSP and Rashad to use their talents properly that he trains everyone to be ‘dry-humpers’ (that’s called a ground game, but I guess you wouldn’t know that). I’m going to rattle off just a couple of names and you tell me that these guys dry-hump. Nate Marquardt, Shane Carwin, Keith Jardine, Joey Villasenor, Jon Jones, Roger Huerta, Donald Cerrone, Leornard Garcia, Carlos Condit, Melvin Guillard, Damacio Page and Brendan Schaub. Appearently you started watching MMA last week if you think that Greg Jackson’s camp are a bunch of dry humpers.
Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.
he is crying over katie holmes. he lost her to scientology and tom cruise.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. "Training Day". Rashad will beat Rua b/c it's a bad matchup for him. 2/1 odds. Josh Koscheck will dethrone Gsp and win the welterweight title. 2/1 odds on that too.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 7, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
SB - your post in the Kishii thread is gold. Check out my reply.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
by OJR on Jun 7, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
*Fujii thread.
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
by OJR on Jun 7, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude
I DVR’d this PPV and watched Shogun KO Machida over and over in HD.
I’m such a homo.
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
You should get a room...bunch of homos...
Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
by OJR on Jun 7, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d rather watch Fedor shave his head on live tv than a repeat of a fight I already know the outcome to.
He was talking about the head on his shoulders.
We all that you would pay to see Fedor naked, freenow. LOL
This is what happens when you bet on a loser like Cote, I should have listened to David W-S
Funny thing is we already know what the restult of the Fraudo - Werdum fight too
So what’s the difference?
i'll watch both as usual.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. "Training Day". Rashad will beat Rua b/c it's a bad matchup for him. 2/1 odds. Josh Koscheck will dethrone Gsp and win the welterweight title. 2/1 odds on that too.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 7, 2010 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
I cant afford all the UFC ppv's that come out as it is. When affliction was around it was too much
I just think its funny that UFC feels the need to bother counter programming. It’s like a lover who doesnt want you to have any female friends. They just need to relax and realize they are the number one and it’s okay to have fans who take advantage of FREE cards by other organizations. Like Dana wont be watching the strike force card anyways.
Nice
I went to 113 so now I get to see it through the PPV eyes (Rogan and HD). Fedor will be PVR’d and maybe watched. Losing interest in his name though. Give me Lesnar vs Oversteem
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