Dana White and Zuffa have taken over StrikeForce and will try to strength the product and try to build mega matches and the build of Bobby Lashley as a monster competitor and I believe that Strikeforce will be used for building up new fighters on their TV on showtime. When fighters become bigger stars they will be put on UFC pay-per-view and this agreement will give the UFC more talent to work their bi-monthly and monthly pay-per-view. The idea of the Grand Prix is a good idea and is something to build off of because it is something new and the female fighters are something the UFC has decided to not have female fighters.
It will hurt the fighters because now there is no other place for when they are a free agent and will not have a bargaining chip in their contract negotiation with Dana White and Zuffa which means that they will have a lot less guaranteed money and the bonuses may go down quite a bit over the next little bit.This is because the UFC does not need to fight for their talent because if they do not like it when their deals are finish they basically can leave MMA altogether as Bellidore is a far cry to either the UFC or Stikeforce. The reason I believe this is because the amount if money for bonuses is not announced before the end of the night which means Dana and Zuffa just come up with a number and if they can give out 25,00-30,000 bonuses instead of 60,000-75,000 they would.
In the end I believe that Dana and Zuffa are going to be the winners as they are going to make a whole lot more money going forward. Also Dana is a marketing guru and will continue to put the fights the fans want on and unlike Vince McMahon when he bought up WCW and ECW and buried both as MMA you really can not bury fighters because the good fighters will be good, the great fighters will be great, and the not so good fighters will be out of the business. This is because you can try to protect fighters like Kimbo Slice but they can also be destroyed as quickly as they were built up as it is not fixed and whenever two fighters step into the cage anyone can win like any other none fixed sport.
UFC in Toronto in just over a month yeah
Tom Mehegan
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