Fedor Emelianenko May Receive Strikeforce Title Shot in Debut After All

Earlier this week, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said that he would like to "build" to a title fight between current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem and the organization's newest big man, Fedor Emelianenko.

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I didnt want to see the fight built up. I mean if fedor came to the UFC, wouldnt he have gotten an immediate title shot.

But I could see where SF is coming from, considering people in the states may not know much about Overeem or Fedor or just general MMA fans.

True, I think he would get an immediate title shot because the fans watching Strikeforce also most likely have watched Affliction. Not to mention EliteXC, and other smaller orgs.

LOL... Strikeforce's title would mean nothing if Fedor wasn't given a shot right away.

They should give him the shot. Nobody wants to see the fight get built up. I'm sure all the SF fans know about Overeem and Fedor has been makin huge headlines lately so I'm sure people that aren't hardcore MMA fans are starting to learn about him. I sat give him the shot in his debut.

I think we're all missing the main point here. Do you think people who don't know who Fedor is really give a **** who is fighting for the Strikeforce title? If you're such a casual fan that you don't know who the best fighter in the world is than you either A.) aren't watching Strikeforce, or B.) have such little knowledge of MMA that you'll be willing to swallow whatever the announcers tell you during the event.

It's an invented problem. Real fans know that putting a belt on somebody and having them fight Fedor doesn't make them legitmate top flight competition. He didn't secure his place as the best by coming to the UFC and beating the best so what difference does it make what B level fighter he fights first in Strikeforce? You either don't know enough to care or you know enough to not care. Either way, say it with me now, Who cares?

Why does Scott Coker keep saying, "let's put our champ against M-1's champ." ? Fedor has never fought for M-1. They only have him signed to a three fight deal to, for an organization he'll probably never fight for, so they can double dip and co-promote. I would think Scott would haver the smarts to see that, but hey just like the old saying, "There's a sucker born every minute."

Anyways, I don't want to beat the proverbial "dead horse"--sooo moving on...

Overeem should be interesting, although I'm not entirely sold on his transformation to world beater. It's a better matchup than Rogers and Werdum though. Can Alistair actually get healthy though. It's been like two years since he fought for Strikeforce.

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Posted by Twenty20Dollars I didnt want to see the fight built up. I mean if fedor came to the UFC, wouldnt he have gotten an immediate title shot. But I could see where SF is coming from, considering people in the states may not know much about Overeem or Fedor or just general MMA fans.

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UFC said Fearful, oops I mean Fedor would get an immediate title shot.