Strikeforce-DREAM Alliance Press Conference

Scott Coker and Keiichi Sasahara talk about the Strikeforce-DREAM alliance.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• strikeforce
• dream
• mma
• mixed martial arts
• ufc
• ultimate fighting
• melvin manhoef
• robbie lawler
• mayhem miller
• gina carano
• cristiane cyborg santos
• japan
• fedor emelianenko

[1985frogman]

Strikeforce + DREAM=make mma fans happy

DREAMFORCE FTW

[defoe85]

This is great news for all mma fans...for fans who think that mma is 'ultimate fighting' not so much.

[alucardseperdalv]

if the rules from the new DREAMFORCE will allow kicks and knee at the ground + elbows to the head, ufc will remain back far away :D bring back PRIDE under a new form !

[manly525]

and by the way, europe and JAPAN is about a 9 hour flight difference. Most guys who fight in the UFC joined before they started doing alot of overseas shows

[manly525]

hey signboy, u r the typical UFC ball protector. You take things the wrong way. I like the JAPS approach to MMA. Dont hate me just because I dont respect the UFC as much as you do

[naturespride2000]

3. since Dream's not as wealthy as ufc, they cant compete with the ufc in terms of contracts, thus they may lose more international talent to the ufc.

4. the mma world looked at k1, pride, or other japanese mma events for asian talent.

get it? so money affects what international talent u're gonna have. and the country u're in pretty much determines the local talent.

it's not that hard if u get out of ur lil bigoted mjind of urs

[naturespride2000]

@signboyy

urg..

k,

so first of all:

UFC doesnt have more international fighters than they have american fighters. 70% of ufc fighters are american . the T.U.F. series, ALL AMERICAN - ufc has roots in america, and they give preference to american fighters unless they're superstars from japan, europe south america.- then they pay them big money to fight in ufc.

2.

that system is true for every mma organization. europe, south american, asian etc

cont.

[signboyy]

what does that have to do dream having mostly japanese fighters?

[signboyy]

@manly525

there are a lot of "white boys" as you put it in the ufc, but the point is if black boys and brown boys have the skills the ufc recruits them.

whereas in dream there is an unwritten rule that 80% of the fighters have to be japanese.

[signboyy]

@manly525

many fighters only fight once a year so i hardly think a long plane flight to japan would be a factor for a fighter.

and whats the difference between flying to germany, uk and ireland for ufc events and flying to japan for a dream event?

[naturespride2000]

@signboyy

ufc also has MUCH MORE MONEY than dream does as well

[signboyy]

ufc has MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE of international fighters than dream does.