Before Muhammad Lawal called Strikeforce a ‘cancer patient,’ before Scott Coker and Dana White inexplicably held that news conference where it was insisted Strikeforce could be kept as a top tier league, Strikeforce seemed to be doing pretty well. They signed Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson. Strong champions were present in Gilbert Melendez, Nick Diaz, and Alistair Overeem. Jake Shields and Gegard Mousasi were dual weight class threats and Strikeforce had up-and-comers like Brett Rogers, Ronaldo Souza, Lawal, and more. A TV deal with CBS meant that MMA was going to be semi-regularly on network TV.
The 1st event on CBS went fairly well. The 2nd CBS event was in Nashville, and featured 3 fights that were not entertaining to most viewers. Lawal repeatedly took Mousasi down, and Mousasi seemed to be content with getting taken down at will. Shinya Aoki turned in a horrible performance against Melendez, and Henderson nearly knocked out Shields in round 1 only to be taken down a...
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Dana White,
Fedor Emelianenko,
Dan Henderson,
Gilbert Melendez,
Alistair Overeem,
Jake Shields,
Gegard Mousasi,
Brett Rogers,
Ronaldo Souza,
Shinya Aoki,
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