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Posted: 11/8/09 9:36 AM
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During the undercard portion of Saturday's Strikeforce show the Mark Miller v. Deray Davis fight was skipped over from it's scheduled slot to make sure the women's bout would have adequate time to get in before the start of the CBS broadcast. The ladies only took a few minutes to get their fight taken care of and there were thirty minutes left before the show went live. Still, the Miller/Davis fight didn't happen. We were told in the media section that the fight was going to be moved to after the main event. I'm not sure who provided that update but it was passed around from media member to media member.
After the post-Fedor madness cleared from the cage we were told to get upstairs for the press conference and it was clear that the Miller/Davis fight wasn't taking place. I tried to ask the few executives I saw walking around for the story and no one seemed to know.
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Posted: 11/8/09 2:19 PM
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That is pathetic, especially since the article states they had 30 minutes before going live.
I hope Coker will do the right thing and pay these guys for showing up.
They should also get the match on the ShoMMA scheduled for Nov. 20th!
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Posted: 11/8/09 2:23 PM
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epwar - That is pathetic, especially since the article states they had 30 minutes before going live.
I hope Coker will do the right thing and pay these guys for showing up.
They should also get the match on the ShoMMA scheduled for Nov. 20th!
They got only their show money.
One of them lost all of his sponsorship money cause the fight didnt happen.
SF kept the win purse for both guys.
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Posted: 11/8/09 2:29 PM
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Such a shitty fucking thing to do.
It's sort of funny how all these people say Coker knows exactly what he's doing because he's been around for a while yet bullshit like this happens. How can you not be prepared for every fight you have booked to potentially go to the judges? I could understand holding off on an undercard fight and letting them go after the televised event, but totally cancelling the fight is fucked up. That not only causes them to lose sponsorship money, but potentially also sponsors as a whole.
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Posted: 11/8/09 2:44 PM
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The Mouth - epwar - That is pathetic, especially since the article states they had 30 minutes before going live.
I hope Coker will do the right thing and pay these guys for showing up.
They should also get the match on the ShoMMA scheduled for Nov. 20th!
They got only their show money.
One of them lost all of his sponsorship money cause the fight didnt happen.
SF kept the win purse for both guys.
Jesus, that is terrible that a guy lost his sponsorship money.
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Posted: 11/8/09 3:09 PM
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Man, on a forum populated by fighters, I thought this would have created a little more outrage. :-(
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epwar - Man, on a forum populated by fighters, I thought this would have created a little more outrage. :-(
All of the Dana/Zuffa is satan and Coker/SF is the second coming of Christ trolls wont touch this thread with a 10ft pole.
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Posted: 11/8/09 3:22 PM
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That's some serious bullshit on Strikeforce's part.
At least have the decency to give those guys a little something extra for their troubles. Chances are both guys win bonuses combined would amount to less than five digits. Bad form Coker. Bad form.
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blue63 - epwar - Man, on a forum populated by fighters, I thought this would have created a little more outrage. :-(
All of the Dana/Zuffa is satan and Coker/SF is the second coming of Christ trolls wont touch this thread with a 10ft pole.
This.
That bush league shit would never happen in the UFC/WEC
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blue63 - epwar - Man, on a forum populated by fighters, I thought this would have created a little more outrage. :-(
All of the Dana/Zuffa is satan and Coker/SF is the second coming of Christ trolls wont touch this thread with a 10ft pole.
Quoted for truth.
I love all MMA, but if Dana/UFC did this, the forum would be calling for heads to roll.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:30 PM
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TTT for fighters caring about other fighters
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:30 PM
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nhmmafan -
This.
That bush league shit would never happen in the UFC/WEC
Agreed.
and if it did happen, Dana would be crucified by fans and the media... however it's going largely unnoticed because the messiah Cocker did it.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:41 PM
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however it's going largely unnoticed because the messiah Cocker did it.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:42 PM
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Coker= low class
Strikefarce just screwed these fighters. They showed up and were ready to go.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:44 PM
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Real shitty move by Strikeforce
They train for months, get their sponsors lined up, probably had friends and family in the crowd only to be told that they weren't fighting and only getting their show money.
Fighters on the undercard need their sponsor and win money just to break even or be slightly ahead.
Really poor job by strikeforce and I hope they correct their mistake
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:47 PM
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DIZZZLE - Real shitty move by Strikeforce
They train for months, get their sponsors lined up, probably had friends and family in the crowd only to be told that they weren't fighting and only getting their show money.
Fighters on the undercard need their sponsor and win money just to break even or be slightly ahead.
Really poor job by strikeforce and I hope they correct their mistake
A guy on the MMAweekly forum said he talked to Miller's family and he wasn't comped a single ticket! They all had to buy their way into the show...and not see him fight!
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:48 PM
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Strikefarce= bad for the sport
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:50 PM
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DIZZZLE - Real shitty move by Strikeforce
They train for months, get their sponsors lined up, probably had friends and family in the crowd only to be told that they weren't fighting and only getting their show money.
Fighters on the undercard need their sponsor and win money just to break even or be slightly ahead.
Really poor job by strikeforce and I hope they correct their mistake
Neither guy was comped any tickets and they were both hometown guys from the Chicago area...
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:56 PM
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ttt for people knowing Strikefarce is bad for the sport
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:56 PM
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Anyone that doesn't think this is fucked up is a Zuffa bashing hypocrite. Fitch/Thiago were in a similar spot at UFC 100. Guess what? They fought, got seen, and got paid. And if ANYTHING other than that had happened, we'd tear Dana a new asshole.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:57 PM
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Jesus thats bad.
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Posted: 11/8/09 5:58 PM
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That is horrible and pathetic
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Posted: 11/8/09 6:06 PM
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epwar - DIZZZLE - Real shitty move by Strikeforce
They train for months, get their sponsors lined up, probably had friends and family in the crowd only to be told that they weren't fighting and only getting their show money.
Fighters on the undercard need their sponsor and win money just to break even or be slightly ahead.
Really poor job by strikeforce and I hope they correct their mistake
A guy on the MMAweekly forum said he talked to Miller's family and he wasn't comped a single ticket! They all had to buy their way into the show...and not see him fight!
Classy
I wonder how much these guys were making. 2/2? 4/4?
It's a pretty small price to pay to do the right thing. It's Strikeforce's fault that this fight didn't happen not the fighter's.
I'm pretty sure they could have squeezed this fight in during the 30 minute intermission they had before going live.
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Posted: 11/8/09 6:08 PM
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Scott "Screw the fighters" Coker
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Posted: 11/8/09 6:10 PM
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My friend and I were wondering wtf was going on when that fight didn't end up happening and they went to the women's fight then the main card fights.
Thinking maybe one of the fighters had something happen?
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