StrikeForce on CBS Saturday night

Date November 6, 2009

StrikeForce makes its debut on CBS tonight with a stacked card featuring the world’s No. 1 fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, against undefeated Brett Rogers. Other televised fights include Jason “Mayhem” Miller against Jake Shields, Antonio Silva versus Fabricio Werdum and Gegard Mousasi against Sokoudjou.

At today’s weigh-ins, StrikeForce announced its newest signee, DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki, which got me thinking. Imagine the five title fights that could be put together between StrikeForce and the UFC.

HW: Fedor Emelianenko (SF) vs. Brock Lesnar (UFC)
LHW: Gegard Mousasi (SF) vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC)
MW: Robbie Lawler or Cung Le (SF) vs. Anderson Silva (UFC)
WW: Jake Shields (SF) vs. Georges St-Pierre (UFC)
LW: Shinya Aoki (or Josh Thomson) (SF) vs. BJ Penn (UFC)

Obviously the biggest mismatch is at middleweight, but I say StrikeForce wins both the HW and LHW matchups and I’ve been dying to see Shields fight St-Pierre for years now. I think Thomson gives Penn a tougher fight than Aoki, but an Aoki/Penn matchup would also be exciting.

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