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Il Loco

23rd June 2010, 11:38

Batista confirms deal with Strikeforce

He's a former six-time WWE heavyweight wrestling champion of the world -- but this weekend Batista finally confirmed that he's now fighting for real ... for an MMA company called Strikeforce.

bron (http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/245335/Batista-confirms-deal-with-Strikeforce/)

chief108

23rd June 2010, 11:57

Kebal

23rd June 2010, 14:38

ja was van de week al

Ex-WWE Star Batista Hasn't Signed With Strikeforce

Early this morning, TMZ.com posted a video in which former WWE star Dave Batista says he'll soon be fighting in mixed martial arts for Strikeforce.

It's not true.

Strikeforce director of communications Mike Afromowitz told MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani that the organization has not signed Batista.

The 41-year-old Batista recently quit pro wrestling after a multi-year tenure in the WWE during which he was one of the organization's most popular performers.

Share204 Adding to the believability of the rumor, Batista was seen attending last week's Strikeforce event in Los Angeles. In addition, earlier this year, Affliction released a video of him training at their workout center. However, a jump to major MMA seems an unlikely one for him. Though he has reportedly trained a bit in the past, he does not have any martial arts base to draw on as some other late career changers like current UFC champ Brock Lesnar have.

Lesnar, like Batista, was once a big WWE star before transitioning to MMA, though Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler, capturing the NCAA heavyweight championship before trying his hand at pro wrestling.

Batista may have just been fooling around with the TMZ cameras, as evidenced by his reaction when asked if he would fight Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko.

"I want nothing to do with that dude," he said with a laugh.

thefxr

23rd June 2010, 21:18

ook veels te oud.

sikkwittet

23rd June 2010, 23:55

how to fight in a top mma organistion.

we wanted to know how, so we asked the almighty drunk sikk.

oke sikk, how does one get in a top mma organisation???

sikk:

well after you perfect your wrestling skills(not actual wrestling, but gay wwe stuff), you make sure you use so much anabolic stuff nobody will ever think you ever used. cause its just the way you are build. its just the way you are. its just that when you where a kid, and started as a teen you had to loose weight. ask bas boon for some ali o is just natural kinda pr.

oke after this, what do you do next?

well you just get a dick as a tat on your chest.
people like it. specially the mainstream mma watchers. they are drunken fat ass rednecks. they hate when 2 guys fight on the ground. because they think its gay. but being drunk, and then cheer the fuck out of some pork dude with a dick on his chest is manly. oohhhhhhhh. once you got that figured out, you then have to figure out yara's story's. and get your bull shit detector on code 7.

after that. just get a fatbelly, and sign with strikeforce. cause fuck yeah, they are here to make ufc a run for there money. no better way than to do this with washed-up user fake wrestlers.

thank you sikk, with that nice fannypack round your waist and your comments on mma you just look like Gerard Gordeau

thanx. still working on that mustache though

chief108

24th June 2010, 00:03

how to fight in a top mma organistion.

we wanted to know how, so we asked the almighty drunk sikk.

oke sikk, how does one get in a top mma organisation???

sikk:

well after you perfect your wrestling skills(not actual wrestling, but gay wwe stuff), you make sure you use so much anabolic stuff nobody will ever think you ever used. cause its just the way you are build. its just the way you are. its just that when you where a kid, and started as a teen you had to loose weight. ask bas boon for some ali o is just natural kinda pr.

oke after this, what do you do next?

well you just get a dick as a tat on your chest.
people like it. specially the mainstream mma watchers. they are drunken fat ass rednecks. they hate when 2 guys fight on the ground. because they think its gay. but being drunk, and then cheer the fuck out of some pork dude with a dick on his chest is manly. oohhhhhhhh. once you got that figured out, you then have to figure out yara's story's. and get your bull shit detector on code 7.

after that. just get a fatbelly, and sign with strikeforce. cause fuck yeah, they are here to make ufc a run for there money. no better way than to do this with washed-up user fake wrestlers.

thank you sikk, with that nice fannypack round your waist and your comments on mma you just look like Gerard Gordeau

thanx. still working on that mustache though

quoted for epic lolz... :laugh:

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:04

sikk zou altijd in het engels moeten posten

sikkwittet

24th June 2010, 00:06

sikk zou altijd in het engels moeten posten

no prob

me dad is americano

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:18

ya znajoe sikk

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:23

zou trouwens wel kijkers trekken als ze eentje van Prowrestling halen

sikkwittet

24th June 2010, 00:25

ya znajoe sikk

goedzo kebal goedzo

ja nou als ik eens vaker over pr wrestling interviews zou verzinnen. zou dat mensen bij ons krijgen
?

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:27

we hebben in NL ook wel prowrestlers, ga eens met ze meedraaien en andersom

chief108

24th June 2010, 00:32

is ook leuk idee voor een FC108 training... ;)

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:34

en anders een prowrestler zo ver krijgen dat hij wel een mma-partij wil draaien
shit man als strikeforce het niet kan kunnen wij net zo goed een vechter gaan hypen

sikkwittet

24th June 2010, 00:42

haahahah

ja man

zo fucking midget wrestler hahaha

Kebal

24th June 2010, 00:44

nog een plek vinden waar hij 6 maanden kan trainen
bijnaam bedenken

chief108

24th June 2010, 00:46

en anders een prowrestler zo ver krijgen dat hij wel een mma-partij wil draaien
shit man als strikeforce het niet kan kunnen wij net zo goed een vechter gaan hypen
:laugh:

geniaal...

helemaal als we een midget kunnen regelen :w00t:

sikkwittet

24th June 2010, 01:04

yup want midget porn rules

dus midget wrestling ook

jammer dat flip niet kan worstelen
anders hadden we onze candidaat:D

chief108

24th June 2010, 01:06

:w00t:

Kebal

24th June 2010, 01:07

eigenlijk een goed doel, midgets verdienen ook een kans om mee te kunnen draaien

Kebal

8th July 2010, 17:05

Dave Batista Training With Team Cesar Gracie as Strikeforce Mulls Batista vs Bobby Lashley

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Dave Batista started a two-day training stint with the Cesar Gracie camp Wednesday after Strikeforce helped facilitate the connection with the potential signee and the noted California gym.

Gracie told Sherdog.com that Batista arrived this afternoon and is working technique drills with Nick and Nathan Diaz, Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez in the Cesar Gracie gym in Lodi, Calif.

"We'll see how it goes," Gracie said. "If he wants to fight, we'll get him going."

Strikeforce is negotiating with the multi-time Wrestlemania headliner to try his hand in MMA. A long-time fan of the sport, who has reportedly trained at the Affliction training facility in Los Angeles, Batista began talks with Strikeforce last month after ending a lucrative eight-year run with the WWE. Batista said in interviews that he had become disillusioned with the industry and has pursued film acting.

Scott Coker told Loretta Hunt earlier this week he's already got some ideas for the 41 year old combat sports virgin:

Coker said Batista's star power, and specifically his ability to draw on an equally strong demographic of viewers outside of MMA, is an obvious selling point for the would-be fighter.

When asked if former WWE champion and decorated college wrestler Bobby Lashley was under consideration as a potential opponent for Batista, Coker acknowledged that the bout had some cache.

"That would just be a fun fight to watch," said Coker.

Personally I'm all for it. Bobby Lashley is already a very marginal MMA prospect who's developing very slowly and has shown no interest in facing other prospects like Shane Del Rosario. Why not pull in the pro wrestling audience to see a freak show? If they put it on the same card as some quality MMA we're likely to get some converts.

Despite Brock Lesnar's legitimate credentials as a NCAA wrestling champ, i think many of the fans who followed him from the WWE to the UFC think he learned how to fight from Vince McMahon. Those fans are highly likely to tune in to see Batista try his luck.

With Dana White happily promoting James Toney vs Randy Coture as a "freak show", I don't see any reason why Strikeforce shouldn't try it. As long as Batista gets the thumbs up from Cesar Gracie and passes muster with the relevant athletic commissions, that is.

After all, Tim Sylvia vs Mariusz Pudzianowski ended up anchoring a very entertaining card featuring some high caliber MMA. And many of the most legendary bouts of the PRIDE era occurred on cards headlined by utter freak shows featuring the likes of Bob Sapp, Dos Caras Jr. and Bobby Olegun.

There's a place for spectacle in this sport. Face it.

Gracie talks with Loretta Hunt:

Gracie said that his initial read of the 41-year-old pro wrestler was that he is a "natural athlete."

"He's got a lot to learn but his strength alone is impressive," Gracie told Sherdog.com Wednesday evening. "Obviously he's a beginner at jiu-jitsu but we can take a guy like that that's already a strong athlete like that and teach him what to not get caught in."

Gracie said Batista, who grew up in Washington D.C., wrestled in high school and has some background in traditional martial arts standup fighting.

"He's a pretty good kicker," said Gracie. "He hits very hard."

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O11

8th July 2010, 17:33

BATISTA FTW!!!!

Kebal

14th July 2010, 23:41

Strikeforce over het gebeuren

If signed, Bautista’s debut will almost assuredly come against fellow former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley. It’s a fight that makes a lot of sense to Strikeforce officials, and they’re talking up the possibility of putting the bout on the first-ever Strikeforce pay per view card.

"That’s not a free television bout. That’s a pay per view fight," said Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou. "You can’t give away everything for free."

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker echoed the sentiments. "Absolutely. That’s a pay per view fight. I believe we put on some great matchups for the hardcore fans and the casual fans in general. When you tune in to a Strikeforce fight, you know you’re going to see some great fights," Coker told Heavy.com. "But every once in awhile, when you get a chance to throw in a fight like this one that’s just fun to watch? Why not?"

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