UFC Looking to Counter-Program Strikeforce in April; Strikeforce Could Retaliate Against WEC Pay-Per-View

What, you thought that Strikeforce could put together a stacked card on CBS featuring three title fights, one involving former UFC star Dan Henderson, and Dana White would just stand there and take it like a bitch? C'mon, son. As first reported by Dave Meltzer of f4wonline.com, the UFC is planning to set up a counter-programming show on April 17th — the scheduled date of Strikeforce: Nashville — which will likely air on Spike TV. No matchups are official yet, but a welterweight bout between Matt Serra and Mike Swick is in the works. While the Spike event would likely get blown out by Strikeforce's CBS show in overall ratings, Meltzer explains the reasoning like this:

"OK, they go head-to-head, they will lose to the CBS show and they know that they will lose and some people will go, “Well, God, look at that! UFC lost!” and I think that their mentality is like, well if we lose but the CBS show does like a 2.1 rating, CBS is still going to be squeamish about “Do we really want to do this show again with a 2.1 rating?” So if they widdle down the rating a little bit, then it’s a win even though they will lose on the night."

Good plan, right? There's just one problem: Scott Coker might not play along.

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