April 17th Strikeforce Card Trumps UFC 112

I have to admit Strikeforce has managed to put together a better card on April 17th (free on CBS to boot!) than the UFC has on its pay per view UFC 112 card on April 10th. UFC's main event includes Anderson Silva versus Damian Maia which is a good fight but Silva clearly expected to dominate. The co-main event is BJ Penn against Frankie Edgar which will be a Penn obliteration. On the Strikeforce card we have Dan Henderson versus Jake Shields which will be far more competitive than any of the UFC main events. The other title fight is Gegard Mousasi versus Muhammed Lawal which is, for me, the most anticipated fight of the year. King Mo is one of the most exciting young fighters in the sport and Mousasi is a prodigy. The future of the light heavyweight division (outside of Jon Jones) is right here.

The other fight on the UFC card is Renzo Gracie versus Matt Hughes which is an awesome match up - definitely can't wait to see that one. However, Strikeforce counters with an even better match between two of the best lightweights in the world in Dream champion Shinya Aoki and Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez. That one, for me, is the second most anticipated fight of the year so far.

Let's all be glad for Strikeforce. I have to say that Scott Coker has done a great job and by putting it on CBS for free he will generate phenomenal interest for Strikeforce and MMA in general.