UFC Reveals List Of Strikeforce Fighters Going To The UFC

The Most notable fighter missing on the list is Josh Barnett.

HEAVYWEIGHT

Daniel Cormier (11-0 MMA, 8-0 SF)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 4-1-1 SF)

Gian Villante (10-3 MMA, 3-2 SF)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Roger Gracie (6-1 MMA, 4-1 SF)

Tim Kennedy (15-4 MMA, 6-2 SF)

Lorenz Larkin (13-0 MMA, 4-0 SF)

Champ Luke Rockhold (10-1 MMA, 9-0 SF)

Ronaldo Souza (17-3 MMA, 7-1 SF)

WELTERWEIGHT

Roger Bowling (11-3 MMA, 4-3 SF)

Jason High (16-3 MMA, 3-0 SF, 0-1 UFC)

Nate Marquardt (32-11-2 MMA, 1-1 SF, 10-4 UFC)

Champ Tarec Saffiedine (14-3 MMA, 6-1 SF)

Bobby Voelker (24-8 MMA, 4-1 SF)

LIGHTWEIGHT

Ryan Couture (6-1 MMA, 6-1 SF)

Pat Healy (29-16 MMA, 7-1 SF, 0-1 UFC)

Kurt Holobaugh (8-1 MMA, 0-1 SF)

Adriano Martins (24-6 MMA, 1-0 SF)

Champ Gilbert Melendez (21-2 MMA, 11-1 SF)

K.J. Noons (11-6 MMA, 3-4 SF)

Josh Thomson (19-5 MMA, 10-3 SF, 2-1 UFC)
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That's a lot of guys.
I wonder if this will be shortly followed by a list of "recently cut from the UFC".

Given the list, here are some fights I'd like to see as a first fight in the UFC.

Cormier/Mir (already happening)
Moussasi/Hammill
Gracie/Shields
Rockhold/Stann
Jacare/Munoz
Marquardt/Matt Brown
Saffiedine/Wonderboy
Couture/Miller
Noons/Dunham
Melendez/Henderson (already happening)
Thomson/Lauzon

stock....i did not see jacare on the list!....does that mean hes not coming to ufc????

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
He's on the list.

Stock, I like all those match ups you listed, except I'm not certain that Couture is ready for the likes of Miller. I wasn't too sure about matching him up against Noons either though...
Also, I especially like the Gay Guard vs Hammill fight because that will essentially prove, or disprove, what I have been saying for what seams like years now. Gayguard is and always has been over rated.

Agree on both accounts. Decided to throw Couture a tougher UFC debut due to his win (as controversial as it may be).
I like the Moose Saucy fight since he was on his back for a half hour against Lawall. I'd like to see if he's improved his TDD at all in the last 3 years. He just seems so small for a UFC LHW.

KJ Noons vs Dan Hardy...Make it happen!!!!!!!

put KJ noons against nate diaz

with the history of noons and nick, the pre fight shenanigans with nate would be epic

oh snap.....dont know how i missed him...i looked twice

voodoo-jitsu wrote:

put KJ noons against nate diaz

with the history of noons and nick, the pre fight shenanigans with nate would be epic

Didnt even think about that one and I 1000% agree with you on that match up. I think Nate would take him apart with the reach advantage he would have and take him down at some point and catch him in a triangle. Nate has a pretty sick ground game and KJ's is well not so good to be nice about it.

Looks like Barnett has a fighter profile added to UFC.com.

I think Barnett/Werdum (or Roy Nelson) would be a good first fight back in the UFC.

So now the UFC has consumed another big organization, who are the fighters the UFC still needs to steal?
The list is getting smaller, but I am going.....

Alvarez and Aoki.

I'd love to see Aoki vs Nate Diaz and Alvarez vs Guillard.