http://mmacarnivale.com/2012/05/barnett-and-cormier-will-both-continue-to-fight-in-strikeforce/ Both men to compete in the final of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix will have one more fight in the organization. Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier plan to stick with the empty shell that is the Strikeforce heavyweight division. Strikeforce parent company Zuffa had already promised that they would highlight the grand prix winner with another fight, and now Barnett has joined Cormier in getting one more fight in Strikeforce. Here is the problem though, you can count the competitors in Strikeforce’s heavyweight division on one hand, even if you cut off three of your fingers. Therefore, unless the matchmakers believe that Barnett and Cormier should fight again, outside talent will have to be brought in from another organization. Opponents are expected to be selected from the UFC 146 talent pool, a main card consisting of solely heavyweights. Weeks before the tournament final, Barnett said the identity of his opponents no longer matters. “I stopped a long time ago caring about specifically who I fought, and only gave a damn if they were willing enough to sign their name to the dotted line,” Barnett said. “Because I’ve had plenty of people not be willing to face me in the ring, in the cage, whatever; Japan, United States. “You can’t make fights happen. The only way you can make a fight happen is if you go and track the guy down in the bathroom and say, ‘Alright, it’s going to happen,’ and start swinging on somebody. “Otherwise you’ve got management, you’ve got the promoters; you’ve got all these different factors that can come in and nix a matchup. So why care anymore?” This isn’t anything that matchmakers and fans have to worry about for a long time, since both men broke their hand in the fight. Barnett must take time off to undergo surgery after re injuring the hand he injured against Antonio Silva, and Josh Barnett has a rather infamously greusome break proximal to his index finger. So don’t expect to see either Josh Barnett or Daniel Cormier in the octagon any time soon.
