A Heavyweight Disaster

Strikeforce has had its share of problems.
  First, the company was bought out by Zuffa in March, making it the sister company of the UFC. This now allows Strikeforce fighters to leave the company to fight in the UFC, and it already lost welterweight champion Nick Diaz for that reason. It also does not help that Strikeforce does not have the popularity its sister company has or a contract with a national television station to showcase its talent to the whole country.
  The company now has even a bigger problem; its "loaded with talent" heavyweight division took two big blows this last week.
   1. Strikeforce has no heavyweight champion as it shockingly released its champion Alistair Overeem (MMA 35-11, SF 3-0). Overeem was suppose to participate in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals in September. However, due to injury, Overeem preferred an October fight, so he could be at full strength. Strikeforce did not like its champion "rebelling", therefore Overeem was released on July 29.
  2. Fedor Emelianenko's (MMA 31-4, SF 1-3) legendary career looks to soon be over. Last Saturday, Emelianenko lost to light heavyweight Dan Henderson via first round TKO, which marks Emelianenko's third consecutive loss in the company. Emelianenko, considered to be the greatest heavyweight of all time in MMA, is the biggest attraction in all of Strikeforce, so his career ending soon will kill the company.
   The heavyweight division of Strikeforce currently has no hope. Its two best fighters are Antonio Silva and Fabricio Werdum who in my opinion would only be mid-tier fighters in the UFC. These two fighters are extremely talented, but cannot carry the ratings to make up for the lack of talent that this division possess.
   There is a simple solution to this "heavyweight" disaster, even though it would never happen.
   Fold Strikeforce's heavyweight division, move worthy fighters to the UFC.
   Give fighters like Werdum, Silva, and even Josh Barnett the chance to go into the UFC and fight the best, instead of having them fight lower-tier fighters and be able to win with even lackluster performances.
    Strikeforce has been upset with how its heavyweight fighters have performed in this Grand Prix and in general, but the company has not done anything about it.
   It does not work like that in the UFC.
   The competition is so strong that every fighter has to fight like its his last, otherwise he will get cut; its as simple as that. These fighters would not give those weak performances in the UFC because they simply would not survive.
   There is not enough solid fighters in the Strikeforce heavyweight division for there to be stellar fights on every card, and this Grand Prix has been terrible, so the best option for Strikeforce would be to fold the division over to the UFC.
   If Fedor was younger, and Overeem did not get cut (still does not make sense), then the division could probably last a little longer, but its time to get rid of the division, so Strikeforce finds some way to stop looking idiotic.