(Coker lays out Strikeforce’s Fedor plan for Cage Writer)

There’s something about hearing Scott Coker say that he plans to get Fedor Emelianenko on TV once or twice before giving him a shot at the Strikeforce heavyweight title that makes me cringe.  It’s sort of like going on a picnic and declaring that nothing could possibly ruin this perfect day.  You’re just begging to be attacked by fire ants and hornets before being washed away by a flash flood.

I can understand why Coker thinks Fedor is Strikeforce’s ticket to pay-per-view success, and why that trail needs to be blazed with one or even two instances of Fedor clubbing some warm piece of meat (no offense, Paul Buentello) on Showtime before fans are willing to cough up the cash to see him fight for a title.  But there’s a troubling hypocrisy about that logic that is impossible to ignore.