[baba]

Cross promote who with ELitexc?

Shields? Ok, he'd do nicely against the number 3, and 4 guys at WW. But thats all they have.

UFC doesn't need to cross promote with shaw or anyone at this point. This is more of shaw spouting nonsense to try to get publicity. Its the same song you hear Ron Kruck say every 45 seconds whenever he gets camera time ....

"we, unlike other orgs, cross-promote to bring you, the fans, the best fights and to truly see who the number 1 is in each weight class".

Funny .... as I was watching Liddell v Silva and Machida v. Soku last month, not once did I wonder .... "hey these guys seem like the best, but I guess I'll never know till they take on Shaw's awesome stable!"

Of course they're all going to say this and try to bait zuffa -- they have no choice.

Bottom line -- MMA is a business, and I have ordered every UFC PPV for the past 3 years at least, and will continue to order them until I drop dead. And nowhere in the forseeable future will I be ordering Showtime or buying a Robbie Lawler t-shirt.