I didn’t write a blog post about Fedor joining Strikeforce, because everyone else did. To be honest, I really didn’t care. Almost every post I read had record amounts of comments. Mmajunkie had 800+ in two post. In general people are pissed off at Fedor’s actions. I am pissed off and this will be the last time I write about him. M-1 and Fedor do not care about the fans and that’s the bottom line. The UFC did everything possible to get Fedor. Why should the UFC have to risk 50% of their company for some Russians. Fedor should want to be in the UFC, not Stikeforce.
To all you Fedor lovers, I don’t want to hear about the co-promoting as an excuse as why Fedor didn’t sign. That’s a load of BS! Fedor knew years ago the UFC would not sign him with M-1 attached to him. If he wanted this fight to happen on any level – one fight or six fights – Fedor has the power to make it happen. If you don’t think that, then your a very naive. Fedor is the fighter and he has the final word.
You sign a fighter, not a whole production company and then want half of the promotions, are you kidding me? No wonder Affliction went under, that is ridiculous. Is Strikeforce going to be next? You wonder why the UFC wants nothing to do with co-promoting. Why should the UFC risk everything they have built to sign Fedor. They offer him more money than anyone, they gave him the chance to fight the best in the world and gave him everything he wanted, except for co-promoting. He just doesn’t want to join the UFC. M-1 wants to keep Fedor wining at all costs, so joining Strikeforce makes Fedor the Big fish in a small pond. M-1 makes more money if Fedor keeps winning and that’s what they want. If you think for two seconds that M-1 wants Fedor to step into the octagon, you are crazy. That’s the last thing they want
Being serious for a second, as a true MMA fan do really you want to see the number one ranked fighter in the world fight Bret Rogers ranked #8th or Alisrair Overeem ranked#10th or Fabricio Werdum ranked # 14th? Really do you? I don’t want to see these fights and as MMA fan, I bet you don’t either. People are saying Strikeforce is going to do PPV because they signed Fedor. I would not pay to see it, I don’t care who is on the card, Strikeforce doesn’t have that many great fighters to make it in the PPV world. I’m not paying that kinda money to see Fedor beat another no name fighter. A lot of other people feel the same way. I really don’t know if I will watch it on Showtime, much less pay money for it.
I would like to know how Fedor can claim the #1 ranked fighter in the world and only be able to fight the 8th place fighter. That is total bullshit. You have to fight the top guys in the division to be #1 not 8th, 10th or 14th. Something is serious wrong with this and he can’t be called #1 anymore.
We the fans made MMA and we are what counts. Making us happy is what matters. M-1 doesn’t care about what we want, they care about themselves and pushing their brand. That might go over in Russia, but we the American fans want and deserve a lot more. Fedor has lost a lot of fans because of this and I never really was a fan, but now I have no respect for him. The fans wanted Fedor in the UFC, like him or hate him, everyone wanted to see the fight that would have happened.
I want to hear your comments, but I don’t want to hear Fedor couldn’t sign because of his contract with M-1. That is just BS and it will not cut it! Then, there is the old, after 3 more fights his contract is up with M-1 and he will sigh with the UFC. If you think that you are dreaming. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! Fedor wants nothing to do with the UFC and he is not the best pound for pound fighter in the world until it is proven. The ONLY way to prove this is in the UFC, that’s why he didn’t sign with the UFC. I don’t know about you but as a fan I am done with Fedor and M-1. Pack your bags and go back to Russia, we are done with you!
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nice use of the english language.
Werdum and Overeem nobodies? Although the UFC is the biggest and has the best fighters etc etc I still want to see these fights in Strikeforce. StrikeForce need to build the weight division and I guarentee more big name fighters will join Strike Force just for a shot at Fedor.
They are still going to be good fights and I think Fedor will sign for the UFC in the future. To be honest I was gutted he didn’t sign last week but at the end of the day, a fights a fight.
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MMA Punk Reply:
August 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Even if new fighter come to strikeforce they will still be ranked lower than 12th to 15th place. I want to see Fedor fight number 2 thur 8. That will never happen in Strikeforce. I think Fedor can blow right throught strikeforce heavyweight division he only signed for three fights. I think everyone was hurt when fedor didn’t sign with UFC. Thanks for the comment
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JP Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Lol, you insulted the blogger for his “nice use of the english language”
Did you read over your post before you sent it? I’d assume not given the many grammatical and spelling errors yourself, lol.
And if you think for one minute Fedor will ever sign with the UFC, you must be a commi Russian yourself, because M-1 knows that if they put Fedor in the octagon with the best of the best, it will finally be proven that he may be good, but far from the best, and that would be the downfall of M-1 period, since Fedor is well, pretty much their only fighter.
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If i had a great recipe for the best food item in the world, i wouldn’t give it to a big restaurant for free. I would definitely want my share, otherwise it is just gonna make the other party more money, and make me look like a fool because i would be selling just fries and drinks then!
P.S – Anyone selling affliction t shirts for cheap?
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faygore is a Coward Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:23 am
fedork is a coward, nothing more. his children will wonder why dear ol’ dad was such a scared punk. he may never have to answer to the mma fans, but i promise you someday his kids are going to want answers and he will have to look them in the eyes and lie, lie ,lie just like the scared, pitiful, excuse-for-a-douche that is “fedor last emporer” what a joke. hey fedor my grandma said she would take the next fight unless your gonna dodge her too, if she’s too tough maybe we could find a 6-year old with down-syndrome to match up with ya
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JP Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Your logic is flawed my friend. No one is asking fedor to fight for free? In reality, the UFC offered Fedor the biggest payday of his life to sign a 1 fight contract. More money than any other UFC fighter has ever made for 1 fight, including the highest paid UFC fighter to date, Chuck Liddell.
So….no I wouldn’t give away the best recipe in the world for free either, but if the restaurant offered me more money than I had ever made in my lifetime before to sell them my recipe, damn straight i’d do it in the blink of an eye. The second flaw in your logic is you’re assuming Fedor is the best in the world, i assume that’s where you analogy was heading, i didn’t really get the whole comparing Fedor to a recipe, but none the less, Fedor is far from the best in the world. It’s just no one knows it because he wont agree to fight anyone ranked higher than double digits anymore…
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Do all the UFC nuthuggers (and I even agree UFC has THE BEST COMPETITION) realize that Fedor still has 3 fights left on his M-1 contract?? Yes he is part owner, but he can’t even fight anywhere unless M-1 co-promotes–BECAUSE HE IS STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM. So after he gets those 3 fights out of the way (which he only signed a 3 fight deal with SF), via Strikeforce/M-1 bouts with Rogers, Overeem, and Werdum, then he WILL BE FREE TO SIGN WITH UFC w/o an M-1 CO-PROMOTION. Then we can see him fight the best, which by that time will be Carwin, after he beats Brock, which that is probably hard for you freakin newbies, who first watched mma on TUF 4 or some shit, to swallow. Oh and I’m not a Fedor nuthugger either–I dont know if he is the best HW in the world, cause he hasnt fought the best–but to bash him because he contractually obligated elsewhere for 3 more fights, is just rediculous.
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MMA Punk Reply:
August 5th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Nice comment. I have two things for ya . One Fedor has the final say and M-1 could change there contract to enable fedor to Sign with the UFC. He is half owner and The fighter He has all the power. M-1 and him could do anything they want or change there contract anytime. M-1 does not care about the fans! Fedor and M-1 are both douche bags! Second Let get this very straight. I am no newbie I have watched UFC from the very first PPV and have watched ever since. As of next week it will be 101 UFC’s so ya I think I know a lillte about MMA. Frank Mir could beat Fedor and I really hope one of the Strikeforce boys knocks his ass out then it’s game over. He will never get another offer like the UFC offer him. Hell, he might not even get a offer if he get beat twice.
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faygore is a Coward Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:31 am
it’s funny you call others nuthuggers :pointlaugh: your just mad cause your boy is a bitch and you sir are too. he will never come to the ufc… just as you are right-at-home using the women’s restroom, fedor is comfortable fighting nobodys and thats just how it is
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JP Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Technically, Fedor can fight wherever he chooses while under contract with M-1. His contract contains a non-exclusivity clause, most likely because every organization M-1 co-promotes with ends up going bankrupt and closing shop.
So you’re incorrect when you say Fedor can’t fight anywhere else until his M-1 contract expires. (Which as the co-owner, he has complete control over the decision making process)
Proof of that lies in the fact that M-1 claimed Fedor was signing a 1 fight deal with the UFC, absent any co-promotion, when the 7 figure, 1 fight deal was offered by Dana, only to watch fedor bitch up back out of it at the last minute.
i could personally care less whether he ever fights in the UFC, i have no respect for him or his organization, and it’s only a matter of time before M-1 bankrupts Strikeforce just like they did their last co-promoting partner, lol.
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As much as i hate to admitt it ,I think Lesner is the only Heavy Weight that has a chance to beat Fedor , but we all know this shit isn’t gonna ever happen . You gotta better chance of seein Elvis!
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MMA Punk Reply:
August 5th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Sanalicious I don’t even think Lesnar needs to step in the octagon to beat Fedor. I think Frank Mir would destroy Fedor and do it well. It sucks that M-1 And Fedor have done this. We the fans pay for it most. You are right we will never see Fedor in the UFC, but I will keep an eye out for elvis
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JP Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Lol, nice post. and dead on the money, we will see elvis perform live again at MGM Grand before we see Fedor step into the octagon with Lesnar…who would destroy him lol.
The only thing i dont completely agree with is, I don’t think lesnar is the ONLY HW who can defeat Fedor. I mean take a look at the Rogers fight. He had that fight won, he beat the shit out of Fedor for the better part of that fight…he just got caught, it happens to everyone.
I personally think Couture would defeat Fedor, along with a handful of light heavyweights as well…Anderson Silva, Liddell, Machida, Carwin (HW)…and the list goes on.
But the fact remains, Fedor wont fight anyone ranked top 5, because a loss would prove what everyone pretty much already knows….
That’s like me going out to the schoolyard and beating the shit out of a bunch of high school kids, and then running around telling everyone how much of a big dawg i am because no one can beat me! When if i stepped in the ring with a comparable match…I may or may not get whats coming to me, the point to that is…who knows??? because he won’t do it. Its called, how do they say it on the rap songs….He’s Scuuurrrrred! (Scared) lol
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Wake the Efup should maybe go back to sleep cause you had to of bumped your EF’N head!!If for ONE moment you think there are nothing but ‘newbies’ writing on this blog then you are sorely mistaken BRA !!! UFC aaahhh M1 let me see…… who’s the “newbie” now ??? Like I said go back to sleep with your gay “nut-hugging”dreams Fedor won’t make it in the UFC !
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MMA Punk Reply:
August 7th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Great comment Thom. You are right Fedor would never make it in the UFC
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Twitter: extremejohn
August 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm
This is some funny shit, it really is. It makes me wonder if people really read deep into an article or not before they spew out a bunch of crap.
The Fedor lovers can continue to ballsack hop that bitch from M-1 to Strikeforce, the fact remains he hasn’t fought the best in the world IN THE LAST 5 YEARS (yeah read it again before you comment, and I don’t mean fucking Sambo) and Fedor will not be fighting the best in any of his next 3, 5 or 6 fucking fights. He will be fighting the leftovers and rejects that haven’t figured shit out.
The Canadian Football leauge is cute, indoor football (now dead) was cute too, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE NFL! Not three, not five and if your not in the NFL your not even considered as one of the best Professional Football players, period.
Let’s stop the hissing and pissing bullshit about Fedor, I have been begging to see a decent fight or fighter for this prick for the last three years, his best fight to date…. His fight to not look like the ducking idiot that he is so his die-hard fans can remember his “Old School” shit. I love the idea of seeing one more Tyson KO more than anything, I realize (like Fedor fans should) that Tyson’s KO days are over, just the same as the days of claiming that Fedor is “The Best” are over.
Fedor can fight in a trash can, M-1, Strikeforce or assforce for all I care. I’m not watching him fight a bunch of Top 10-30 fighters. Waste of time.
My post about Fedor is coming around James, you might have to mention him one more time.
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MMA Punk Reply:
August 7th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Extreme John I can’t wait to read your post on Fedor. I tamed mine down a lot I know you will not. No matter what you say you will never get your point across to a Fedor lover. Fedor is god and thats all they believe. Lame. I’m sorry your heor Fedor turned out to be a doucha bag. Just deal with it. I can’t wait for Fedor to get beat by one of the strikeforce boys.Fedor lovers will cry so hard and they will have every excuss in the book on why he lost.
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JP Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Lol, when he loses he’ll probably consult tito ortiz for a good lame ass excuse, like, ohhh my back hurts, or ohhh i only lost to griffin bc im fighting with a “cracked skull”. How many people seriously believe a fighter would be medically cleared to fight with a “cracked skull”??? Maybe Tito and Fedor should join forces, start their own MMA promotion, and just fight each other over and over again at a catch weight, then it would be fun to hear each of their excuses as to why whichever one happen to lose the fight that time, lol.
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Geoff "loco"motive Byers Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Love the comparrisons John . Wesome stuff you really nailed what I was thinking. James is sooo right on this subject and people are just going to have to swallow eat there words when Fedor is finally exposed!
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The challenge is for the wanna be best to go and fight the best.. Not for Fedor to seek out and bend over for the UFC to figh them.. If you want to be champ you gotta take the crown from the Champ..
If the UFC dont have fedor they dont have the best comp.. simple as that.. if fighters in the UFC are not fighting Fedor they can not claim to be the best..
Fedor has the cards not Dana White.. Finally a fighter is making the calls not the scavengers who care more about their own pocket eg: Dana White
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MMA man I see your point but all the great fighters in MMA all want to be in the UFC. I mean other fighers are saying the same thing. Fedor is not bending over for the UFC. Dana gave Fedor everything he wanted. The scum bags that run M-1 are the ones who stop the deal from going through. You ask any great champion of any sport who they would like to fight or compete against and the will all say they want the best not second rate. Fedor lost a lot of fans because of what he let happen. Fedor knew there was only one fighter in all of Strikeforce that might give him a fight. Now you tell me why the badest man on the planet would take and sign with Strikeforce knowing that he would be fighting inferior opponent and know that no one could challange him?
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MMA Punk, I see your point as well.. Let me put another angle on it:
Fedor is approx 20% owner of M1 and naturally as a business man wants to sign with an org that can give him best offer, which is to co promote.
Strikeforce were able to offer Fedor a better deal by agreeing to co promote.. UFC (Dana) could not match or beat that offer (he is looking after his pocket above fans and fighters) therefore Fedor went with Strikeforce..
(Fedor only wanted co promote for his fights only not everyones)..
Now if any other fighter wants to beat the best ‘Fedor’ they need to go to him and take his crown, if that means going to strikeforce so be it.. This is a good example where the fighters call the shots not the $ men.. However at the end of the day it all sucks that we the fans miss out because of greed and $ which ever way you look at it..
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faygore is a Coward Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:42 am
he may be 20% owner but i guarantee you my friend he is 100% coward :headshake:
his “fan base” (which is made up of mostly overweight homosexuals) defends his cowardly acts :pullhair: and talk about how only they know anything about mma???????
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You said it best WE the fans miss out because of all the BS. Could you imagine the fights we would get to see if Fedor was in the UFC?
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It all comes down to $, and some how the fans/customers have been forgotten and we are what makes the $..
Why UFC wont offer co promo? $
Why Fedor wont sacrifice co promo? $
Why Brock L/Fank Mir wont go fight Fedor in Strikeforce? $
Why Fedor gives up the advantage of fighting on home soil $
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It all comes down to $, and some how the fans/customers have been forgotten they very thing that creates the $..
Why UFC wont offer co promo? $
Why Fedor wont sacrifice co promo? $
Why Brock L/Fank Mir wont go fight Fedor in Strikeforce? $
Why Fedor gives up the advantage of fighting on home soil $
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We are all frustrated coz we all want to see the best v the best so we seem to have the same objective, we just see it from different angles whos right whos wrong etc..
Fighting orgs need to make the best offer to the champ, Dana wont do that because of $.
Then challengers must go challenge.. Its not up to the champ to follow whats best for the challengers..If they become champ then they can call the shots..
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faygore is a Coward Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:53 am
dana is a business man but he IS A FAN OF FIGHTING!!!!!! you idiots think it’s dana’s fault this dude’s scared to fight people who can fight????? yeah that makes sense or maybe he cant afford it? get a fucking life he has more money than he will ever need. (fact) faydor is a lackey, a puppet, a lousy yes-man. JUST LIKE HIS FANS
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MMA Man Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 12:05 am
If you cant see that its about $ then you’re a moron with no logical point, a waste of blog page and an oxygen thief, probably dropped on your head at birth when your mum farted you out of the wrong hole..
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MMA Punk Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
MMA Man
You seem to have a unnatural obsession with Fedor. I’m done talking about him. He is ducking real competition and that is the FACT or he would be fighting the best in mma not in gayforce fighting inferior fighters.
Sounds to me like your looking for a date with Fedor. I suggest you contact him at his fan club to start http://www.fedoremelianenko.azplayers.com/. He just got married so I beat you have a hard time getting a date. Good Luck
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MMA Man Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
You believe UFC fighters dont need to go to strikeforce to fight Fedor and Fedor should fight under Dana after he trash talks him and wont match strikeforce offer..
Sounds to me Dana has already had his way with you and you must have liked it, thats why you keep backing him, maybe you can share Aerobics tights together..
(Not an obsession, just pissed Dana is not being held accountable for burning the bridge)..
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Fedor wants to fight Brock or Frank M for free, (just not under Dana white) see link below
http://mmajunkie.com/news/16808/m-1s-exec-jerry-millen-fedor-emelianenko-will-fight-brock-lesnar-for-free.mma
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MMA man I read that post and it’s The most rediculous I have ever heard. Vadim and Millen are so full of BS. NEVER in our life time will it happen.Fedor never said anything Vadim and Millen are the one’s doing the talking not Fedor.They know it will never happen because they wouldn’t let it. Make sure you read all the comments on junkie because no one is buying the BS Millen is selling.
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Another point, Dana has trash talked fedor to the hills why would fedor (the biggest attraction) reward him by joining his company? Dana has essentially burnt the bridge because of his own ego and pocket with total disregard to all us fans that didnt want the bridge burnt..
Fedor is very happy for anyone to fight him just not under Dana who trash talks him and other fighters (which he has admitted is to sell tickets)..It is not up to Fedor to join a peice of shit like Dana it is up to fighters to go to Fedor and take his crown..
How ridiculous to say Fedor is all of a sudden scared to fight the top fighters given his record of beating and submitting the best in all promo’s including former UFC champions..Fedor knows anyone can join strikeforce any time or can make it happen if he was afraid he’d quit fighting all together.. So the question is why are the UFC fighters not going to fight Fedor in strikeforce or any other promo?? scared??? i dont think anyones scared it is the $
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