[UFC] Fedor Emelianenko, UFC finalizing deal?

I'm pretty sure that DREAM deal is off. Apparently one of the Fertittas or Dana White flew to Europe in order to sign Crocop.

http://mmafrenzy.com/10945/mirko-cro-cop-filipovic-signs-three-fight-deal-with-ufc/

 

For Fedor's sake I hope he does at least 1 or 2 prelim fights. His biggest weakness right now is rustiness due to his lack of fights the last few years

 

Yeah, I guess that's a good point, too, but good grief, I'm still worried he'll do a CroCop. Let him fight a couple of "not-so-good" fighters, then. lol.

 

Fedor is probably balking at the $45,000 purse White is offering for a chance to fight Lesnar.

 

I don't get that. He's rusty so he submitted a former UFC champ in 36 seconds, then KOed another former champ in 3:14 in the 1st round. He probably would have beaten a roided Barnett pretty fast if the match happened too.

If you watch the Arlovski fight again, he was actually winning but the ref didn't let him continue to work on Arlovski when he got him pinned in the ring. In Pride or UFC they would have let them clinch longer. Fedor would have eventually taken him down and GnP or submitted him.

I think if there is anything to adjust to, its the use of elbows. I think the only way he would lose in the UFC is stoppage from bleeding. He already cuts pretty easily and elbows would make it worse.

 

Im tired of all this Fedor crap. If the guy wants to fight against the best and solidify his legacy as the best HW of all time then, he needs to sign with the UFC. If he wants to protect his image and keep his record clean, then go sign with DREAM, and fight in japan and continue fighting nobodys and UFC rejects. If Dana needs to be looking to sign Bret Rodgers from Strikeforce, dude is 6'5'' 265lbs. 10-0, with 9 KO

 

The money UFC is offering him is pathetic for a heavyweight champion of his stature.

 

I heard differently. I heard that they have offered him the most money that they have ever offered any other fighter. The problem that was that the UFC wanted him to fight exclusively for the UFC, but he wants to continue fighting in the SAMBO tournaments. Dana has gone on record saying he or Lorenzo, have never met or spoken directly to Fedor. They are dealing with his managers and handlers, and that those guys are the ones killing the negotiations.

Either way, If Fedor signs, we get Brock Fedor, if not I really hope Dana signs Rodgers. i would love to see a Rodgers Lesnar fight too.

 

We only have to look at the UFC's history of low balling all their fighters to know they are not offering Fedor enough cash.

 

True, but they have never had a fighter of Fedor's ability on the "free agent'' market. Dana knows that even if he pays Fedor the amount of money he wants, he will still make a bunch of money with the PPV buys that a Lesnar Fedor fight would do. UFC 100 did 1.5 mil, at $45 a pop, thats 675mil. I think a Lesnar Fedor fight would easily do those numbers.

There is no reason for Dana to be low balling Fedor.

 

it's not just the allowing him to compete in sambo but the stupid m-1 global bs. if you look at the article i posted on the 1st page then that pretty much sums up everything. m-1 global (fedor's mgmt) only wants a ufc deal if there is a co-promotion which dana would and should never do.

also kingcheetah....the money is not the issue. the top fighters in the ufc get a percentage of the PPV and gate. fedor would probably be getting 3-5 mil per fight since i think it was estimated that brock got around 3 mil after ufc 100's massive ppv.

 

Fedor has already fought against the best and his legacy has been established. Who hasn't he fought except for the overhyped 4-1 Lesnar. If UFC really wants the best, then offer a one fight contract against Lesnar.

 

Why would they blow their wad on one fight like that? If Fedor wins, he just takes the belt and hops on a plane to Russia, never to be seen in the UFC again? That would set up yet another "Interim Champion" cluster****, with Fedor talking mad smack about how the UFC was garbage, just like he always claimed it was.

 

nah that would be a bad idea. if fedor wins the title then he could just leave the ufc high and dry with interim title bs.

man i was just thinking about guys who could potentially beat fedor and man a lyoto machida/fedor fight would be epic. fedor's best competition would be the guys at light heavyweight that walk around at 220 (like machida)

 

Exactly. Fedor has struggled against quicker fighters. He has dominated bigger ones. When fights big guys, he looks for the arm bar or gets them on the choke.

 

As much as I hate him, I THINK Frank Mir could beat him.

 

could beat fedor? mir is too slow to beat fedor. i bought into mir's stock after that nog victory but then after hearing how banged up nog was before that fight it kind of made me wonder if that victory was that significant for him. i still thought he would beat brock but brock just flat out dominated him. it showed me that mir really did get lucky in that first fight with brock and it was painfully obvious in their 2nd fight.

 

I give him a better shot at beating Fedor, than I do an old Randy. There was no denying that Mir got lucky in his first fight with Lesnar. He was getting dominated and got lucky that Mazagatti stood them up. I give him a shot because he would know how to defend some of the stuff Fedor does. Fedor doesnt have the size to bother Mir, and eventhough Mir is slow, so is NOG, and NOG took Fedor the distance.

HW in the UFC
Kongo- No shot... Fedor would put him in an arm bar in 45 seconds
Carwin - Same as above
Cain - No chin. Fedor would KO him
Cro-Cop-Been there done that... No Shot
Randy - the younger Randy, yes. This Old Randy- No shot
Gonzaga - No shot
NOG - It depends how he looks against Randy. Lets see how he bounces back from getting KO'd for the first time
Mir - give him descent shot. Great ground game, good stand up. Might be too slow though
Brock- of course he's got a chance, he's a beast

 

Dana White is a pretty greedy owner too. The league kills on ppv and most fighters get paid like 30k.