Fedor signs with Strikeforce

[BigBiss]

Strikeforce's surprise signing of Fedor Emelianenko could be a boom-or-bust proposition for the upstart company.

Yahoo is a joke


I want King Mo fighting on US soil

 

[SHOGUN]

I can't stand Yahoo and Iole.

 

[Liquidrob]

Said that Mousasi has 2 more fights on his Striekforce contract, nice

Cant wait for more info about DREAM team up tomorrow

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Anyone have a legit link to what Fedors deal with M1 is ?

Is he a shareholder or have profit sharing or no ?

The deal seems not to make sense unless he's making a seperate chunk from M1.
Is Fedor a dummy who lets "his guys" run his shit, good or bad like Tyson ,or is he playing the role of dumb fighter and actually orchestrating all these deals ?
Noone seems to have any real clue.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Anyone have a legit link to what Fedors deal with M1 is ?

Is he a shareholder or have profit sharing or no ?

The deal seems not to make sense unless he's making a seperate chunk from M1.
Is Fedor a dummy who lets "his guys" run his shit, good or bad like Tyson ,or is he playing the role of dumb fighter and actually orchestrating all these deals ?
Noone seems to have any real clue.

I'd like to see a link to the actual compensation agreement as well. All yahoo reported was that M-1 would have control over international rights to market the events. Like I said before, I think the term "co-promoting" that M-1 uses is a rather broad term that likely means more than people think.

 

[calgaryballer]

Anyone have a legit link to what Fedors deal with M1 is ?

Is he a shareholder or have profit sharing or no ?

The deal seems not to make sense unless he's making a seperate chunk from M1.
Is Fedor a dummy who lets "his guys" run his shit, good or bad like Tyson ,or is he playing the role of dumb fighter and actually orchestrating all these deals ?
Noone seems to have any real clue.

I believe someone (Meltzer?) reported he owns 20% of M-1. So for him, this deal isn't just about the short term, it's trying to position a company he owns for long term success. M-1 arranging for him to fight Lindland in Russia was probably a very big deal. Strikeforce working with Dream and helping arrange so his fights can be seen in the motherland will also be a big deal to him

 

[calgaryballer]

Thank you Sherdog for some sanity

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/three-for-three-evaluating-the-ufcstrikeforce-talent-gap-18893

18893
I’m sure you’ve heard the news by now: according to researchers, fat babies have a 40% greater chance of becoming fat toddlers.

Of significantly less consequence is the report that Fedor Emelianenko has signed a three-fight deal with Strikeforce that’s likely to begin in the fall. The common reaction from both fans and UFC honchos has been the idea that Emelianenko simply isn’t interested in testing himself against top competition.

For the sake of argument: while the UFC holds a majority share of quality heavyweights, the idea that Emelianenko’s legacy will be tainted by never making eye contact with them is a stretch.

Consider:

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: A non-entity where Emelianenko is concerned. He loses a fourth fight only if he fractures both his hands against Nogueira’s skull.

Randy Couture: Legendary, but well into middle age.

Frank Mir: Smashed to pieces by Brock Lesnar, and traditionally weakest where Emelianenko is strongest: dropping nuclear bombs on grounded opponents.

Ben Rothwell, Junior dos Santos, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Cheick Kongo: I could think of better ways to spend a Saturday.

Putting aside inter-divisional fights with Anderson Silva or Lyoto Machida -- which would be lots of fun for spectators -- the UFC really has three upper-tier heavyweights with skills that could potentially give Emelianenko a very hard time: Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez. Three.

Strikeforce can match the ante with Alistair Overeem, Brett Rogers and some kind of wild card entrant: Bobby Lashley, Blagoi Ivanov, perhaps even Josh Barnett.

The proposition that Strikeforce employs air conditioning repairmen and the UFC enlists only Olympic athletes is pushing the envelope; I’d almost sooner see Emelianenko go on a free-agent tear for a year or two before settling in with the UFC, considering that their asphyxiating contracts invite retirement at their conclusions.

Emelianenko will be just fine. So will his career. And so will his fans.

Those damn fat babies are the ones worth worrying about.

 

[stevsta]

silva baby get ready for SilvaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Liquidrob]

Anyone have a legit link to what Fedors deal with M1 is ?

Is he a shareholder or have profit sharing or no ?

The deal seems not to make sense unless he's making a seperate chunk from M1.
Is Fedor a dummy who lets "his guys" run his shit, good or bad like Tyson ,or is he playing the role of dumb fighter and actually orchestrating all these deals ?
Noone seems to have any real clue.

not sure, the offer Strikeforce made for fight money was between 500k-700k from Strikeforce and another 500k from CBS

Not sure what the 'co-promotion' is, but Coker said it wasnt what the UFC made it out to be, Coker has done co-promotions before, so I dont think he would take a bad deal and sink his ship, he has been in the business for a long time

Also, Fedor owns like 20% of M-1, so he is looking down the line it seems

I think Fedor and Vadim play 'Good Cop, Bad Cop', Fedor doesnt get into all the name calling and being a dick, he lets Vadim do it than they go laugh and drink vodka together behind closed doors

 

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silva baby get ready for SilvaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The UFC cancelled 101, it is now offically 'Fedor Week'

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

Scott Coker interview from yesterday

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4MBoj26cNA"]YouTube - Scott Coker Interview on Carmichael Dave Show 08.03.2009 Part 1[/ame]

 

[Liquidrob]

Good interview, try and find the one from the Tapout radio show or something, I havent heard it, but there are much deeper questions and is a really really good interview

 

[calgaryballer]

One guy that I would love to see get a shot, and could happen with this Dream stuff is Sergey Kharitonov. He was out of shape against Monson, but when he trains he could be a great match for Fedor. He comes from a Sambo background and has extremely accurate strikes w/ punching power.

That would give me a wish list of Kharitonov, Overeem, Rogers and maybe Werdum

 

[SHOGUN]

That was a good interview. I hope everything works out well.