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| Author: | Jamal [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fedor was not offered $30 million, six-fight UFC contract |
http://mmamania.com/2009/07/30/fedor-em ... -contract/ … according to Joost Raimond, CEO for M-1 Global, in the latest report from Sherdog.com: “I can say that the guaranteed — and the word ‘guaranteed’ is of great importance here — the guaranteed offer made by the UFC is less than what Fedor made before. The five-million (per fight) is way, way, way out of range. Half of that is even way out of range of what they offered…. And there were a number of provisions attached to that offer that made it very much less interesting. We made it clear that Fedor, now and forever is part, even part owner, of M-1 and those two cannot be separated. If the rest of M-1 is excluded from any kind of deal, it makes the deal difficult…. We had a very professional, productive and respectful meeting with the UFC. I think both parties walked away (knowing) even though a deal wasn’t made, that a very decent meeting was had.” The Fedor Emelianenko circus sweepstakes continues with M-1 officials vehemently denying a report from CBS Radio host Carmichael Dave that the Russian was offered a lucrative deal in the neighborhood of $30 million, in addition to other incentives/concessions, to compete inside the Octagon. Emelianenko and his M-1 counterparts today left the United States without confirmation of a striking a deal with the UFC or any other promotion for that matter, meaning that UFC President Dana White will likely not be making any Emelianenko-related announcements during the conference call set for Friday, July 31. I think … maybe … |
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| Author: | BlackSpade [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fedor was not offered $30 million, six-fight UFC contract |
So basically Fedor is getting "cock-blocked" (as one radio broadcast put it) out of the UFC by his crew. |
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| Author: | Jamal [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fedor was not offered $30 million, six-fight UFC contract |
This could be the case, maybe M-1 has more control over him than we know |
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