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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Mixed Martial Arts (MMA/UFC) => Topic started by: MindSpin on March 01, 2010, 09:04:14 AM
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It's no secret that the world's USAT/SBN Consensus MMA Rankings' #1 heavyweight and his management team M-1 Global can be a handful to deal with. Yesterday we heard Fedor would not be on Strikeforce's April CBS card. Then we heard that he won't fight Overeem unless Overeem passes a pre-fight drug test.
Now we're hearing that Fedor might not fight on either Strikeforce's April CBS card or its May Showtime card.
Fedor and his management team clearly believe they didn't get paid enough for Fedor's first CBS event for Strikeforce. They also have utter confidence that Fedor's value in the market place is rising. They're missing a huge bird in the hand payday -- and more importantly missing out on the incredible US market exposure that CBS can provide.
Then there's the question of how long will Fedor's fighting prime last? He coasted through his last couple of years in PRIDE fighting freak show fights like Zuluzinho and Hong Man Choi, a past his prime Mark Coleman, and an undersized Matt Lindland. In 2008 and 2009 he was unusually productive, fighting and dispatching two former UFC champs in Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski and a fast-rising Brett Rogers. Now it appears as if he's going to be slowing his pace of fighting again.
Strikeforce is now forced to headline a CBS card with proven ratings disaster Jake Shields and a hot Dan Henderson who's coming off the most dramatic KO win of 2009. Henderson would be a solid headliner against a more compelling opponent, but even coming off his UFC 100 glory and coaching TUF, he's not enough to carry a network card. And if "Decision Dan" shows up instead of "Hollywood" Henderson, look out, we may see a headliner that loses viewers as it drags on for five rounds of lay and pray.
But not having Fedor to headline the card really hurts Strikeforce. That promotion is desperate for headliners with Gina Carano, Cung Le and Frank Shamrock all having been damaged by recent losses.
Fedor and M-1 may be killing their "promotional partner" by leaving them with no ratings draw for the April CBS card. They must be thinking that there will be another CBS card or equally well-paying opportunity.
Or maybe they're negotiating with someone else. And there's really only one other entity that can put together a bigger fight than DREAM in March, CBS in April or Showtime in May. And that's an entity that could offer a title fight on PPV in June or July against the biggest draw in the sport.
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The only thing that pisses me off >:( is i had scheduled a business trip for the week of the fight that now seem's
like is now up in the air.... :'(
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That sucks! On the bright side, maybe we will see Fedor in the UFC afterall...
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Hey Spin..
not quite sure if you attend live MMA fights...
But if you ever get a chance to see a Fedor fight live..
you should .. its an experience watching his fights...
i attend his last fight in Chicago..
the crowd, the fight's was an experience...
well expect the Jake shields fight...
I'm sad Affliction did survive :'( i loved attending the 2 shows they put at the Honda center in Anaheim..
had not being to California or the LA area in a couple of years..
had a great time in L.A ...
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I do go to most of the StrikeForce events because they are close by and I usually know 1-2 people that are fighting. They do a pretty good job. It would have been cool to see Fedor fighter in San Jose. Maybe it'll still happen...
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That sucks! On the bright side, maybe we will see Fedor in the UFC afterall...
I hope he does make it to the UFC...
Would love to see him in a big card live in Vegas...
I think if he does sign with zuffa...
He will eventually get the opportunity to be in the ufc hall of fame..
I think Dana will do a good job of Marketing him espoecially since they have all the rights / own
the fight footage...
Dana will take into account his record back in the old pride days that alone will be enough to be put in the hall of fame..
a fitting way to retire......
regardless how he does in the UFc...
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I do go to most of the StrikeForce events because they are close by and I usually know 1-2 people that are fighting. They do a pretty good job. It would have been cool to see Fedor fighter in San Jose. Maybe it'll still happen...
good to hear..
you been to any WEC??
would love to see the california kid fight / faber...
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There's no question that him finishing in the UFC will make what is already an amazing career even better...
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good to hear..
you been to any WEC??
would love to see the california kid fight / faber...
Never been to a WEC event but I'm thinking of going to the Jose/Faber match. I have to believe that will be one of the all time greatest MMA fights...
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Fedor will never fight in the UFC. He'll never get a better deal than what Dana offered him last summer. He's obviously just wanting to fight cans on his way to retirement, and is way to much of a pussy to risk his reputation by losing to big Brock, or Mir, or Valesquez, or Carwin. Fedor's career is essentially over at this point.
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Whatever happens, I do hope Fedor makes it to the UFC. Looking at his past opponents, as pointed out in this article, it doesn't seem likely to happen.
If he came to the UFC I would love to see him mix up the division. Win or Lose, the hype for these fights would be unbelievable.
Nothing would make me happier than to see Fedor fight the UFC champ after the Mir,Carwin,Velasquez and Lesnar situation is sorted out.
No MMA fan would be dissatisfied after this.
Only problem is that we would have almost nothing to argue about on this board :)
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Only problem is that we would have almost nothing to argue about on this board :)
I'm not so sure about that. After Fedor lost, I can just see the excuses now: "he was past his prime" or "if it were Pride rules he would have won" or "if it were in a ring instead of a cage" or "they paid him to lose" or "he got caught" or "it was a BS ref stoppage" or "BS decision" or "he lost only because elbows were allowed", etc. etc.
The Fedor Nuthuggers will never concede a Fedor defeat and will argue it to the end...
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;D ;D ;D
Fedor is the best heavyweight ;D
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no he's not...infinity.
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bahhhh
:P