The Fedor Thread: Post em if you got em ... - Page 2

tl613 · 10-10-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty25er

Are you damn kidding me, the man everyone wants to see, the man everyone talks about, they let the top fighter, escape and go to M-1...

Maybe on Sherdog but for the general public and average MMA fan (which by the way is where all the $$$ comes from) they could care less about Fedor. Throw tons of money at Fedor and hope he brings in that much cash or even close to it? Ask BoDog about that.

Loiseau101 · 10-10-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty25er

I am sorry but Fedor should get 40mill us a fight

WOW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAH

geez.

Fedor ran from the UFC plan and simple he wants to keep the monecare "#1 fighter in the world" only problem is if he starts fighting cans like expected he wont be #1 for much longer.

**SuperSuperRambo** · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

Dana didn't let him go. The UFC, by all accounts, tried very very hard to get Fedor.

The two parties just could not come to an agreement. I don't blame the UFC, I don't blame Fedor.

It's a simple conflict of interests. If sucks for the fans, but both parties had to do what was right by them. Fedor doesn't need the UFC, and unfortunately, for the casual fan, the UFC does not need Fedor.

It sure does suck.

bchen03 · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty25er

I mean Fedor brings instant instant PPV numbers up, all over the place, huge across the world

Yep, he really made Bodog into the org it is now...

KungFuCow · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

With the way the Pride guys have mostly crashed and burned in the UFC, 10 mil a fight is a HUGE risk. Maybe Fedor comes in and dominates, maybe he doesnt.

Im sure Dana has learned from his mistake with CroCop and Fedor's first fight would be against Couture. What if Randy wins? Then you just paid a Pride guy 10 million to come in and lose. Then what do you do with him? You're paying him 10 million a fight to try to work his way back up the ladder.

Fight_Revv · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

I dont' think he ever really wanted to fight in the UFC .. he could have signed and made more than M1 offered in the UFC he just didn't want to do it ... you can figure out why on your own

MindTravel · 10-10-2007, 08:02 PM

The word is exclusivity. That's what prevented Fedor from signing.

carson2121 · 10-10-2007, 08:03 PM

yea seriously...dana could have easily out bid any other org.

this actually could be fedors fault, who really knows!?!

tl613 · 10-10-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MindTravel

The word is exclusivity. That's what prevented Fedor from signing.

Didn't it say that he signed an exclusive contract with M-1?

**SuperSuperRambo** · 10-10-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by carson2121

yea seriously...dana could have easily out bid any other org.

this actually could be fedors fault, who really knows!?!

I don't think it had to do with money. Plain and simple Fedor wanted the Sambo allowance, and the UFC wanted exclusivity. Neither were willing to compromise.