It’s getting very close to the point where it’s sinking in for MMA fans that Fedor will probarbly never fight in the UFC, that’s as long as M-1 Global has anything to say about it, we can finally focus on arguing over what the UFC’s revised offer, which of course M-1 will not accept, not [...]
It’s getting very close to the point where it’s sinking in for MMA fans that Fedor will probarbly never fight in the UFC, that’s as long as M-1 Global has anything to say about it, we can finally focus on arguing over what the UFC’s revised offer, which of course M-1 will not accept, not even if they get 10 billion million trillion dollars, M-1 will only accept if they get a co-promotional contract with the UFC.
You can read what the UFC offered Fedor here. It’s a crazy deal from UFC, that’s if the deal was true. Around 30 Million for a 6 fight deal within the UFC for Fedor, Pretty crazy if you ask me. Anyways let’s move on because no matter what offer Fedor & M-1 Global get it’s always going to be a refusal, unless they co-promote and can I see Dana White Co-Promoting? Not in a million years. Here’s what M-1’s Joost Raimond had to say regarding the 30 million contract deal:
“It was nowhere near that, telling Sherdog’s Loretta Hunt that “five-million (per fight) is way, way, way out of range. Half of that is even way out of range of what they offered.
”He goes on to insist that they’ve had more lucrative offers from other companies, that there were “a number of provisions” involved with the UFC’s offer to give M-1 a cut of the pay-per-view, that he would have been cleared to do Sambo tournaments, and that M-1 apparently wasn’t won over by the UFC’s concession to allow him to wear all the M-1 themed crap he could fit on to his body.“
That’s like telling someone they’re allowed to eat,” said Raimond. Oh, Joost. Let me tell you a little story about a company named Affliction.
Long story short, we can’t believe what M-1 says any more than we can believe what alleged UFC mouthpieces say, so we’ll probably never know for sure what the UFC’s offer to Fedor was. What we can probably feel pretty sure of was that it involved the word ‘million,’ it made some concessions to M-1 Global, both financial and otherwise, and that they aren’t going for it unless they get to be co-promoters. Forgive us if we still conclude that M-1 Global is the unreasonable party here.
The Russians were supposedly dismayed at the online backlash to yesterday’s news, however, which at least means they’re aware that public opinion is turning against them:
‘“Sometimes the fans don’t realize that there is a business to run and all these statements, These M-1 idiots, why don’t they just give Fedor to the UFC because they’ve offered him the best money?’ This is a completely unsubstantiated rumor that the UFC has offered the best money for Fedor ever. This is just not the case.”
”First of all, the fans are never going to support you for getting in the way of their dream fights, and let’s be real, Fedor vs. Lesnar is the biggest fight out there for him right now. As for the financial issue, if that’s the case why not go ahead and sign with whoever’s offering you the most money and be done with it? At least that would be something we could all understand.”
As it stands right now I don’t think we’ll see Fedor fight in the UFC, but It’s not the end of end. Just look what the UFC and Fedor has achieved without each other.
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I fort it was abit far fetch that UFC had to offer $30 Million but anyways it’s all fun and games and at the end of the day it’s business.
Fedor’s such a nice guy and just seems to be going along with his managers best choices for Fedor. What ever happens, UFC will still be a great organization and Fedor will still be a really humble guy who’s respected and said to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world.