I hadn't seen you guys talking about it yet, but it was on ESPN he turned down the deal today. It's on a lot of news sites as well.
i think the main problem is the 6 fight deal, fedor said that he doesn't know how long he will fight and it is possible that after one or two fights he wants to retire
The UFC signs fighters to slave contracts and I don't blame Fedor one bit for not wanting the UFC to have total control/say over his name and image. It is a joke.
At least his signed to EA MMA game. Some fighters turned EA down after the UFC threats. I'm glad Fedor took no notice of those absurd threats from Dana White.
Fedor is one of the owners of M-1, it is broadcast in 80 countries, and is worth far more to him than some 30 million dollar slave contract. His likeness is the most valuable of any MMA fighter on the planet, and he is the only man that can sell out arenas in three continents. Sorry Dana, learn to share or don't get the sports top dog, because he doesn't need you.
Obviously Fedor doesnt want that long term contract hes been saying that for years. Give him what he wants if its 1 fight then **** it then 1 fight who cares Fedor is worth it. UFC will make alot more money with Fedor fighting Lesnar then Lesnar fighting Carwin or Velasquez.
Exactly! This is what I hate about the UFC, they want it ALL for nothing. Fedor doesn't need anyone or any org. Plus he is an icon in his home country do you really think he cares about what some American fans think? We are the be all end all in the world as much as we like to think. UFC needs to just give him what he wants and if he beats your champion and leaves, so be it. Atleast they would have made killer PPV while he was there.
The problem is if Fedor has one fight in the UFC with Lesnar and knocks him out (which he would) it renders the WHOLE UFC Heavyweight Division meaningless (which it basically already is but that would really put the nail in the coffin) Dana White knows this he learned his lesson when he sent Liddell over to fight Jackson in Japan and he got his ass kicked. The bottom line is Dana White is scared to let Fedor have a one and done fight because he knows what will happen.
Another sticking point must be the fact that UFC contracts contain a clause which says that a UFC fighters contract auto-renews one year at a time for the rest of your life for as long as you’re the champion. There is no way Fedor would accept this and that clause would have to come out. I cant believe people actually believed that $30 mil story.
3 things about this post 1.there is no guarentee fedor knocks out lensar or even beats lesnar. lesnar is a freak with speed and strength and size that is almost uncomparable, who i could honestly see ground and pounding fedor out of there, maybe not knocking fedor out but causeing a ref stoppage. 2. just because the ufc does not have fedor does not make their heavyweight division meaningless there isnt a lot of top flight heavies in any one organization the ufc is on par with or a little above any other org as far as heavy talent. 3. Dana White, love him or hate him he is a smart business man, fedor doing a one fight deal with the ufc makes no business sense for the amount of money being offered including the amount m-1 and vadim This content is protected would walk away with in a co-promotional deal. 6 fights worth up to 30 million and allowing fedor to promote m-1 like a sponser, while competing in his combat sambo tourneys is a more than perfectly fair deal which if fedor thinks it isnt good enough then **** him let him go somewhere else fighting for peanuts not even breaking 150k ppv buys while the ufc does 1 to 1.5 million ppv buys when lesnar performs. if that deal isnt good enough for him then oh well. the questions will stick around "is brock good enough to beat fedor" "is fedor good enough to beat brock" the longer it goes the more those questions will grow they both will probably lose before they retire maybe even more than a time or two but i doubt it will be to each otherif they dont get a deal done this time