Looks like fedor is a UFC fighter now...(almost finalised)

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  1. boxingcar

    boxingcar Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Apparently, it's finally happening. The article doesn't mention Fedor by name, however.

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    Переговоры приближаются к финальной стадии
    Вадим Финкельштейн сейчас находится в Лос-Анджелесе, где в данный момент продолжаются переговоры с президентом американской организации UFC, Даной Вайтом. Стороны идут на встречу друг другу. Возможно скорое завершение переговоров. Все подробности станут известны чуть позже.

    Negotiations come nearer to a final stage
    Vadim Finkelstein now is in Los Angeles where negotiations with the president of American organization UFC at present proceed, Даной Вайтом. Sides go on a meeting each other. Probably fast completion of negotiations. All details become known hardly later
     
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  2. Donut62

    Donut62 Active Member Full Member

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    Josh Gross is talking about it on Beatdown, he just got off the phone with Fedor's managment team. Apparently, the sum of money is enormous, and was surprising even to them. Fedor will become the highest paid MMA athlete ever. Theymade considerable progress with the sticking points and are on course to wrap this up in the next week or two.
     
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  3. boxingcar

    boxingcar Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i wonder if fighting in "combat sambo" competitions will still be part of his contract or if they ended up accepting ufc's conditions just because dana and co was willing to pay much more than usual....
     
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  4. Donut62

    Donut62 Active Member Full Member

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    Well the combat sambo is still an issue. It's come down to that and Fedor wants gauranteed money.
     
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  5. boxingcar

    boxingcar Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it's kinda ironic that after all the millions they had to spend , (buying pride fc) , taking fighters away etc....the 1 guy they wanted the most...is the most difficult to get...only because he had a "special" contract with dse to begin with...
     
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  6. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    wow potentially couture-Fedor early 08 or will they bring him and have him fight a couple publicity fights?
     
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  7. Tko4

    Tko4 Left high kick Full Member

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    Fedor/Couture is one of the biggest fights ever...but will the casual UFC fans care about Fedor? To Pride fans, this will be astronomical. But Fedor better hope he doesn't have a "Cro Cop moment" after getting this big deal.
     
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  8. Donut62

    Donut62 Active Member Full Member

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    I can certainly understand the UFC's hesistation in this manner. Mirko was supposed to be a sure thing, an super exciting European champion who would endear American fans with his brilliant stand up and launch them into Eastern Europe. We all saw how that worked out. They are already offering Fedor HUGE money from what we understand. I don't know how much further they can bend before the risk becomes to great for them to gamble.
     
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  9. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    lol, i have no idea how they'll spin this but im sure they'll be able to. They are great promoters. Hendy gets the title shot right off the bat, i dont see why Fedor can't either. Wanna see Fedor beat Couture, Sylvia and Gonzaga.
     
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  10. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    From some inside info, apparently Fedor is gona be able to fight in SAMBO, he will get T_W_O MILLION dollars per fight for 4 fights. Rofl, i dunno about the legitimacy of this info but if its true... woooooooow...
     
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  11. Donut62

    Donut62 Active Member Full Member

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    Randy said he heard the contents of the deal, and said Fedor will be quadrupling his best payday for just showing up. 2 million is probably about right.

    EDIT: Apparently Trigg is reporting this from his sources in the UFC as well. Insane.
     
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  12. Strike

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    I cant wait to watch Fedor devour Coutoure with some garlic and a nice side.
     
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  13. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Either way, I'll believe it when I see the official announcement.
     
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  14. dwilson

    dwilson Guest

    Please god let fedor sign with ufc.
     
    dwilson, Sep 1, 2007
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  15. kentauros

    kentauros New Member Full Member

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    I agree, but Cro Cop has faced who is who in both K1 and MMA.Fedor didnt face top opponent since August 2005 (CC vs Fedor).I would like to see him against Barnett,Arlovski,Werdum,Couture,Gonzaga.....
     
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