Strikeforce Signs Fedor To Multi-Fight Deal, M-1 To Co-Promote

Pretty sure beating badir hari makes you more than a mediocre kickboxer, he also had a very close fight with bonjasky.

 

Those could all be positive things, but keep this in mind, right now Strikeforce is one of the few MMA orgs making money.

Strikeforce is profitable because they know their limits, they don't try to compete with the UFC, they do a lot locally, they stay within themselves, they don't do what EliteXC tried to do. Ring of Fire, MFC, and others do the same thing; stay local, stay profitable, stay in business.

So hopefully they realize this, Coker is a smart guy and I'm sure he does, I just don't want to see Strikeforce go the way of the orgs that tried to get too big for their market: EliteXC, Bodog, IFL, and WFA.

 

Was talking about his hero, Kongo.

Yes, Alistair is far from mediocre, to say the least.

Still think Werdum is at least as interesting. A match between the two would also be interesting.

 

Fair enough was abit shocked when i thought you meant overeem

 

Werdum, Overeem, Monson and then Rogers are the best options for Fedor outside the UFC.

Dana's reaction to this is going to be priceless.

 

From Yahoo:
"I'm in Abu Dhabi right now and my reaction is Fedor is a [expletive] joke," White told Cagewriter saying he was unavailable for Monday interview on ESPNRadio1100. "[He] turns down a huge deal and the opportunity to face the best in the world to fight nobodies, for no money. Fedor is a [expletive]."

 

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I think he took the news quite well

 

Finkel's going to ass **** Coker and leave Strikeforce in shambles. If it goes to ppv how many people are going to shell out cash to have him fight Overeem or Werdum.? If it's on free tv they will most certainly not make enough to cover the cost of having Fedor and Finkel. But I'm sure Coker knows what he's doing.

 

Another fight another win. Shame the UFC deal didn't go through but atleast he isn't supporting the evil empire.

 

Does anyone know the details of the strikeforce deal? Is it a three fight or an open deal? If so, it is POSSIBLE Fedor is just waiting for his m1 contract to expire before he goes to the UFC.

 

I doubt he is waiting for it to expire, especially if he has a 20% stake in it that was reported before.

 

One thing nonobdy seems to mention is that not all the top 10 heavyweight fighters are in the uf so why would he be fighting the best if he moved to the ufc, if he has a non exclusive contract than surely he has more option to fight the best.

 

Someone on here posted a video interview on a here a few days ago which Vadim did. In the interview he said Fedor never had a contract with Affliction, the contract was a Affliction/M-1 deal. I wouldn't be surprised if this is simliar to the deal with Strikeforce, so I doubt it will be exclusive deal. Depending on when his next fight is and he stays injury free, i'm sure there is a good chance we will see him fight in Japan on NYE.

 

Contracts can be bought, sold, terminated mutually, or terminated by one side for a specific reason.

I don't think it does, but his strikeforce contract could have easily replaced his m1 contract through 100 differen ways if that was what was wanted and negotiated.

 

And most people would rather see him fight Lesnar and take the UFC eavyweight title over any of those guy's.

I know I would.

I'd also rather see him fight Machida and Silva over any of those guy's.

They are all in the UFC. :-(