Comments on: Emelianenko Spurns UFC, Sticks With M-1 Global

By: Fabio

Fabio — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:43:45 +0000

Howie, you need to really stop and look at the global picture of MMA, youre so pro UFC is everything, you cant see the bigger picture,
Its like a guy from forks bend south dakota saying USA is number one, well if thats all you know and you haven seen anything else then I guess it is #1 ……for you, but dont try to convince others the UFC is the end all be all thats just all YOU know.

In japan M1 attract 30-50,000 people at an event still, and remember MMA in Japan is far older than just the 100 shows the UFC has put on,
You say the UFC is #1 then why cant the UFC sell out the staples center? or the Honda center without giving away 4000 comp tickets to fill seats through websites and radio stations?

And you said ” The UFC and Dana are doing pretty darn well without Fedor.” REALLY?….lets see what you have to say when its, Faber vs Brown 3 and penn vs GSP 3 rampage vs Forrest 3, just like Lesnar vs Mir 2, all these fights are retreads and the UFC knows this, thats why Lesnar a guy with 5 fights was the headliner of UFC 100, thats why Dana creamed his jeans when he Gomi signed with the UFC,
whats the next UFC fight matt hughes and trigg 4

By: Howie H

Howie H — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:43:33 +0000

Last I checked, Dana doesn’t need Fedor, although it would definitely help his weakest weight class. The UFC and Dana are doing pretty darn well without Fedor. If anything, I have to question how much he (Fedor) wants to fight a guy like Lesnar. Sure, he’s beaten some former UFC champs, but lets not kid ourselves, Arlovski and Silvia were never really feared, they were just the tallest midgets in the HW class.

By: RIP sbb girl updates

RIP sbb girl updates — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:07:41 +0000

sorry, i do think fedor is best in the world until proven otherwise, but the clock is ticking and FAST on that shit.

he beat has beens cro cop and noguera 4 and 5 years ago. that is an eternity in mma terms. he hasnt beat anyone world top tier since. sorry, sylvia, arlovsky and coleman arent shit.

i think he’d simply rather ride the rep he largely built 5-10 years ago than climb in against a guy 50 lbs heavier and get chumped…

By: Pop Copy Mgr

Pop Copy Mgr — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:02:43 +0000

Fedor is a great fighter
martini pukas stated ” Turning down 30 mil is stupid” no it is not, heres why

1. there are people in Japan that will give him 30 mil to fight there.

2. he lives in Russia 30 doesn’t mean that much when 10 mil can get you everything you could ever need there.

3. 30 mil is just a first offer from the UFC ( never take the first offer)

4. fedor knows, how many times will they parade the same 5 fighters out to fight each other, they need a big name and a fresh face ( thats why the UFC was happy to see lesnar)

5. who else would you pay to see Lesnar fight?..the same old guys

6. Fedor likes fighting in Japan,where they appreciate fighters, who really needs a las vegas casino arena filled with drunk skanks and guys in tight affliction shirts and von dutch hats booing because the fight went to the ground,

7. Vadim, Fedors Mgr knows Dana needs Fedor, the UFC needs Fedor.

Plus it will be nice to see a fighter without one of those played out gay tribal tattoo’s in the octogon.

By: Beer-Run

Beer-Run — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:23:32 +0000

Who has Lesnar beat?

Yeah Herring, Couture, and Mir (twice) could never match Fedors recent (2 1/2 years) run of TUF fighters consisting of the 185 middleweight Lindland, the clown Hong Man Choi, The Ray Mercer exposed Tim Sylivia, and glass jawed Andrei Arlovski.

Fedor was ONCE the best, now he’s afraid to fight the best, or even the good.

as for your 5 times the number of UFC champs fedor has beaten compared to Lesnar comment….your math skills suck worse than your mma knowledge.

By: Buy a clue, Dana Lovers

Buy a clue, Dana Lovers — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:15:35 +0000

Good lord, who is the real competition. Brock Lesnar? Who the hell has he beaten. Fedor has beaten 5 times the number of UFC champs that Lesnar has. The reality is that Dana needs Fedor MUCH more than Fedor needs Dana. Without UFC, Fedor still retires a legend. Without Fedor, Dana never had the best.

By: thrillomania

thrillomania — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:49:18 +0000

You obviously have a hard on against dana white wich is fine but this is really about fedor ducking true competition. YOu couldn’t tell me the last card m1 global promoted. This who co promotion nonsese is a joke of a bunch of russian maffia nobodys trying to latch onto the ufc brand for legitimacy. Fedor is paid by thgovernment so he doesn’t care one way or the other but intil heaces real competition instead of washep heavyweigghts you really can’t compare the guy to the other greats. Man up fedor and fight 4 fights in ufc remove doubt and then be done with it. Strikeforce won’t pay and fedor has been the death knell for any other oganization (pride, bodog, now affliction)you can’t build around him.

By: martini pukas

martini pukas — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:00:08 +0000

I used to love fedor, but tuurnning down 30 million is stupid. hes never gonna see that kind of money again