M-1= Douches.

That much I know.

I can’t think of a president of a big sport organization who acts like that, constantly like a five years old in crisis…. He is even worse than Mosley, and F1 got rid of him.

White just can’t admit he does not control everything and can’t have everything he wants. Just for that, it’s good that Fedor is out of the UFC. It gives MMA a big boost like we have seen with that last card.

On the article, I found it a little carricatural, especially the part on russians.

didn’t they offer him like a gazillion dollars, an instant title shot, ability to do outside interest(sambo, commercials acting) as long as it didn’t interfere with his fight duties, the ability to wear all the M-1 propaganda he chose. it’s all about co-promotion, and zuffa is never going to do that. 1 point that is brought up alot is his ability to fight out side the org that he signs with, but he NEVER DOES that. he always fought for Pride soley when he was their champ, he only fought for Affliction when he was their champion, even though there were heavy rumors that he wanted to fight in japan at last years nye’s dream event. i can even remember him saying that he wanted to fight on nye, but Atencio said “no, he’s fighting in jan for us.” so i can’t see this as a valid sticking point when it comes to fedor and the ufc.

As much as I would love to see Brock v. Fedor, I think competition between multiple fight leagues is good for the sport, and extremely good for the fighters themselves. These guys put their health on the line constantly, drop their day jobs, and organize a training team – all for the slight chance they might hit it big and get a title. Its still a joke that even though UFC has become more popuular (PPV-wise) than boxing, the top boxers make millions more than the top MMA fighters. Competition between organizations will increase payer salaries – and I am all for that.

Proof? fedor said the contrary.

Fedor controls his career, he already fired a manager and changed of team.

Fedor’s never been seen on national television in Russia.

Wrong.

Also, don’t forget how “business” is done in Russia. I don’t want to speculate, but if I was Fedor, I’d be very hesitant to dump my Russian partners.

This is such a BS, to be honest… You really believe this?..

Fedor didn’t have any problems leaving the Russian Top Team and the manager, who was using him.

You are right in one thing here: a lot of had to do with how the business is done in Russia. By trust and respect. So no wonder the Dana’s lies and rants about “crazy Russians” did not play well with Fedor.

and ive been to Russia many times. i know how they act or re-act to Americans. (some still blame the demise of USSR on America) with all that said, Money is very important, but they will never bend over and take it, like lots of other “people” would. so IMO any Monopoly in any industry is BS, this is a free world and we need more top orgs. like UFC. and as far as for Fedor….anyone that has a TV or can afford a paper, (yes in the other side of the world people still read paper.) now who FEDOR is.

“Millen says the negotiations were a failure from the start:

“Dana is two-faced. One minute he says [Fedor] is the best fighter in the world and ‘I want him.’ Then [another] he’s the fat guy at the buffet.”

Millen, wasn’t in the meeting, but claims to have been on the phone to hear White’s pitch to Fedor:

“In the meeting, Dana says to Fedor ‘oh, you’re the best fighter in the world, we’d love to have you.’ And Fedor says to him ‘yeah, I hear and read on the internet what you have to say about me everyday.’ And then Dana’s like ’I’m just a promoter. I’m just trying to sell tickets. I just want to sell tickets.’ And Fedor said ’that’s what makes you and I different.’ [Fedor] just wants respect and to be treated fairly.” "

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/M-1-s-Millen-still-looking-for-a-fight-with-Whit?urn=mma,201479

I thought this would be slightly more appropriate:

I think the jump from Dana bashing Fedor to him offering a huge deal to Fedor doesn’t show that he thinks Fedor is any good, it is just showing that he knows how big a deal financially the fight would be.

Personally, I think the cross promotion would be good if spun the right way. “M-1’s greatest fighter vs UFC’s greatest fighter”. It would be like Rocky IV. I will say that I don’t really think Lesnar is any bigger than Rogers and both have weak fighting skills, they just dominate by ferocity and size. Fedor outmatches Lesnar in skill all day long. It would be a big risk in my opinion to pit him against Lesnar, Lesnar’s head is definitely no bigger than Rogers.

Bitch about Dana’s hypocrisy/promoter’s s shtick any more dude from MMA mania? If you actually believe the promoter’s shtick as what Dana really thinks I have swamp land in Florida for sale.

Zuffa is not upset about not having a “consulting” contract with M-1 Global that needs to be navigated in order to put on a show with Fedor. Promoter shtick is just that, shtick I’m sure Dana thinks highly of Fedor’s fighting ability but is happy he didn’t sign the contract M-1 offered.

Dana White gave Chuck Liddell to the PRIDE GP in what was supposed to be a “fighter exchange” program. He got burned big time. Then they tried to set up a Wanderlei/Chuck fight in their primes, PRIDE let Wanderlei say he wanted to “fuck chuck” and be exposed to the UFC audience… then refused to let him fight and instead used the exposure to let him headline a PRIDE USA card and get knocked out by Dan Henderson on American soil and ruin the allure (and thus profits) of Chuck/Silva.

Can you honestly blame Dana for never wanting to do anything involving another organization ever again after getting burned twice?

why must every1 continue to say fedor is undefeated? he is 31? 30 something and 1. mark hunt beat him