Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker on Affliction Deal, Fedor Emelianenko Negotiations
by Eugene Schelfaut on Jul 30, 2009 5:48 AM EDT
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Fedor is officially an idiot
if he signs with Strikeforce over UFC.
by orcus on Jul 30, 2009 6:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It really is not Fedor. It is his awful management. They are killing his career if they do not ink the deal with the UFC.
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by Stay Down on Jul 30, 2009 6:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well
How is it not Fedor’s fault? He can tell those M-1 guys to F-off anytime he wants. Is Fedor really this stupid or just scared? To turn down a 30 mil contract that has M-1 logos written all over his body prior to entering the cage. To be able to compete in Sambo when he said before was one of the reasons he wouldn’t sign with the UFC. I use to defend Fedor too, but this is just too much to comprehend, he broke my brain by turnning down this contract. why would he do this? He’s either mentally challenged, scared, or maybe M-1 is some type of mob and has Fedor by his nuts to do whatever they want. The days of defending this dude are over. Reality check : Fedor is no longer the best in the world.
by orcus on Jul 30, 2009 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do realize that he has he’s under the direction M-1, right? He, essentially, is their puppet. He cannot do things without their consent for however long it is he’s under their wing.
by FlyByKnight on Jul 30, 2009 7:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's my beef with Fedor, he is a puppet
does M-1 own him? what kind of contract does he have with m-1? If he’s not a fan of indefinite contracts, I’d think he can get out of his contract with them any time he wants. M-1 is obviously not looking out for Fedor’s best interest, and Fedor defends everything M-1 does or say. I can fault him for the obvious reason that he is a puppet.
by orcus on Jul 30, 2009 7:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He signed a two-year, six-fight deal with M-1 back in late 2007. He’s fought three times over that span. He still owes them three fights due to the contract that he signed. The only way out of the contract is if M-1 either releases him from it or if they agree to let him sign somewhere else. Fedor has no say in this. Stop making it his fault.
by FlyByKnight on Jul 30, 2009 7:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he can still say whatever he wants
does the contract expire after two years or just after the six fights? Regardless, M-1 doesn’t own his mouth for crying out loud. He can say whatever he wants, and he seems happy with the way M-1 is destroying his career. all I can say to him is to grow some freaking balls man, but whatever, you want to continue defending this fool it’s your right, I’m done with it (unless he surprises me somehow and signs with the UFC this week).
by orcus on Jul 30, 2009 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, a guy who has never truly been beaten happens to be a fool. What’s this world coming to? Sheesh. Not like the guy has one of the most impressive resumés in MMA history or anything like that. Everyone keeps screaming about how he needs the UFC. The funny part is that, if that was indeed their offer, it just goes to show how much the UFC needs Fedor. They realize how important he is to the stability of Mixed Martial Arts right now. He’s the last guy in the world who would ever test positive for anything so you know you’re getting a sure thing with him. If he wants to fight in Japan for the rest of his life and make money there, that’s his god-given right. For anyone to slander him for choosing what he wants to do is a hypocrite and someone who needs to take a long look in the mirror.
I’m sure someone will come back and say that he’s scared to fight in the UFC which is why he turned down such a lucrative offer. What does he gain from actually accepting that offer? He’ll be locked up in a six-fight contract that he might not want to see through due to him, quite possibly, wanting to go into other endeavors after a few fights. Should he beat Lesnar, why would he want to stick around? That’s the only legitimate guy out there for him right now in the UFC. And, should he beat them if they ever fight, he would have nothing to prove. Hell, quite honestly, he has nothing to prove right now.
I’m far from a Fedor nut-hugger but the fact remains that this country was founded on people going against the norm and doing what was thought of as to be “crazy”. When this man does it, it’s a travesty and an outrage. Is that not hypocrisy at its finest? Let them man do what he wants. He’s earned that right. If he wants to turn down the offer out of his own free will, if that’s what truly happened, then he has earned that right. He’s an amazing fighter. He seems to be an amazing person. He appears to be amazingly humble. The man is not stupid.
I think people need to just take a step back and realize that most people get cheered for doing what Fedor did but yet he gets blasted for it. It makes no sense.
by FlyByKnight on Jul 30, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Yes, a guy who has never truly been beaten happens to be a fool. What’s this world coming to? Sheesh. Not like the guy has one of the most impressive resumés in MMA history or anything like that."
Yes, that’s why I have defended him since the fall of Pride.
"Everyone keeps screaming about how he needs the UFC. The funny part is that, if that was indeed their offer, it just goes to show how much the UFC needs Fedor."
Not only does the UFC need him, the fans needs him more.
"If he wants to fight in Japan for the rest of his life and make money there, that’s his god-given right."
With god out of the picture, who is he going to fight in Japan? Bigfoot? Barnett? the drug addicts?
"For anyone to slander him for choosing what he wants to do is a hypocrite and someone who needs to take a long look in the mirror."
Hypocrite? I fault him for not what he wants to do, I fault him for what M-1 wants him to do (which you agreed to).
"I’m sure someone will come back and say that he’s scared to fight in the UFC which is why he turned down such a lucrative offer. What does he gain from actually accepting that offer?"
More money than he’ll make anywhere else, EVER!
"He’ll be locked up in a six-fight contract that he might not want to see through due to him, quite possibly, wanting to go into other endeavors after a few fights."
From what you’ve stated before, seems like he’s locked with a contract with M-1… who’s the hypocrite?
"Should he beat Lesnar, why would he want to stick around? That’s the only legitimate guy out there for him right now in the UFC."
Prospects such as cain, cigano, there’s cro cop should he win his fight with cigano (which was a close fight with fedor), there could be a rematch with big nog should he win against randy or randy if he wins.
"And, should he beat them if they ever fight, he would have nothing to prove. Hell, quite honestly, he has nothing to prove right now."
There is always something to prove.
"I’m far from a Fedor nut-hugger but the fact remains that this country was founded on people going against the norm and doing what was thought of as to be "crazy". When this man does it, it’s a travesty and an outrage. Is that not hypocrisy at its finest?"
I used to be a Fedor nut-hugger, and I’m not American, where is the hypocrisy?
"Let them man do what he wants. He’s earned that right."
He’s earned the right to be called stupid too, which I did.
"I think people need to just take a step back and realize that most people get cheered for doing what Fedor did but yet he gets blasted for it. It makes no sense."
Like who?
by orcus on Jul 30, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love the ‘this country was founded on…’ comment… very nice
by ruckus on Jul 30, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"This Country"
Did Fedor move to Cali? He is from Russia, where you don’t step out of line.
by Amsterdaam on Jul 30, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop saying Fedor is a puppet
That’s ridiculous. Is the supposed UFC offer legit to beign with? The UFC has never offered as much money to a fighter?
Second point, If Fedor manager’s goal was to make as much money as he can from Fedor, he would advise him to sign the UFC offer without any doubt, as this is the most lucrative offer by a huge margin.
There is something that we do not know: Either a deal with the UFC is likely, either Fedor is really pushing to enter in the promotion business, or either M1 has a very big offer , maybe from some billonaires?
And Fedor did not sign that M1 contract, he just signed a letter of intention but the contract never was materialized due to M1 splitting. He has to be under another contract now.
Can someone resume what Coker is saying?
by JackO on Jul 30, 2009 7:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
5 million per fight seems like a little too big of number. Where does it come from: a part of the PPV cut or will it be his disclosed pay? Obviously, no one in the UFC makes more than $500,000.00 per fight in disclosed pay, so if this 5 million is true, I am going to guess that it is a cut of the PPV he’ll be fighting in.
To be honest, I really am skeptical that the UFC offered Fedor that amount because I have never seen the UFC that generous with anyone’s contract, and it seems like more than Fedor is worth in the US. Yes, a Lesnar fight will be HUGE and maybe a Couture fight too, but after that, I can’t imagine Fedor vs anyone else moving PPV buys. Fedor vs Mir, Nogueira, Carwin etc just won’t generate many PPV buys especially if he has six fights in his contract for 5 million each.
by chrisbboy82 on Jul 30, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re one of the few and the proud defending Fedor here.
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by subo on Jul 30, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s something about a poor boy from Russia that wont sign a multi-million dollar contract that tickles me in the wrong way.
by DirtyML on Jul 30, 2009 8:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You can not really say that Fedor is poor, by american standard and even more by russian standard.
by JackO on Jul 30, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smart guy.
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by ronniebonnie on Jul 30, 2009 8:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
Coker always comes off as very down to earth and sensible.
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by The Kittitas Kid on Jul 30, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when fedor is 65 and looking back on his life hes really really going to regret this.
by JaTinkles on Jul 30, 2009 10:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Scott Coker seems like like a good guy, but Strikeforces roster (yawn).
by thesource on Jul 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If he’s not in the UFC, this is the only other place I would like to see him. Otherwise I don’t care anymore.
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by xFenixKnightx on Jul 30, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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