Fedor Emelianenko's Management Responds to News of Fabricio Werdum's Injury
by Kid Nate on Jul 15, 2010 2:40 PM EDT
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I contacted M-1 Global's Director of Global Operations Evgeni Kogan and he was kind enough to answer some questions for Bloody Elbow:
Kogan: (Werdum's) gotta do what he's gotta do. The re-match will be there, pre elbow surgery or post. That's what the fans want and that's what they will eventually get.
Bloody Elbow: So no Overeem bout while we wait for Werdum?
Kogan: We have yet to talk to our partners. So news on that in a little while.
BE: When you say "our partners" does that mean Strikeforce?
Kogan: Strikeforce and Showtime.We are working with them both. Scott Coker, Ken Hershman and Jock McLean.
BE: Is there ANY possibility of Fedor fighting in Japan on New Year's Eve while he's under contract to Strikeforce?
Kogan: I think it's possible, but unlikely. Strikeforce themselves have fighters fighting in Japan.
BE: So is it something that M-1 would consider?
Kogan: We are certainly not short of offers traditionally, for new year in Japan. I just don't think it's super realistic, but anything is possible.
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"That's what the fans want and that's what they will eventually get."
"Players are gods, the stands are the pews, football is the new religion."
by DamnSevern on Jul 15, 2010 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
lol
rec’d
You feel that too? It's the heat coming off that man on fire who goes by the name of THE CRIPPLERRRRRR!
by MrTechnique420 on Jul 15, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks almost as comfortable smiling as Arnold in T2
by SplitBreast on Jul 15, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hope Fedor fights before Werdum gets better.
(Also: Nate I thought you said you didn’t do interviews?)
I get more rec's then a Toyota!
I don't like the fact that Kogan
assumes people want to see “Fedor” vs. “Werdum.” fans wanted Lesnar vs. Fedor a while ago but that didn’t happen (UFC’s fault too). I say feed Overeem to Fedor. If Fedor can beat Overeem and become champ, StrikeForce can relax a bit and won’t have to worry about him leaving. Of course, StrikeForce’s belt will be a joke if everyone who loses gets a title shot.
by SheepleBuster on Jul 15, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t like the fact that Kogan assumes people want to see "Fedor" vs. "Werdum."
He isn’t assuming…
They did polls…
In Russia…
On a related note,
does anyone here have info on how many Russians actually tune in to watch Fedor fight?
The polled Jerry Millen.
Keep Firing, Assholes!
Have you accepted BROCKLESNARRRRRR!!!!!!! as your personal Heavyweight Champion?
M1's new office. I heard they are co-leasing it.
"Players are gods, the stands are the pews, football is the new religion."
keeping the belief that M1-Global will be a major company...
Their theme song:
Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you’ll see
Into your imagination
We’ll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we’ll see
Will defy
Explanation
??
by Suffocate on Jul 15, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Jerry Millen would be perfect as an oompa loompa
"Players are gods, the stands are the pews, football is the new religion."
by DamnSevern on Jul 15, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
This fan wants Fedor vs. Overeem
Make it happen, Coker! This is the excuse that avoids all the jibs about getting a title shot after a loss.
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A wise man told me don't argue with fools
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who -- Jay-Z
This fan wants Werdum vs. Overeem.
Also, Kogan vs. Dana.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
If you like it, you should put a rec on it.
by jemaleddin on Jul 15, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Vadim will only do it in the arena that Dana’s gonna build in Russia.
http://www.instrength.com
by Tim Burke on Jul 15, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I WANT TO REC YOU SO HARD RIGHT NOW
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
If you like it, you should put a rec on it.
Thanks, but
Eww.
http://www.instrength.com
by Tim Burke on Jul 15, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't be like that, baby.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
If you like it, you should put a rec on it.
I think a over the top battle royal with Vadim, Kogan, Millen, Dana, the Fertita brothers, Coker, and a few Showtime execs is in order!
by Roll for Life on Jul 16, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Cosigned
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 15, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
this fan
just DOESN’T want fedor vs. werdum 2….. No thanks to a fight that ended by sub in the first round.
by cagefightonlsd on Jul 15, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
No one aside from family, friends and business partners insists on Werdum first
If it was a DQ, controversial stoppage or decision, doctor stoppage due to cuts or whatnot, sure, but submitted in under 90 seconds, by your own errors, meh…
What do you mean "am I sure I want to bet the ranch on that?"...what the hell, its just a ranch...
by BigDNotDallas on Jul 15, 2010 4:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm fine with seeing the rematch...
I mean, it’s not my ideal fight but it’d be fine if it was going to happen. My ideal fight after Fedor/Werdum was Werdum/Overeem. Now Werdum is out for a while with injury which makes Fedor/Overeem an actual logical match-up.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 15, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Are you suggesting that fight proved Werdum clearly is the better fighter and there is no point doing a rematch because Fedor doesn’t have a chance?
I’d rather see Fedor vs Overeem too, but because I think he’s a greater challenge than Werdum.
I don't think there are too many people who feel that way
Most feel a Fedor victory in a rematch is such a foregone conclusion that there is little need to bother with it…
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
-Author Schopenhauer
by BigDNotDallas on Jul 16, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s Strikeforce, Fedor vs loser of Lashley/Batista :D
by who me on Jul 16, 2010 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, he's not fighting Overeem.
I’ll be happy to eat crow, but this is just evasion by Kogan. “News on that in a little while” = “we’re not asking for nor accepting that fight as of this moment”
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 15, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions
He is waiting for
1. Overeem to run out of horsemeat
2. Overeem to get injured
3. Overeem to explode for excess use of horse meat
4. Overeem to quit fighting and make The Reem into a TV series
by SheepleBuster on Jul 15, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
This is code.....
new year in Japan. I just don’t think it’s super realistic
http://mmajunkie.com/news/13326/reports-of-dreams-fighter-payment-woes-continue-to-surface.mma
Well possibly true
Let’s try using a more recent article than something from November of 2008…
"I thought I was getting raped by Freddy Mercury."
- Tank Abbot
on his decision loss to Dan Severn in 1995
I have to say. Werdum's injury is for the best
We all know Bobb Sapp is looking for a new opponent. Bulgaria is close to Russia. Fedor vs. Bob won’t need M1 to pay $15,000 to some jet company to carry Sapp. You feeling me. That fight could happen. It’s not super realistic but…
umm yea
maybe if that fight was 5 one min. rounds with 5 min rest in between, and they gave sapp all the roids he can inject (that’s not fighter bashing is it? i mean he was on the juice right?)
how dare you?
That man is a national treasure. Yes. Today’s airports are disgusting for asking for $15K to carry him. Sure. He broke a toilet before Lashley fight. But he is the best starter in the game. I mean for the first 10 seconds. ;) Of course, I was not being sarcastic with my earlier post at all, or was I?
by SheepleBuster on Jul 15, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Personally I'm glad they seem to be waiting for the Werdum fight,
I would like to see the rematch so Fedor can crush Werdum and prove it was just an off night for him when he lost.
Also if he does take the Overeem fight he’ll most likely win and be tied down with the Strikeforce HW belt and the Champion’s clause that accompanies it, making it all but impossible for us to ever see him in the UFC.
Green Jacket, Gold Jacket, who gives a shit?
2 things...
1. Even if Fedor got the rematch and crushed Werdum, proving it was “just an off night” doesn’t return the mystique he lost.
2. The issues making “it all but impossible for us to ever see him in the UFC” have very little to do with the Strikeforce Champion’s clause (is that even in Fedor’s contract?) and more to do with Fedor’s management.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
by Razreshat on Jul 16, 2010 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So.....
Fedor won’t fight until next year more then likely? I can’t seem him fighting Overeem now unless they can restructure.
Man what a joke this has become.
Won't fight in Strikeforce until next year.
Oh non-exclusive contracts, you can fuck the fans AND the promoters!
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
If you like it, you should put a rec on it.
by jemaleddin on Jul 15, 2010 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I bet you wish you had made that UFC deal when you had the chance, sucka.
Keep Firing, Assholes!
Have you accepted BROCKLESNARRRRRR!!!!!!! as your personal Heavyweight Champion?
by Ubernoober on Jul 15, 2010 6:10 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Since when lately has it mattered to M-1 who the fans want to see Fedor fight.
You can’t feed me the bullshit that this is what the fans want all of a sudden when it’s obvious that what the fans want hasn’t been a consideration for a long time now.
If it mattered what the fans wanted we would have already seen Fedor vs. Barnett and Fedor vs. Overeem.
Just BE.
by mattman73 on Jul 15, 2010 6:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't speak their language at all but...
That’s what the fans want and that’s what they will eventually get.
Is “fans” Russian for “M-1”?
I think Floyd wants the fight
but is doing everything he can to get more money and give himself an edge vs. Manny.
I can't pretend to know what's in that man's head
but Floyd does not seem to want Pac at all, just trying to save face and protect his legacy the whole time. Same as Fedor (well, really M-1), not wanting any part of Overeem, just trying to save face and legacy at this point.
I guess we will find out just how bad either of these two guys wants to fight again in 2010.
Go Orange(men)!
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