Fedor Emelianenko's Management Throws Cold Water On Bobby Lashley Rumors
by Nate Wilcox on Jan 25, 2012 4:54 PM EST
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We posted earlier this week about a report that former pro-wrestler and Strikeforce veteran Bobby Lashley might be the next opponent for Fedor Emelianenko. Apparently there's not a lot to those rumors. Evgeni Kogan, director of operations for M-1 Global spoke to USA TODAY and threw cold water on the Lashley story:
"There are currently no concrete conversations about Bobby being the next opponent for Fedor," Kogan wrote, adding that Emelianenko probably will fight two or three times this year. Possible locations for the summer fight include Monaco and Russia, according to Kogan.
The 35-year-old Lashley (7-1, 1-1 Strikeforce) is the current Shark Fights heavyweight champion and went 2-0 since leaving Strikeforce. He's a far cry from the world beaters that Fedor once faced in Rings, Pride, Affliction and Strikeforce but he's actually quite comparable to Fedor's last two opponents: the 41-year-old Jeff Monson (43-13) and Satoshi Ishii. (4-2-1).
Bloody Elbow will continue to report on this story as it develops.
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It`s too bad.
There isnt`t a lot of good fights out there for the fallen emperor
It`s better to get caught hating than mastrubating
by Cheeto-thehuman-Burrito on Jan 25, 2012 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
Bobby Lashely isn’t a good fight.
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Bobby Lashley
is a tough fight for anyone. Lashley —> UFC HW Champ 2013
i have to know what psychoblack thinks about this one. he’ll probably say it’s racist to snub Lashley like this.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 25, 2012 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
i bet he knows Lashley is mediocre at best
no one can be that bias…..or can they?>
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by Earl Montclair on Jan 25, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
i’m biased towards you changing your name back, homie.
real talk.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 25, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
I hate real talk
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by Earl Montclair on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
fake talk is the best talk imo.
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by The Lethal Haze on Jan 26, 2012 2:42 AM EST up reply actions
hate is a stong emotion.
maybe this will teach you how to love again:
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 26, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Thompson vs Sapp is off?
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Fedor is ducking Bobby Lashley.
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by Rob Young on Jan 25, 2012 5:06 PM EST reply actions 18 recs
I’m deeply disappointed. The idea of Bobby Lashley besting Fyodor, as slim as it may be, is so amusing that I can’t help but want to see it happen.
They should make a rule
anybody who tries to make fun of Fedor, outside of sarcasm should be banned from the internet.
I’d say he’s scared of that 7-1 record.
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by NickaG on Jan 25, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
only if it's under IGF Pro Wrestling rules
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LOL, it appears the proverbial yawn heard across the world has forced M-1 to change their mind. I believe mind control was involved.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
ya okay, but not Fedor calibur.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Fedor isn’t Fedor caliber anymore.
by Steve W on Jan 25, 2012 5:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 5 recs
damn, son – you cold.
but you’re also correct. rec’d.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think they realized that Lashley was too gormandized.
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Notice they didn’t say there have been no conversations with Lashley. They only said there has been nothing ‘concrete’ yet.
Sounds to me like they are talking to him, but nothing has been agreed to yet.
Exactly what I was going to say
There’s no concrete conversations with Lashley. Just his manager.
"What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease."
I think the Lashley story was inflated by Lashley. The report said he was on a list. Also on the list could be Santa Claus, Kaiser Soze and Aleksander Karelin. I’m interested to see if Josh loses whether or not Dana gets in the Barnett business. I still want to see that fight.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 25, 2012 5:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Did you see the kaiser soze reference in the Paul Harris judo chop today? Awesome
by Afrotikiman on Jan 25, 2012 5:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’m going to look for it right now. Kaiser Soze references always deserve a read.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 25, 2012 5:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
naturally
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
Aw Hamburgers..
Did you hit him in the bean bag? There’s no shame in attacking a criminal’s bean bag.
by RonSwanson on Jan 25, 2012 5:38 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
I love Butters
he’s adorable.
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 26, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
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by Earl Montclair on Jan 25, 2012 7:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s my greatest hope for MMA, an announcement that Fedor is fighting Batista. The epic lolz that would occur are huge.
by Hutchy on Jan 25, 2012 7:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was expecting a bunch of sad gifs to counteract the comment section for the fight announcement. You disappoint, BE.
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Here's Kid Cudi kicking rocks..better?
Did you hit him in the bean bag? There’s no shame in attacking a criminal’s bean bag.
Shouldn't he be having a 3rd album coming by now?
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 25, 2012 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
He has his rock album coming out...
It’s his 808 and heartbreaks album.
I wish Kanye would get in another wreck so he'd be cool again.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 25, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If it sounds kind of like Erase Me
It shouldn’t be too bad.
by discoandherpes on Jan 26, 2012 5:44 AM EST up reply actions
I've heard a few tracks
some of them are completely different from Erase Me.
Like 808 and Heartbreaks it seems like theres going to be some good tracks and more tracks that are pretty bad. I hope i’m wrong though.
I wish they were switching places
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by menckenstein on Jan 25, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha, never saw this before. This balances things out.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 25, 2012 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome.
Totally deserves every ’rec in the world.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
he’s actually quite comparable to Fedor’s last two opponents: the 41-year-old Jeff Monson (43-13) and Satoshi Ishii. (4-2-1).
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That’s not fair, Monson is world class in one area of MMA and Ishii at one point had the potential to be a good fighter.
Bobby Lashley has chronic lactic acidosis.
Share for share, share alike, you'll get struck each time I strike.
Jeff Monson is a shell of the fighter he once was
And that fighter wasn’t anywhere near the top of the division anyway.
And Ishii may have had all the potential in the world but at no point during his MMA career has Ishii been what anyone would refer to as a good fighter.
"Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit."
~ Joe Lewis
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No argument.
It’s still unfair to put Bobby Lashley in the same category.
Share for share, share alike, you'll get struck each time I strike.
Wasn’t Lashley a candidate to replace Barnett at one point during the Affliction: Trilogy fiasco?
Don't follow in my footsteps I walk into walls
i’m not even sure Lashley had started MMA training at that point.
he was probably still in WWE.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 25, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, you are correct
Lashley was being discussed before they canceled the entire event. At the time he was 4-0, having just beaten Bob Sapp.
by MichaelDavidSmith on Jan 26, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
Perhaps Fedor can't grow the sideburns necessary to defeat Bobby Lashley?
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by Earl Montclair on Jan 25, 2012 7:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
For the love of God
Change your name back already.
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by TorQus on Jan 25, 2012 7:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The Last Emperor is ducking the Dominator?
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by jack knight starman on Jan 25, 2012 7:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dominic Cruz?
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Kid Nate: ...
by TorQus on Jan 25, 2012 7:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Dominick Cruz is ducking me
LETS MUTHERFUKERS!!!!!
by Andy Anderson on Jan 25, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
Not that one, silly!
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by jack knight starman on Jan 25, 2012 7:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thank God...
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by Earl Montclair on Jan 25, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Permanent deviation in the beard from constant prayer hands
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by menckenstein on Jan 25, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty sure
He just has the worlds biggest butt-chin.
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by TorQus on Jan 25, 2012 7:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nope
That is Faber
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by Andy Anderson on Jan 25, 2012 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
I wish I had a glowing light behind my head!
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by jack knight starman on Jan 25, 2012 7:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
"My days they are the highway kind, they only come to leave."
by Ak.Death on Jan 25, 2012 8:07 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Not entirely sure why you posted this here.
but thank you.
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was inspired by the jesus pic, plus it was filed under “mma gifs” for some reason.
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Fuck, that's Hannah Minx.
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Pretty sure her followers
aren’t interested in her “Otaku”.
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Yes.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 25, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh that looks like my ex-wife
As viewed through a funhouse mirror.
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by menckenstein on Jan 26, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Like sands through the hour glass
these are the days of Fedor
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open up your chest when time for the cap peeling" Spice 1
by Captain Leroy Hotdog Zanzibar on Jan 25, 2012 7:59 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Pedo Rizzo? Ricco Rodriguez? Shamil Abdurahimov?
Those guys are floating around.
Is there no chance of him getting at Cole Konrad?
I reckon the money just isn’t there.
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I am more leaning forward now to a rematch against Ivanov in Russia. Maybe not a established name in US, but a much better fighter than Lashley, and possibly a big fight in Russia.
by Carlos Estrada-Ibars Martínez on Jan 26, 2012 9:44 AM EST reply actions
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