Might Not Happen>>
Seems like maybe FEDOR wont come to the UFC.. i got the following off of BJPENN.Com mma news... I didnt add a link becasue i think you have to be a member to view it.. so i copied and pasted..
“Our offer was very simple. We offered to have a co-promotion -- two fights, three fights, doesn’t matter. And we were ready to invest in that show together and to get the profit together. But the UFC made a different offer that was a very good offer. But the same offer (they made), we can actually make to their champion. We can also offer millions to them and one, two, three, four fights to them... We are open. We do want to work with the UFC. We do want to work with other organizations. That is not our problem...If we had such an offer two years ago which we got yesterday, maybe we would be (interested), but not in today’s situation –- we cannot accept that offer. We're not going to wait. We have to move forward. It might be that very soon we will be able to make a deal with some other promotions. I'm going to tell you that we're only going to work under co-promotion conditions.”
- Fedors Manager And M-1 President, Vadim Finkelstein at Todays Anaheim
**THIS SECOND PART WAS FROM A BLOGGER NOT SURE HOW TRUE IT IS>>
In what can only be described as a landmark contract offer, details of the UFC's contract proposal to Fedor Emelianenko have surfaced courtesy of the highly reliable Carmichael Dave radio show. The CBS affiliate is reporting that Emelianenko was offered the following:
* A six-fight $30 million dollar contract, making him, by far, the highest paid MMA fighter in history
* An immediate title shot against Brock Lesnar
* A cut of the Lesnar/Emelianenko PPV on top of the already exorbitant purse
* Authorization to wear as many M-1 Global logo's as Fedor wished
* Authorization for Fedor to compete in Combat Sambo tournaments
As stated at today's press conference M-1 Global and Fedor Emelianenko are holding out for a co-promotion. Or they may be posturing to see how far they can push things with the UFC, but Carmichael Dave, who has an inside relationship with UFC President Dana White, states that the organization will never agree to a co-promotion with M-1 Global. He states that the deal is dead unless M-1 relents on this point.
As we previously reported, Strikeforce has a deal on the table for far, far less at $500,000 to $700,000 per fight, but is willing to co-promote with M-1 and can offer CBS Primetime exposure.
Check out the Carmichael Dave Show tonight at 9pm PST. You can stream live at Northern California's Sports Station KHTK - Homepage and call toll free at 1-800-920-1140.
Its Vadim whos the Greedy ####er not Dana!!!!