Apparently the cold war has been carried over to the world of MMA. For some reason M-1 and the UFC can’t come to terms that work. This is truly mind boggling. I can’t believe that Fedor needs money so his desire to fight would seem what keeps him going. And if that were the case wouldn’t he want to fight the best. I think it is clear that the UFC currently has the top heavy weight competition. So all that is left is that his management wants more money and that they want to use Fedor and the UFC as a spring board to promote M-1 Global. So I say good job to the UFC decision makers. Fedor is worth millions no doubt, but this isn’t a charity case and the UFC does not need Fedor and shouldn’t stoop down to promoting another organization for just one fighter. Fedor’s window of greatness is shrinking and so is the hype around him. The only loser in this equation is going to be Fedor and his management. Here is the quote from Fedor’s management:

“I can say that the guaranteed — and the word ‘guaranteed’ is of great importance here — the guaranteed offer made by the UFC is less than what Fedor made before. The five-million (per fight) is way, way, way out of range. Half of that is even way out of range of what they offered…. And there were a number of provisions attached to that offer that made it very much less interesting. We made it clear that Fedor, now and forever is part, even part owner, of M-1 and those two cannot be separated. If the rest of M-1 is excluded from any kind of deal, it makes the deal difficult…. We had a very professional, productive and respectful meeting with the UFC. I think both parties walked away (knowing) even though a deal wasn’t made, that a very decent meeting was had.”

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