For Gods sake..can’t we all have a happy ending to this saga.

Fedor goes to UFC, Randy signs with UFC again, and the fight goes for the # 1 contender to fight Minataro.. damn!

Fedor will probably sign to the “Roadsweeper Elite XCTXCTXCTXC organisation” and fight a few Japanese performing midgets or maybe a 10’2" giant made of marmalade and still claim to be No.1 :)

you cant blame fedor for this mess
nor can you blame randy
both are champions and they want to fight each other

i respect dana a lot
but sadly i think the blame lies at least partly with him

fedor should of been treated withh more respect
if dana doesnt understand how fedor and his managers operate it would of made sense to hirre someone to tell him how to deal with them
whoever negotiated in pride springs to mind

when other major companies do business abroad they hire experts
dana resorts to a slanging match

if sambo was the major sticking point dana really should of given in
its less likely fedor would get injured in sambo than in his normal training

if DW can finally fix this
(sadly relations with randy may be harder to i signing fedor… also i think fedor will demand he is only signing if coutoure comes back or he gets to fight randy elsewhere first which with DW in charge could well be a new sticking point)

NOG deserves to fight either/both of them
obviously randy fedor first for HW title
then NOG gets the winner

It’s a tough issue to navigate.

You can’t blame Fedor for wanting to do Sambo. He’s a national hero and icon.

You also can’t blame Dana for not wanting to allow his highest paid star to compete where he could get hurt.

I think you may see both sides give a little more to each other in consessions. Just hpe that Dana doesn’t use the word ‘crazy’!

At this point I dont care where Fedor ends up. he is my favorite fighter and I will watch him fight no matter what organization he signs with. I just want him to fight again soon because i miss watching his calculated destruction of opponents.

Fedor’s management will sign with Dream where there is no REAL competition.

Fedor this, Fedor that… I no longer care until he signs the dotted line.

For those that care, the odds to tonite’s WEC event is now posted up on BetUs

Does not matter who, what, where or how but for cryin out loud make the when soon and fight already!!

Im hoping he signs with ProElite and fight Randy just to piss Dana off. And no doubt Dana White will say that Fedor is never as good as everyone thinks and is overated, and Randy is old and not as good as Nogueira, something along those lines. It would be good for competition if they were to sign with Elite, fighters could argue that there is increasing competition over that organization and not only in UFC anymore. This is where Dana really should have been more humble and allowed Fedor to participate in the Sambo world championships. If the UFC doesnt want to screw up anymore, get Dana out of their and replace with someone who gives a good image to the company and is a bit more flexible.

there*

Fedor signs with M1 Global, his management doesn’t see “eye to eye” with the Americans and is released from his contract before ever fighting for the organisation…. sounds pretty much like Dana White called it right with the “crazy Russians” stuff to me.

Sign with HDNEt Fights, get Randy out of his UFC contract, they fight in Dallas.

For those that care, the odds to tonite’s WEC event is now posted up on BetUs

I just looked there, only saw lines for the next UFC.

I’ll be happy wherever he ends up fighting, but to be frank I hope it is EliteXC. If that happens be assured that EliteXC will grow tremendously and I just love having competition. I don’t want the UFC to be the sole face of MMA, Dana making all the decisions for everyone. Great fighters that don’t get along with Dana and the UFC won’t sign need a respectable place to fight (AA, Lindland, Barnett and even that fool Tito comes to mind). I’m also hoping Dreams will be as big as Pride, only because I really enjoy the fights inside the ring and the rules (although it appears they are no longer allowed to stump faces). To summarize, I miss the day when the UFC was not the only place to fight, when fighters had options and were not subject to give in to Dana’s malicious demands, hope that day will be available to them again.

you cant blame fedor for this mess
nor can you blame randy
both are champions and they want to fight each other

i respect dana a lot
but sadly i think the blame lies at least partly with him

fedor should of been treated withh more respect
if dana doesnt understand how fedor and his managers operate it would of made sense to hirre someone to tell him how to deal with them
whoever negotiated in pride springs to mind

when other major companies do business abroad they hire experts
dana resorts to a slanging match

if sambo was the major sticking point dana really should of given in
its less likely fedor would get injured in sambo than in his normal training

if DW can finally fix this
(sadly relations with randy may be harder to i signing fedor… also i think fedor will demand he is only signing if coutoure comes back or he gets to fight randy elsewhere first which with DW in charge could well be a new sticking point)

NOG deserves to fight either/both of them
obviously randy fedor first for HW title
then NOG gets the winner

obviously its not real dana issue now….fedor left m-1 cuz he wants more money but i can see if m-1 couldnt find an opponent as well. but then again there is DREAM he obviously doesnt want none of that as long as josh barnett and cro crop are there. elite xc has offered money on the table as well and you cant tell me m-1, elite xc, and dream arent flexible enough compared to ufc and it has nothing to do with him not being able to sambo it makes no sense all the ufc fighter compete in all types of events non MMA related abu dhabi, grapplers quest, etc., its more than obvious now that this has nothing to do with fighting randy or dana. this is just fedor wanting “good fights”(notice how he doesnt name a specific fight) and more money which i dont blame him for wanting that. its just that you can now see the real reason behind fedor jumping to wherever he wants when he wants. his way or no way all the money for him. and i do think you are right about NOG. he doesnt care about what randy or fedor want he really just cares about being the best again…i think he truly deserves a match with Randy. fedor can go fight 13 midgets glued together with sock em bopper gloves! I do think Dana wasnt proffesional in his dealing with randy or fedor…but what cen you say now? tim sylvia and NOG just set the bar for randy and fedor…by continuing to fight with their pay and their constriction with the ufc! they really just cared about being the best in that fight!

Everyone knows Dana has his issues, but it appears to be a 2 way street. How do you sign a contract when you don’t see eye to eye? Aren’t you supposed to figure that out before you sign the contract…..in fact isn’t seeing eye to eye what a contract is all about?

Fedor is definitley a ringer for Domineck Lombardozzi, or vice versa.

Im hoping he signs with ProElite and fight Randy just to piss Dana off. And no doubt Dana White will say that Fedor is never as good as everyone thinks and is overated, and Randy is old and not as good as Nogueira, something along those lines. It would be good for competition if they were to sign with Elite, fighters could argue that there is increasing competition over that organization and not only in UFC anymore. This is where Dana really should have been more humble and allowed Fedor to participate in the Sambo world championships. If the UFC doesnt want to screw up anymore, get Dana out of their and replace with someone who gives a good image to the company and is a bit more flexible.

dude if that happens gary shaw will look so stupid…he acts like he wants them but he cant after the way he shot of his mouth about all ufc heavyweight love to fight cans and cant compete against his antonio bigfoot silva! how will he look if he let them come in there and use him as their door mat!?
he has totally shot of his mouth about compettiton as well as its fighters! now i have saying from the flooring company world…dont mouth of about your competition because one day you will be working for them..that said he has ruined his chances of ever getting his hands on anderson silva if there was ever a chance after he called silva a can killer and frank shamrock was the true pfp middlewieght in the world.

Who cares about Fedor? How long will everyone preserve his status as a fight regardless of who he fights. It coming up on 3 years, since he had a legitimate challenge.

Fedor this, Fedor that… I no longer care until he signs the dotted line.

heh, was just about to say the same thing

i don’t see the big deal with dana not wanting fedor to fight in sambo tournaments. In other sports if the owner or president of a team doesn’t want their athletes to compete in the olympics then they don’t, no questions asked.The ufc should sign fedor and then release randy, just because randy has kinda been a baby about this whole situation. It really seems that randy doesn’t know what he wants.

i dont care where he fights either as long as i am able to see it. and when did people start saying he is ducking everyone, not going to ufc because he is afraid to fight randy and now afraid to go to DREAM cuz of cro cop and barnett. yes i am a hugger

you cant blame fedor for this mess
nor can you blame randy
both are champions and they want to fight each other

i respect dana a lot
but sadly i think the blame lies at least partly with him

fedor should of been treated withh more respect
if dana doesnt understand how fedor and his managers operate it would of made sense to hirre someone to tell him how to deal with them
whoever negotiated in pride springs to mind

when other major companies do business abroad they hire experts
dana resorts to a slanging match

if sambo was the major sticking point dana really should of given in
its less likely fedor would get injured in sambo than in his normal training

if DW can finally fix this
(sadly relations with randy may be harder to i signing fedor… also i think fedor will demand he is only signing if coutoure comes back or he gets to fight randy elsewhere first which with DW in charge could well be a new sticking point)

NOG deserves to fight either/both of them
obviously randy fedor first for HW title
then NOG gets the winner

I agree with a small part of what your saying but a lot of it I think is a bit one sided.
I respect Dana a lot also, unfortunately some times his not being able to hold his tongue over shadows all of his great accomplishments, which is a shame.

I also think Dana should of shown more respect to Fedor in regards to negotiations, however respect is a two way street. We all heard the ridiculous conditions both parties wanted the other to sign to. So Dana and Fedors management should take equal blame I believe in this whole affair.

Personally I keep waking up coming to these sites waiting to see “Fedor has signed to the UFC”, from now on I just don’t care.

I do wonder if the fact that a promotion uses a cage instead of a ring also comes into Fedors mind when choosing where to go.

I’m itching to see Fedor in a cage.

Everyone talks about Dana not wanting Fedor to participate in Sambo events, but unless I’m mistaken, Dana said that was never the case. He said the biggest sticking ppoints was on things for Fedors manager and Team mates. They wanted gaurantees that team members would get signed to UFC contacts and compete on same events.
Kinda like what is on the table with him and Elite XC right now. It’s these stipulations that have nothing to do with the fighter but with people around him that Dana has a problem with and I don’t blame him. It’s one thing to want Fedor and pay for Fedor, but to gauantee contracts for his brother or team members is a little ridiculous. Not saying I wouldn’t sign any of his team members, some may be worthy, I just don’t want to HAVE to sign them.

Fedor is definitley a ringer for Domineck Lombardozzi, or vice versa.

LMAO that is it exactly. Wish this bs was over just sign somewhere and get some real fights for christ sake.

i agree with Getrawbc, the UFC shouldnt have to guarantee contracts to anyone but fedor. but i would also like to see his brother Aleksander in the UFC. some people think hes the hardest puncher in MMA,IMO its the PITBULL A.A. sure would like to see these 2 in the cage against eachother.

I’ll be happy wherever he ends up fighting, but to be frank I hope it is EliteXC. If that happens be assured that EliteXC will grow tremendously and I just love having competition. I don’t want the UFC to be the sole face of MMA, Dana making all the decisions for everyone. Great fighters that don’t get along with Dana and the UFC won’t sign need a respectable place to fight (AA, Lindland, Barnett and even that fool Tito comes to mind). I’m also hoping Dreams will be as big as Pride, only because I really enjoy the fights inside the ring and the rules (although it appears they are no longer allowed to stump faces). To summarize, I miss the day when the UFC was not the only place to fight, when fighters had options and were not subject to give in to Dana’s malicious demands, hope that day will be available to them again.

Linx: As usual you make some great points. I enjoy your posts more every day. Keep up the quality blogging!

Since there is nothing left to say about this Fedor mess cause we have bee talking about it for months now I got something worth speculating about to bring up:

DReamfighters.com said that there is a huge super fight in the works at light heavyweight rumored to being scheduled for DREAM 5. The UFC pretty much has a monopoly on the light heavyweight division.
So my question to all of you:

What light heavy weight fighters could possibly take part in this match?

The only top fighters available that I can think of that could have a big enough name to take part in a super fight at that weight are:
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Ricardo Arona
Matt Lindland (could maybe beef up to fight at LHW)
or will it be Tito Ortiz?

I am curious to hear your thoughts!

Yawn!!!

mania, please hurry up and moderate my last post. I will never ask this of you again, but I am interested in hearing other peoples responses to it.
sorry to bother you, but I would really appreciate it!

I would also like to hear your oppinion on the question I ask in the moderated post

Another example of Fedor and his people being difficult to work with. But of course people will yet again blame the UFC for it.

mania, please hurry up and moderate my last post. I will never ask this of you again, but I am interested in hearing other peoples responses to it.
sorry to bother you, but I would really appreciate it!

I would also like to hear your oppinion on the question I ask in the moderated post

Mania, Thanks for getting that post moderated quickly I appreciate it. You got any thoughts on who a super fight at LHW could possibly involve?

John, I really don’t think it will be Tito. When is Dream 5? Will Tito even be ready? He does have a tough fight coming up. Also, he’s putting together his reality shows and unless Dream is about to cop to some major green, can they even afford him.
The UFC definately rules the light heavyweight division but a big name for Dream might not necessarily mean a huge name for us. Could be Babalu or even Vito Belfort.

Who give’s a flip, im sick of hearing about Fedor, he is probably out there right now chomping down on two ice cream cones. Whoever he signs with i hope whatever hand picked opponent he gets smashes him. And for RC glad to hear your legal issue’s are going your way, lol hahahaha. You signed a contract that you made yourself and were happy with it, not to mention got a title shot right off the bat, after comming off of a loss. Honor your contract Captain douche bag…

It’s going to be Tito…John, I would bet a little money on that.

Fedor’s management will sign with Dream where there is no REAL competition.

does anyone else believe that Fedor will sign with Dream?? They already got Cro CoP Back… and Randy will be a free agent…. maybe that super fight will be under the Dream banner… That would give DREAM a HUGE boost…. and i can see it happening.

Linx: As usual you make some great points. I enjoy your posts more every day. Keep up the quality blogging!

Since there is nothing left to say about this Fedor mess cause we have bee talking about it for months now I got something worth speculating about to bring up:

DReamfighters.com said that there is a huge super fight in the works at light heavyweight rumored to being scheduled for DREAM 5. The UFC pretty much has a monopoly on the light heavyweight division.
So my question to all of you:

What light heavy weight fighters could possibly take part in this match?

The only top fighters available that I can think of that could have a big enough name to take part in a super fight at that weight are:
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Ricardo Arona
Matt Lindland (could maybe beef up to fight at LHW)
or will it be Tito Ortiz?

I am curious to hear your thoughts!

Fedor’s management will sign with Dream where there is no REAL competition.

does anyone else believe that Fedor will sign with Dream?? They already got Cro CoP Back… and Randy will be a free agent…. maybe that super fight will be under the Dream banner… That would give DREAM a HUGE boost…. and i can see it happening.

I don’t really care what Fedor or Randy does anymore unless it involves Fedor signing with the UFC and Randy honoring his contract.

he wont sign with the UFC now, the only wanted him for randy and no that the are suing randy i really dont think they will try hard to get him…

oh no!! does this mean that his cool looking reality show is going to be cancelled as well..lol

dude if that happens gary shaw will look so stupid…he acts like he wants them but he cant after the way he shot of his mouth about all ufc heavyweight love to fight cans and cant compete against his antonio bigfoot silva! how will he look if he let them come in there and use him as their door mat!?
he has totally shot of his mouth about compettiton as well as its fighters! now i have saying from the flooring company world…dont mouth of about your competition because one day you will be working for them..that said he has ruined his chances of ever getting his hands on anderson silva if there was ever a chance after he called silva a can killer and frank shamrock was the true pfp middlewieght in the world.

And Dana hasn’t shot off his mouth about all these parties involved? “Fedor is overrated, Fedor only fights cans, Fedor deals with crazy Russians.”

To quote Jenna Jameson, “He acts like a 15 year old when he doesn’t get his own way.” The fact of the matter is this…

If Elite or Dream or whoever sign up Fedor, Arlovski, Cro Cop, Barnett an with the possibility of Randy after the legalities are done, They just put themselves on par with the UFC for talent in the HW division. After that happens the UFc can no longer “claim” to have the best talent out there in the HW division. Tim Sylvia and Verdum are not on par with these guys. There will be people saying that Cro Cop is garbage or whatever. A fluke kick by Gonzaga and busted ribs by Kongo don’t make you washed up. Chuck lost 2 in a row as well. As a matter of fact in precisely the same manner. A quick KO and a decision that was very one sided. Maybe the fact that Chuck is a “posterboy” means that no one looked at it the same way.

My point is that there are a lot of HW’s out there better than what the UFC has to offer,(with the exception of Nog). Get them all together under the same banner and the UFC is in serious trouble in regards to HW competition.

Linx: As usual you make some great points. I enjoy your posts more every day. Keep up the quality blogging!

Since there is nothing left to say about this Fedor mess cause we have bee talking about it for months now I got something worth speculating about to bring up:

DReamfighters.com said that there is a huge super fight in the works at light heavyweight rumored to being scheduled for DREAM 5. The UFC pretty much has a monopoly on the light heavyweight division.
So my question to all of you:

What light heavy weight fighters could possibly take part in this match?

The only top fighters available that I can think of that could have a big enough name to take part in a super fight at that weight are:
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Ricardo Arona
Matt Lindland (could maybe beef up to fight at LHW)
or will it be Tito Ortiz?

I am curious to hear your thoughts!

Thanks John, I always appreciate your posts as well. I’m hoping to see Arona back fighting, so I hope he’ll be in the mix (maybe against lil’ nog?).

John, I really don’t think it will be Tito. When is Dream 5? Will Tito even be ready? He does have a tough fight coming up. Also, he’s putting together his reality shows and unless Dream is about to cop to some major green, can they even afford him.
The UFC definately rules the light heavyweight division but a big name for Dream might not necessarily mean a huge name for us. Could be Babalu or even Vito Belfort.

U bring up good points. DREAM 5 wont be till september (I think) and I am pretty sure Tito is going to sign with a USA based organization anyway. But Babalu and Vitor are possibilities for sure. Good Stuff Betrawbc!!!!

BREAKING NEWS

WEC event scheduled on a Sunday will feature the fight fans have been anticipating for some time now. This WEC event will feature
2 title fights:

WEC Champion Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver

WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres vs. Manny Tapia

It’s going to be Tito…John, I would bet a little money on that.

Really? I can’t see Tito going to Japan to fight. Frank Shamrock and Cung Le, two Cali natives, are getting ready to have fight in San Jose (regionally a big deal) Huntington beach bad boy could stand to make a lot of money by signing w/EXC, especially as long as there are some Cali sub-plots. As far as Dream 5, what about Sakuraba? Definately a Japanese favorite who specializes in superfights (Gracie killer). Maybe he fights Lindland or Vitor. Pure speculation, but I would like to see Vitor come back with a big fight.

dude if that happens gary shaw will look so stupid…he acts like he wants them but he cant after the way he shot of his mouth about all ufc heavyweight love to fight cans and cant compete against his antonio bigfoot silva! how will he look if he let them come in there and use him as their door mat!?
he has totally shot of his mouth about compettiton as well as its fighters! now i have saying from the flooring company world…dont mouth of about your competition because one day you will be working for them..that said he has ruined his chances of ever getting his hands on anderson silva if there was ever a chance after he called silva a can killer and frank shamrock was the true pfp middlewieght in the world.

Do you think he actually cares? Hes in there to make the business bigger and compete with the UFC. If Antonio BigFoot cant be a top fighter then thats his problem. Obviously every organization are going to say they have the best fighters but we know the top three are Nogueira, Randy and Fedor. The rest is all up for debate as they win and lose against each other. Look at Crocop, Gonzaga, Werdum, you never know when they are going to perform. Its possible that Bigfoot could beat Sylvia, Vera, Gonzaga, we dont know. The same way that Gary Shaw could be eating his words, if Dana isnt careful and carries on treating his fighters like shit he could be losing fighters to the competition.
The only thing that i agree with you is the Anderson Silva point. Hes obviously the best middleweight in the world and has been beating world class fighters. The only one whos beating cans right now is Shamrock.

For Dream 5? Who knows. Could be Arona, Babalu, Belfort, maybe Overeem if he’s not tied up and can fight outside Strikeforce/Elite XC/Cage Rage. Well maybe not Overeem, he might not want to go back down to LHW.

No wait, almost forgot, what about MELVIN MANHOEF? He’s on the books with DREAM, it’s got to be him and maybe one of the above.

DREAM 5 is scheduled for July. No way is Tito involved in the matchup.

What light heavy weight fighters could possibly take part in this match?
The only top fighters available that I can think of that could have a big enough name to take part in a super fight at that weight are:
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Ricardo Arona
Matt Lindland (could maybe beef up to fight at LHW)
or will it be Tito Ortiz?
I am curious to hear your thoughts!

John, if im not mistaken Nogueiras last fight was in January or February and he was big in Japan so in my opinion he will be involved. The UFC have never showed any real interest in signing him and hes real popular in Japan. My guess for his opponent would be Lindland. As stated before Tito wont be ready in time for the date as hes fighting Machida, as stated in a previous post. I think the biggest fight at LH would be Nogueira vs Lindland. Just my opinion.

For Dream 5? Who knows. Could be Arona, Babalu, Belfort, maybe Overeem if he’s not tied up and can fight outside Strikeforce/Elite XC/Cage Rage. Well maybe not Overeem, he might not want to go back down to LHW.

No wait, almost forgot, what about MELVIN MANHOEF? He’s on the books with DREAM, it’s got to be him and maybe one of the above.

DREAM 5 is scheduled for July. No way is Tito involved in the matchup.

Yeah the more I think about it, Tito definetly wont be involved. He is a huge star in America and all kinds of American based organizations are waiting for him to be a free agent to throw money at him like EliteXc and HDNet. I doubt he will be fighting anywhere other than the USA

Pulver vs. Faber is OFFICIAL for June 1st!!!!! God I cant wait for this fight. I am so curious to see if Pulver will be able to put up against the unstoppable-looking Faber!

Miguel Torres will defend his title as well, and if he performs the way he did against Beebe, it will be an awesome fight cuz tapia is no Can!

John, if im not mistaken Nogueiras last fight was in January or February and he was big in Japan so in my opinion he will be involved. The UFC have never showed any real interest in signing him and hes real popular in Japan. My guess for his opponent would be Lindland. As stated before Tito wont be ready in time for the date as hes fighting Machida, as stated in a previous post. I think the biggest fight at LH would be Nogueira vs Lindland. Just my opinion.

Thats a great guess! I have a feeling that either Nogueira or Arona will be involved, as for an opponent…Lindland has got to be a serious possibility.

Yeah the more I think about it, Tito definetly wont be involved. He is a huge star in America and all kinds of American based organizations are waiting for him to be a free agent to throw money at him like EliteXc and HDNet. I doubt he will be fighting anywhere other than the USA

Would FJS ever fight Tito again? I wonder. Dana says no, ’cause Tito would smash him now. I think maybe Frank could beat him again. Scratch the weight disparity, I want to see that fight.

Okay for DREAM 5 I’m going with Manhoef and Nogueira. Melvin fights next in April in the 2008 K-1 World GP in Amsterdam. That gives him just enough time to get ready for late July, maybe. Btw, how did I forget Rogerio.

Really? I can’t see Tito going to Japan to fight. Frank Shamrock and Cung Le, two Cali natives, are getting ready to have fight in San Jose (regionally a big deal) Huntington beach bad boy could stand to make a lot of money by signing w/EXC, especially as long as there are some Cali sub-plots. As far as Dream 5, what about Sakuraba? Definately a Japanese favorite who specializes in superfights (Gracie killer). Maybe he fights Lindland or Vitor. Pure speculation, but I would like to see Vitor come back with a big fight.

Efisher: Sakuraba is not a possibility because he will be tied up fighting in the DREAM middleweight grand prix

I hope Fedor signs with dream because like someone stated earlier the rules are much better. and so is the show.

With a little star power Dream will be an organization where available fighters will want to sign.

Efisher: Sakuraba is not a possibility because he will be tied up fighting in the DREAM middleweight grand prix

True, good point. I think we are going to see some fireworks before UFC and Tito are done with each other.

Pulver vs. Faber is OFFICIAL for June 1st!!!!! God I cant wait for this fight. I am so curious to see if Pulver will be able to put up against the unstoppable-looking Faber!

Miguel Torres will defend his title as well, and if he performs the way he did against Beebe, it will be an awesome fight cuz tapia is no Can!

im also excited about this announcment. cant wait to see LilEvil in action again after he beat cub swanson in his first WEC event.

Why don’t Fedor and Cro Cop start a recycling company? They’ve already crushed enough cans.

I hope Fedor signs with dream because like someone stated earlier the rules are much better. and so is the show.

With a little star power Dream will be an organization where available fighters will want to sign.

I 2nd that. Also with the benefit of being former employees of Pride as organizers is going to be very appealling to a lot of fighters. They know what they are doing and you never heard about any disgruntled Pride fighters.

The UFC however…… well you get the point.

Efisher: Sakuraba is not a possibility because he will be tied up fighting in the DREAM middleweight grand prix

Ah. That makes sense, I was wondering why nobody else was throwing that name out there. Nog v Lindland would be a good fight, wouldn’t mind if that was what was lined up.

like sand through an hourglass the fedor saga continues like a long running soap opera that should have ended a long time ago….
no matter what organization he ends up fighting with, regardless of how “stacked” the HW division is, his fights will never live up to all the hype this guy has generated over the past year or so
so until this guy decides to get into a cage or a ring and starts mowing down the competition, he should be known as top HW drama king instead of top HW contender

And Dana hasn’t shot off his mouth about all these parties involved? “Fedor is overrated, Fedor only fights cans, Fedor deals with crazy Russians.”

To quote Jenna Jameson, “He acts like a 15 year old when he doesn’t get his own way.” The fact of the matter is this…

If Elite or Dream or whoever sign up Fedor, Arlovski, Cro Cop, Barnett an with the possibility of Randy after the legalities are done, They just put themselves on par with the UFC for talent in the HW division. After that happens the UFc can no longer “claim” to have the best talent out there in the HW division. Tim Sylvia and Verdum are not on par with these guys. There will be people saying that Cro Cop is garbage or whatever. A fluke kick by Gonzaga and busted ribs by Kongo don’t make you washed up. Chuck lost 2 in a row as well. As a matter of fact in precisely the same manner. A quick KO and a decision that was very one sided. Maybe the fact that Chuck is a “posterboy” means that no one looked at it the same way.

My point is that there are a lot of HW’s out there better than what the UFC has to offer,(with the exception of Nog). Get them all together under the same banner and the UFC is in serious trouble in regards to HW competition.

well go ahead and name them…most of the ones in your mind are under dream…cro cop is talking about coming back…fedor wont join cuz he wont fight barnett…so what real other competition is out there! did you see who they fed crocop…plus do you think most of these guys will join shaw? for what? to fight kimbo and bigfoot silva! where will the fighter go from there! like it or not sylvia and vera are formidable opponent to any heavy weight. you brough a whole nother can of worms with this reply! i did not mention dream at all just gary shaw shooting his mouth off against fighters not just dana!! dana open his mouth about few fighter but i do give you that he has bad mouthed tito and fedor alot…but most of all gary shaw! and not their fighters! so until your so called banner happens which i doubt will happen. ufc has the more current active heavy weights out there who do really drill for competition! and my point was more toward gary shaw insulting anderson silva like that calling him the can crusher or whatever! and the whole fedor crazy russian comment really came into fruition… monte cox really worked around many corners to make it happen but all the russians want is what gary shaw wants money and their way or the highway..not working to better the sport of mma in general just their pockets! russians left m-1 because they didnt want to split cost and keep their profit!

Do you think he actually cares? Hes in there to make the business bigger and compete with the UFC. If Antonio BigFoot cant be a top fighter then thats his problem. Obviously every organization are going to say they have the best fighters but we know the top three are Nogueira, Randy and Fedor. The rest is all up for debate as they win and lose against each other. Look at Crocop, Gonzaga, Werdum, you never know when they are going to perform. Its possible that Bigfoot could beat Sylvia, Vera, Gonzaga, we dont know. The same way that Gary Shaw could be eating his words, if Dana isnt careful and carries on treating his fighters like shit he could be losing fighters to the competition.
The only thing that i agree with you is the Anderson Silva point. Hes obviously the best middleweight in the world and has been beating world class fighters. The only one whos beating cans right now is Shamrock.

your not getting my point would you work for someone who ran his about you and deface your skill and career publicly! someone you obviously cant trust…like it or not we do know for sure that the ufc HW’s have tried to get to the top by any means possible..while gary settles to nurture his weight classes to make sure he keep marketability as much as possible….we know ufc has done some horrible events before but they do allow they fair match ups as much as possible. yes dana may lose them to competition but for sure not elite xc with gary shaw in charge. gary has shot his own foot ongetting many top name fighters just like dana has with fedor randy and tito. btw anyone know if Gomi was ever offered to fight by the UFC? if so any info on that?

like sand through an hourglass the fedor saga continues like a long running soap opera that should have ended a long time ago….
no matter what organization he ends up fighting with, regardless of how “stacked” the HW division is, his fights will never live up to all the hype this guy has generated over the past year or so
so until this guy decides to get into a cage or a ring and starts mowing down the competition, he should be known as top HW drama king instead of top HW contender

I totally agree JEFF THE DRUNK. What sucks is that Randy is running a close race with Fedor at the moment for the top HW Drama King. Randy pulling this crap with his contract is losing way more respect than he could gain by beating Fedor at this point. Fedor hasn’t had a real test since the Pride Juiced up version of Cro Cop so I don’t really understand why Randy is trying so hard to fight Fedor. Finish your two fights and be done with it. I didn’t always feel this way about Randy but it’s a shame when there are fighters just coming in making $7,000 a fight and he is crying about not making enough money and not being treated well. I don’t know for sure but I am pretty sure some of these guys have to work a regular job and train for their fights while Randy is steadily opening new Gyms every other day and all he has to do is train. He is losing a lot of his fan base and needs to reconsider finishing his contract or he’s gonna lose me also.

WHO CARES ?!?!?! Maybe Fedor can box a kangaroo or something else stupid like Choi was…

Who cares. Go away Fedor. Plastic champion.

can i just say, half the ppl who diss fedor, probably were his fans and if he signed for ufc you would hail him as much as a champion, just cause he’s not in the ufc doesn’t mean he is ducking competition, the mma world spans furthur then the biggeest american organisation.

also,if fedor signs with dream, dream should have ties with HDnet who signed a pending contract with randy, co promotion event, all is still possible. ffs get a grip.

can i just say, half the ppl who diss fedor, probably were his fans and if he signed for ufc you would hail him as much as a champion, just cause he’s not in the ufc doesn’t mean he is ducking competition, the mma world spans furthur then the biggeest american organisation.

also,if fedor signs with dream, dream should have ties with HDnet who signed a pending contract with randy, co promotion event, all is still possible. ffs get a grip.

Question! where’s the best MMA competition? oh thats right the largest American and largest world wide organization. UFC jackleg!!!

Fedor=Beeyatch

your not getting my point would you work for someone who ran his about you and deface your skill and career publicly! someone you obviously cant trust…like it or not we do know for sure that the ufc HW’s have tried to get to the top by any means possible..while gary settles to nurture his weight classes to make sure he keep marketability as much as possible….we know ufc has done some horrible events before but they do allow they fair match ups as much as possible. yes dana may lose them to competition but for sure not elite xc with gary shaw in charge. gary has shot his own foot ongetting many top name fighters just like dana has with fedor randy and tito. btw anyone know if Gomi was ever offered to fight by the UFC? if so any info on that?

I get your point, but if EliteXC were to get Fedor and Randy you would really have to start to consider them as competition. Whether people like it ir not other fighters would be drawn to the prospect of fighting those heavyweights and then the UFC would really have to worry. Bottom line is neither Dana or Shaw are fit enough to be in the position they are, they dont give a good image to the sport. However, Dana has made the UFC famous so why cant Shaw if he starts getting real talent such as Fedor and Randy.

Fedor is and will always be an amazing MMA fighter, if not still the best in the world.

As for Dana, he’s like a spoiled child. He doesn’t get his way so he pouts and throws a teenage tantrum and calls Fedor a joke? Hardly. Dana’s the joke.

Face, Dana is not used to not getting his way and when he couldn’t get Fedor under his own terms he results to slinging mud. Just like a child. Didn’t hear any of that coming from Fedor, he’s got too much class.

Unfortunately for Fedor to continue to remain a respected fighter he’s probably going to have to go to Pride/UFC… and Dana better smarten up and get him as there will always remain that pall over UFC until Fedor is in the ring.

fedor is the greatest fighter alive he wud smash cotoure and nog. cnt wait to see it