Fedor Emelianenko inks deal with EA Sports; Negotiations with UFC still ongoing

screw fedor…..if he doesnt sign with the ufc im just gunna be shakin my head

Crazy Russians. I now officially couldn’t give a shyt if Fedor ever fights in the UFC.

With the EA deal, they were getting cash and purposely pissing on UFC’s/Dana White’s head.

Couldn’t agree more Freddy. UFC is and will be the best with or without Fedor. Can’t fault Dana or Lorenzo.

Maybe hes scared to come to the ufc.

the nagotiations are final they announced it on the games website

great EA will have a game with one named fighter…

FEDOR IS BORING.

I’m tired of him. Hopefully he comes to the UFC in 5 years when he is old and gets pounded on by some young guns.

I don’t want to see Fedor.

Lesnar is the best in my book because Fedor couldn’t beat him and Fedor won’t come fight in the best organization in the world.

This is like a good basketball player not playing in the NBA. Until he gets to the big leagues and actually doesn’t fight cans every third fight then he can’t be the best.

FEDOR IS BORING. PLEASE NO MORE POSTS ABOUT A GUY WHO WON’T FIGHT HE BEST GUYS IN THE WORLD. DANA DON’T SIGN THIS MORON, LETS SEE HOW GOOD FEDOR VS THE UFC IS.

UFC WINS.

Fedor is scared of Lesnar.

I agree kev…

I’m really starting to HATE Fedor. He needs to man up and leave M-1 global. I do think Fedor is scared to face the top comp in the UFC because he might lose.

I used to be a massive Fedor fan but he and his gangster managers are becoming very very tiresome right now.

Ditch all this cr@p about co-promoting because it’s never going to happen. The UFC isn’t going to give any kind of advertisement to grow a potential rival.

If Fedor wants to be regarded as the best now is the time to sign to shutup all the doubters once and for all, and prove himself in the number one organisation. Give the fans the fights we want to see against Randy and Brock. It’s not like he’ll be out of pocket, he’ll easily be the highest earner on the UFC roster and have plenty to give to his “management team” too to plough into the M1 brand.

What’s the alternative, fighting freakshow bouts once a year in Japan? If that’s ultimately what he decides then please nobody talk about this guy as being the best HW in the world ever, EVER again. If he choses the easy money and obscurity of Japan, then he ceases to be relevant in the world of MMA.

I don’t want to here any rubbish from Fedor nuthuggers such as “Fedor doesn’t care about being the best, he just wants to be remembered as being a good person” or “fedor fights for mother Russia and for the benefit of the Russian people”. Fedor you are a gangster owned MMA fighter, you WILL NOT go down in history as being a “good person”. Neither does he fight for the “benefit of the Russian People”. I’d be surprised if 10% of the Russian people have heard of this guy let alone care what he does. He IS NOT the Russian David Beckham!

Fedor fights for his and his gangster managers bank balances, plain and simple, there is no higher motive for this guy than that. That’s why I believe he’ll take the Japanese route, chase the easy money and preserve the Fedor legend by taking safe fights against cans who have no chance of beating him.

Prove me wrong Fedor!!!

If M-1 global is so big like they say….why couldn’t they save the card? would the UFC ever cancell a card becuase of one fighter? Fedor vs Brock at UFC 103 and then winner of that fights winner of Randy vs Nog or winner of Cain vs Carwin….Fedor has a chance doing something great in MMA like fight the best ALL THE TIME, lets see what happens…

Has anyone even watched an entire M-1 event? Has Fedor even fought for a strictly M-1 event? All I have ever seen of them is that country vs. country tournement they have of b and c level no names. I don’t fault Fedor, but I fault his management. I have also said many times that Fedor is the most over rated fighter on the planet. Anyone who thinks he is unbeatable is completely out of their mind. I am not so sure Brock can beat him (yet), but with the way the sport is growing, soon Fedor will be too small to fight against talented monsters who can finally come to this sport to make big bucks. I also think that if he dropped to 205, there is no reason to believe fighters like Lyoto, Anderson, and others could not beat him, because in my opinion, these guys are far more technical.

I think half the reason he wont come is to preserve his unbeaten record naturalshadow. He knows big Monsters like Brock and Carwin would be too much of a challenge for him and if he were to drop down Machida and Silva would own him too!

yeah, managing Fedor must be really tough. All that sitting by the phone waiting for promoters to offer you obscene amounts of money becuase you have the hottest fighter on the planet.

HOTTEST FIGHTER ON THE PLANET? lol.

The last affliction did like 50,000 PPV buys.

UFC 100 did 1.5 million.

I guarantee you that there are at least a handful of UFC fighters who earn more than Fedor. And the UFC doesn’t pay anything!

GSP is with Gatorade. I believe Fedor signed with Kool Aid or something.

Well, he’s definitely the hottest free agent in the history of MMA. And there is no doubt in my mind that Fedor against Randy would be the second highest grossing PPV ever – with Fedor/Lesnar being the highest.

Speaking of hot – 34 degrees in Vancouver today. That’s about 93 or 94 for all you ’Mericans. Hottest day on record apparently. My house is like a furnace.

Jeremyjackson,

I’m in Albuquerque. My car thermometer read 104 the other day. I welcome 93

We had 3 straight weeks over 100 here in the Fort Worth area recently.

LOL Punch & Dubs. I have a feeling your homes have air conditioning then. Mine doesn’t. But yeah, I’ve been to Phoenix, Palm Springs, and yes, Death Valley in the summer. I know what you’re talkin’ ’bout.

:-)

Yeah.

Fedor is a puppet. He doesn’t do what he wants, he does what M-1 wants.

So you want him to stop being M-1’s puppet and start being Dana’s? And how the hell do you know what Fedor wants? I want Fedor in the UFC as bad as anybody, but let’s stop pretending we know what’s going on in the guy’s head.

granted, if it would be enough to appease the man that aparently controls the baddest man on the planet, then i am all for it.

IDK what they want, but if he wants an “M-1” presents, give it to him… no one knows what that means anyways

It is like nike who sponsors athletes not letting the NFL sign a player unless the NFL agreed to be co-promoted by Nike. Finkelfart needs to take the russian anval out of his ass and agree to whatever the UFC offers.

i agree if they just want to throw there name on there for when fedor fights than let them its not going to make a difference in the long term, m-1 will still not be a threat to the ufc.

I agree! What is wrong with this guy, if he’s that good he could leave after a 2 fight deal and gain credit in the prosses and most importantly M1 Other fok, er will have their day, can u picture a ufc all access with his clowns for handlers.

I dont know anymore. So many conflicting reports that I am just as lost as the rest of you. A site that isnt well known to most bloggers but that I have found to be very reliable in the past when announcing breaking news said that the deal is being finalized and that Dana wants to announce it Friday. Part of the deal is discussing Brock vs. Fedor for as early as UFC 103 in Dallas on September 19th. Unfortunately the Fedor/Brock fight is being discussed for the undercard and most likely it wont air on ppv broadcast. lol

what r u hearing for 101? you still going?

What, haven’t you seen the M-1 Affliction challenge on HDnet Fights? Dude they fight in front of crowds full of dozens of people. You haven’t seen fighting until you’ve seen two guys, that you’ve never heard of, with little talent square off in front 73 mostly silent people, all for the title of “guy who one the fight”. You’re really missing out.

Dana will just keep waiting these clowns out, its worked so far, IFL, Pride, Elite-XC, Affliction, etc. I say if they keep BSing, sign him to a one fight contract for whatever BS price he wants, pray Brock pulls it off, then can his ss after the win and leave him out in the cold forever as 2nd best with no where to fight and no more shine to his legend, that SOB deserves it. AND any of his fans that will reply to this all huffy and puffy: FEDOR DOESNT GIVE A SHT ABOUT YOU OR THAT YOU’RE HIS FAN OR WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR FAVORITE FIGHTER!!!! HE DOES’NT CARE AT ALL!

73 mostly silent people who have probably paid tens thousands of dollars each to go to such an event purely because it’s promoted by M1-Global.

Fedor should do what’s right for Fedor, not necessarily what the fans want him to do. He’s earned the right to do what he wants on the back end of his career.

That said, If he doesn’t join the UFC he can’t lay claim to the #1 HW spot that much longer; but maybe at this point he doesn’t care, he’s been #1 for a very long time. Overeem, Werdum and Rogers won’t be the same level of competition as Brock, Carwin and Randy. I truly hope he joins the UFC but I wouldn’t count on it.

What did i say yesterday? We’ve done this dance way too many times. As far as M-1, i say F@ck the fink.

I love it that Fedor signed the video game deal!

Never bow down!!!!!!!!!

Well, apparently John has an inside scoop that contradicts this report. Screw the mainstream media, let’s not jump to any conclusions until John weighs in with his infallible sources.

;-)

NO sources this time JJ. Just a site that isnt very known but that I found to be EXTREMELY RELIABLE in the past with groundbreaking announcements. The thing is with this situation, so much attention and so many rumors, sides bluffing, that who the hell knows what is true and what isnt.

I was certain yesterday, considering the source, but today I am just as lost as the rest of you.

I been moving into a new apartment all week, while trying to learn my new job, I been missing out on a lot because I am super busy. Everything will be back to normal in a few days!

Russians dont like italians thats the major sticking point Russian mob vs Italian mob.lol

Im as Italian as one can be and I love RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!!

I’m Russian and most of my friends are Italian, Italians and Russians get along pretty well.

Yea duh, haven’t you ever played GTA IV

Italia is the world’s best country!.. We must have some italian in our family cause that’s been my country since i was a kid..

one question John, why are u using John and not your real italian name? the italian name is so much cooler..

RUSSIANS ARE SMELLING STINKY PEOPLE WITH UNGLY WOMEN!

Probably right… But,American’s suck more because they always turn on each other.

alright alpha… russians are hardcore dude! they are straight up killers! only good with americans is the american girls, the guys are pretty dorky n ugly :D LOL

I didn’t mean that, just for the person that thinks i was being serious ha!..

man, I’m reading on BE and it sounds like its 100% the russians. UFC offered up a brinks truck, everything they say NEEDS co promotion!

It’s frustrating and it really piss’s me off, like I said, I’m considering boy cotting anything M-1 has a hand in from here on out

It would probably harder to watch an M-1 promotion than to boycott it. Ive tried and have never seen one, unless its someone else doing the show and they attach their name to it.

Exactly Drew, I would perfectly happy with anything M-1 touch’s doing poorly so as to dissuade other mma orgs from working with them on anything; period.

I mean, Iknow the UFC doesnt want to build competition by co-promoting with inferior organizations but M-1 is NOTHING!

How much would it really hurt the UFC to stick an M-1 Global label on the cage and before every Fedor fight have bruce buffer announce: This fight is presented by UFC in collaboration with M-1 Global"?

It wouldnt hurt at all. M-1 is at least a DECADE away from being able to have a successful mma show in the USA, and the UFC is the big Dog, they will always get ALL THE MONEY, and leave the rest of the scraps to the rinky dink orgz like m-1. After watching a UFC event and seeing a few M-1 global signs, about 5 curious people would care enough to even go find out what M-1 Global is. Hell you cant even view M-1 in America and probably not Britain! If all it takes to sign Fedor is waving the championship clause, and giving m-1 Global a few shout outs…THEN I say Give Fedor what he wants which will result in what the fans want!

Lets face facts, Fedor is Unique in this industry. He is the only man alive that could ever be mentioned as the greatest in mma without ever fighting in the octagon. Fedor isnt your typical fighter. He stands for A lot and feels responsible to make russia proud and provide russian fighters with opportunities. its no secret that the UFC is offering Fedor the most money they ever offered anyone, and if he was your typical money hungry athlete, he would have already whored himself out to the UFC, but the MAN STANDS For Something, and I think its classless to bash the man for it! Everyone knows I am his biggest fan, you guys think that I dont want to see him in the UFC? I dream of the day when I hear Bruce Buffer announce his name, and even though I personally dont agree with his course of actions, I understand his reasoning and actually find it commendable and refreshing in today’s dollar sign oriented professional sports!

If the UFC wants Fedor, they have to understand that the man has Principles, and weather we agree or not, he isnt going to break those principles for any amount of money. Fedor wont back down, he has made himself one of the richest fighters alive, if not the richest without ever fighting in the UFC. He has earned consensus #1 Ranking Undoubtedly as a Heavyweight, and Arguably p4p! He has managed to sign unpreecedented deals that allow him to own his own fight footage. He has millions of fans in Countries that have NO IDEA who Brock Lesnar or Chuck LIddell is!

Dana has 2 options!

1. Special athletes get special treatment and since m-1 global is so insignificant that no matter how many times you see it on the UFC Octagon, no one will ever give a flying FOCK about M-1 Gloabl. OPtion #1 is BOW DOWN and give the man what he wants. NO matter what it costs, believe me when I say that it will immediately pay dividends. uFC is trying to breakthrough in countries that are previously untapped mma markets…Fedor’s name rings loud in many of those markets. The UFC will immediately be rewarded with 2 of the biggest fights/money makers in the history of the sport, Fedor vs. Brock and Randy. Even if the UFC bows down, which is exactly what it will cost to get the deal done, the rewards are invaluable!

1. Stop trying to negotiate. Fedor will NEVER BOW DOWN. If you arent going to just give the man what he wants, then STOP WASTING EVERYONE"S TIME, Its resources, and getting our hopes up, and just GIVE UP THE FEDOR CHASE FOR EVER!!!

Those are the only 2 options. Counter-offers will not work. Get it done, or denounce the deal forever. Either way, fans deserve closure on this situation because Ultimately all we really want is to see Fedor fight top guys. Faster this is resolved, the faster I get to see him back in action, which to me is all that matters in the end…not the organization that he fights in!

Good post, john. I want to see him fight too, as soon as possible. The UFC is where he needs to be for the current #1 HW issue to be settled. There are fights for him outside the UFC, but none of them are particualarly appealing to me outside of Barnett, who is dead to me.

They have stated they want to share the eexpenses and profits making it sounf 50/50. Knowing UFC is already making huge dollars would be an easy cash out for doing nothing besides letting Fedor fight in the Cage? What a crock of sh$t!

stupid post JIZZ MOUTH.don’t put this on the ufc, this is all on finkie and that scumbag millen. sure it wouldn’t “hurt the ufc”, but it would definetly help M-1!, to co-promote and that sht dont fly. m-1 global is nothing and is shooting itself in the foot with this move. the only fans they and fedor had were the hardcores, and they are turning on him swiftly with this dick move. special athletes deserve special treatment? bj penn,gsp,a.silva, machida and BROCK FKN LESNAR are 100xs the draw frodo is and they dont get “special treatment”. maybe you should think before you type b.s. fedor wont BOW DOWN? he’s bowing down every day before vadim and m-1. iv’e always known that vadim was scared to death of the ufc, that fedro might lose his precious “undefeated record”, but now i’m pretty sure fedor is just as scared as well, now that brock is in control. gaydor is even to afaid to face dana face to face b/c he could never look him in the eyes from shame. if he doesn’t sign soon with the best org in the world, with the best competion in the world, he will fade into “bolivian”. screw fedor!

When you think about it it’s bad for Fedor to fight in the UFC. He can make big money who ever he fights right now. If he has to fight the top UFC fighters and looses his career is over. If he continues to fight whom ever when ever with control over his contracts, he controls his career and his legacy. The man is way smarter than he gets credit for. All the Fedor nuthuggers make him seem bigger than the sport of MMA. If he realy wanted to be the ultimate MMA lengend he could take the chance and go for it. He doesn’t care about that though. All he cares about making the most money he can for as long as he can. Can you blame the guy, he’s a smart business man. It’s not about the fans it’s about him so get over it. Let this Fedor UFC shit die already.

The UFC isn’t going to fail without Fedor. Fedor will age and then what? His chance will be over. We will never know if he was the best. When you have a guy like Lesnar tearing through top heavyweights while Fedor is fighting guys that get knocked out by Brett Rogers and Ray Mercer, you can’t expect people to consider him the best forever. His legacy will die if he doesn’t compete in the UFC. It is dying to me. I have respect for Fedor and I think he could beat Brock but until he proves it, we don’t know. The UFC has the best heavyweights. When Fedor is past his prime and retires, will the UFC still be around? Yes. This is just a chapter for the UFC. Whether Fedor wants to be a part of it and cement his legacy is his own choice.

John,

A simply as I can put it, the UFC is willing to compromise and Fedor is not.

Fedor has the opportunity to fight the best in the world, but his “principals” are more important than fighting the best. I can’t figure out what those principals would be. What is more important than proving your the best after spending you whole life dedicated to achieving that end?

All I can conclude is that the UFC wants Fedor more than Fedor wants the UFC. Fedor doesn’t really want to face the best. It almost seems like now that the UFC is compromising, he had to sign the EA Sports contract to have an excuse for why he’s not going to fight in the UFC.

I hope his motivation isn’t purely financial because that would severely taint my opinion of who he is.

I really admired the guy, but I’m starting to question who he really is. I know I’m not interested in seeing him fight anymore cans so I won’t be tuning in to his future events.

okay, someone is using my name…not cool…

did you ever think it possible that there is more than 1 jb? this is what fedor and m-1 turned down.
6-FIGHTS-5 MILLION PER FIGHT-30 MILLION TOTAL GAURANTEED!
A CUT OF THE PPV % FOR FEDOR AND M1-GLOBAL-MORE MILLIONS.
THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SAMBO WITH NOTICE.
FEDOR COULD WEAR ANY M-1 T-SHIRT,SHORTS,POSTERS,HATS,LABELS AS HE PLEASED.
NO CO-PROMOTION.
and they still turned this down!
CANADA MICHEAL-where could fedor go and make this kind of money with this kind of deal?.
JIZZFACE-still think dana and the fertittas are making fedor “BOW DOWN” to them?
OVARIES-good post, but it’s even worse than what you thought right? fedor IS ducking the ufc and BROCK!

Thanks for the Update JB. What’s your source? If this is how it went down, then yeah, it’s way worse than I thought.

Although, it answers my question about money. I can’t imagine Fedor making much more than what the UFC offered so I guess Fedor’s management really does have his nuts in a vice and they are looking after their own interests.

What would a copromotion between the UFC and M-1 do for Fedor? Absolutely nothing. It wouldn’t help the sport and it wouldn’t help Fedor. How can Vadim manage Fedor when all he does is use him as a bargaining chip for his own company?

How can Fedor trust that? What is this doing for Fedor? Losing him a 30 million dollar contract and the opportunity to prove once and for all that he is the best fighter on the planet.

You say you read our posts on the internet. Well tell me, Fedor. Tell me what Vadim is doing for you. I would love to hear you personally address this post and prove me and every other MMA fan wrong.

LOL Ryan, here comes Fedor to personally address your post. Get a grip bro.

John,

looks like a lot of consensus against Fedor on this one. Your love might be blinding you a bit.

Ya zulzhino was even larger and had a much lower center of gravity. If fedor can beat Choi and zhino he will destroy lesnar.lol

First off, I am DRIVING the Lesnar wagon, so never mistake my awe and devotion to his superhuman combination of power and speed. Second, my point is that all these dudes are whining about Brock being too big, too strong, etc. All they’re doing is giving Fedor an excuse when (not if) he loses. M-1, EA video games, exclusive contracts, those are all bullshit. Brock Lesnar is the reason Fedor will never come to UFC.

Yeah, size doesn’t mean that much when you have no skills and you’re a big awkward fucking freak. But when you do have talent, and your opponent has talent, it makes a big difference.

The more talented guy can beat the less talented bigger guy sometimes, but sometimes the size difference is too much to overcome. Especially when the bigger guy knows how to wrestle and best use his size and strength to his advantage, while at the same time nullifying your technique. As I’ve said before, I think 60 pounds is too big a spread in one weight class, and if enough big guys enter MMA it needs to be remedied with a 235+ SHW class.

Misinterpretation here. I am the biggest Lesnar fan on this site. All I read about the anti-Lesnar crowd are complaints about his post-fight antics or saying he isn’t a true mixed martial artist who only uses a size/strength advantage to win. The point of the original post is that all the anti-Lesnar whiners are creating an excuse for when a guy they hate for reasons mentioned above beats their beloved MMA god Fedor. I may not have made that point perfectly clearly. Oh well, I’ll still save you the shotgun seat on the Lesnar bus. :)

I hereby challenge you to a duel sir, for I consider myself to be the biggest Lesnar fan on this site!

He doesn’t come in weighing 300 pounds, he’s closer to 275, which compared to a 230-pound opponent would be a 19.5% weight advantage. Mir weighed in at 245, which is only a 12.2% advantage. By contrast, GSP came into his fight against BJ at roughly 190 to BJ’s 168 for a 13.1% advantage.

Expose the fact that he is NOT an unbeatable demigod.

grinds my gears haha too good.

LOL… Actually that is stinky~fingers who does that, but nice try.

Dude, theres no crying in MMA. . .

and why get so bothered over something on a message board? man shity days at work sucks but go tug on the rug and relax.

Hahahahaha Colin got all butt hurt…. that’s good $hit!!

Colin, you’re a total vag.

at least i aint saying gay shit like you faggots

Aw, look guys – he’s all sensitive!

“he” . . . every colin i know is a chick = )

A co promotion is good for nobody unless you can all agree on how things should work and two companies two different ideas = failure plain and simple. M1 wants whats best for them If he doesn’t sign with Strikeforce he will be fighting Hong Man & big Bob Sapp LOL but with the EA signing Strikeforce seems to be the next victim for M1.

He just has no say roy

Dana “M1 global is the cause of the swine flu”

Dana “M1 global is the WNBA of martial arts”

“M-1 presents UFC 105 . . . That would be like the f*cking national pee-wee football league association presents the the NFL super bowl!”

“M-1 Global?? . . . M-1 Global??? . . . . . . M-1 Global doesnt f*cking exist you f*cking delusional piece of sh*t1”

Props to Wiki999888’s he posted one prior to this and its equally funny! The payoff is at the end!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZPurAmZrIU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fuser%2Fwiki999888&feature=player_profilepage

Pure comedy gold!

LOL that’s great!!! I used to put all the blame on Dana, now it’s quite obvious that this M-1 douche needs to just get over the co-promoting bull$hit and let Fedor sign.

Funny stuff!!! M

holy shit
“can I suck his dick too?”
wow, great find!

“m-i global its the acne on my ass”

I told Tom Atencio to toss my salad, and he was going to do it.

No shit sherlock but he does what he is told the only part of the business he deals with is the fighting part after Finkelstein sets it up.

I believe AA and Rodgers are overrated, Overeem & Cain should be rated higher than both them.

Like really the only big victories AA has is against Tim & maybe Werdum, Rogers only top ranked victory was against AA?

And Lesnar’s only big victories are against Mir, Herring and Couture. Couture is a 45-year-old LHW coming off a year-and-a-half layoff, and Mir and Herring are both barely a step up from can status.

The bottom line is you can point to any heavyweight’s victory list and hack on the competition they’ve faced, because it’s not a division full of established top-quality fighters. Virtually every one of them has some dubious losses on their record. Except for that Fedor guy, that is. ;-)

I agree that Roger’s KO of Arlovski should not put him in the top ten, however. He needs to beat another ranked guy, which I doubt will happen.

Mir is twice the fighter Tim or AA were LMAO!! What are you smoking Jermey. Herring is more around the calibure of Tim and AA I agree. But really who is the best fighter Fedor has beat? And it’s NOG who is still a great fighter but like it was stated before if you can defend NOG’s JJ game you should have no problem beating him and Fedor has great JJ defence. yes he may not of been himself but Mir still would of beat him because he to has great JJ defence but he has more well rounded skills. M1 seen what happened to Gracie and want to pull Fedor around for a long as ride as possible it’s time you all us fans demanded him face the best and aren’t willing to watch another Cansenco BS fight again.

I think AA would smash Mir. And I would definitely bet on it.

AA would smash Mir and i would also bet on it!..
AA would smash Randy and send him into retirement too!

Effin’ right RoB! Does this guy even know who Mir is? Has he followed his glorious career! LOL! Mir sucks and he has always sucked.

LOL you would put your money on NOchin and NOgroundgame?? LMFAO!! Suckers!

All but one in Strikeforce and I believe soon to be all three?

Oh I’m sorry. Was that supposed to be a joke? I guess I’d know that if this site wasn’t CHOCK FULL OF FUCKING RETARDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY SAYING SHIT LIKE THIS AND MEANING IT. It’s not funny if it is a joke. This motherfucker is messing with my good name and I’ve had enough, goddammit!

:-)

LMAO!!! nice Jer!

That rant wont do much for your good name either. lol

Who the hell are you bro? My name was fucking built on rants like that!

WAR rants!!!

And they are both in the grave because of bad business models. Does talent realy matter after your dead. The USFL had Steve Young but when your gone your gone. Your right though Affliction did last a year and a half and the XFL only one. FEDORS CAREER RIP!

I think talent matters, yes – because I would never watch the XFL and I enjoyed Affliction while they lasted.

The USFL could have been a wild success. For the first three years it did really well filling the NFL void with a spring season. Then they tried to move to the fall and compete directly with the NFL and got crushed. Then won $3 in an anti-trust lawsuit. Lesson here: Stay out of UFC’s way or get crushed.

It looks like the general consensus is that they did offer this. Although we won’t know for sure until the UFC confirms it, and if it’s true, why the HELL would he turn it down? O Fedor, why, WHY? Finkelchtein can get FUCKED.