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WILLIAMS' NEWS BLOG: Fedor Wants to Meet w/Dana White in June to Discuss Fight


Feb 17, 2009 - 11:35:21 PM
By: Alex Williams, MMATorch Contributor
In an interview with DreamFighters.com, Fedor Emelianenko says that he and his management want to meet with Dana White "in person" in June to discuss a fight between Fedor and Brock Lesnar. Fedor acknowledges that he has another fight to fulfill in his contract with Affliction first.

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Williams' Analysis: I assume that Fedor would be interested in fighting Frank Mir if Mir defeats Lesnar in May. This would be the first time that Fedor and Dana had met each other. In terms of working out a deal for Fedor to come to the UFC, that's a good thing. If Fedor and his management team still have the same ludicrous demand, though, that M-1 (Fedor's management team's fight organization) should get to co-promote the event with the UFC, then there's no way a contract gets signed.

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Dean
19 Feb 2009, 00:29
In a country that has the 'world series', made up of only US teams, its easily to believe that most Americans believe that the UFC is MMA, and that the best in the world are in the UFC. Russia in contrast has some 180 odd million and Russian Combat Sambo is a national sport, Fedor is the best. Fedor simply wants to compete in his national sport, of which he is the best, oh, he also happens to be the best in MMA, if not convinced, just watch ALL of his 29 bouts (undefeated, but not untouched), then judge.
atxguy
20 Feb 2009, 03:51
Um... You should check Fedor's record again... He has lost once from a cut early on in the first round... a TKO! Whom ever he meets (Mir or Lesnar) he looses! He's a small Heavy Weight by comparrison and a lot of miles on his young body.
alex
20 Feb 2009, 10:21
atxguy - i hope you know your mma better than you can spell (looses, comparrison ???). Anyway, it's obvious you haven't in fact seen any of Fedor's fights - the TKO loss included, as you wouldn't count that as a loss if you had. It's good to see your one eyed Yankee patriotism (yes I'm sure you think you beat China in the Olympics medal tally even though they got more golds :)) but putting Mir and Lesnar anywhere in the same league as Fedor is embarrassing. I really hope Fedor fights either of them this year. But you better not blink otherwise you'll miss an early KO by Fedor.
Pete Peeva
23 Feb 2009, 12:24
Fedor is due for a butt kicking by Lesnar. Especially after he showed up with his priest to that last bout and can't open his mouth withou saying "god". What a shame to work that hard to literally fight your way out of poverty then give the credit to some non-existant leader.
GrueBlock
10 Mar 2009, 11:37
Hey alex, don't let atxguy misrepresent a fan from the USA. He obviously knows nothing. Fedor has been immortal in his previous fights and with that fact alone, he wins many fights mentally before even entering the ring. Frank Mir will probably lose to Lesnar this time and if Fedor gets in the ring with Randy OR Brock in the next two years at least, I see nothing but a victory for him. and by the way - the guy he lost to via BS TKO, he got a rematch with and destroyed the guy... He had 4-5 chances to submit him but chose not to and just kept pounding his face into a slab of beef.
GrueBlock
10 Mar 2009, 11:38
and atxguy, no disrespect meant but I think you come from a WWF/WWE-watching background and would enjoy the BS testosterone drama of that. Stick with it! ;)
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