Dana White gives the boot to Fedor

[Avs_19]

Originally Posted by Go Habs Go

Why do people keep saying that Fedor screwed up or M1 messed him up... The amount of money that Fedor made by refusing to join the UFC is huge. Even if the UFC retained him, he'd have to fight for like another 10 years to accumulate that kind of money. Fedor made the right choice for Fedor. I would've loved to see Fedor in the UFC but in the end, he made the right choice for himself and secured himself financially for the rest of his life. For some people, being known as the best is important but for some its not. I can certainly understand that. You'd only be known as the best today anyways. In 20 years, people will be coming up with reasons as to why you were never the greatest and how the current fighter at the time is the greatest of all time. Same mentality in hockey.

Can you show the rest of us a copy of that contract the UFC offered him? Or do you have a recording of the negotiations?

[m9]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

Can you show the rest of us a copy of that contract the UFC offered him? Or do you have a recording of the negotiations?

But neither do you, so an argument either way is futile because nobody knows.

I do think its a very safe assumption that Fedor made good money in Strikeforce, and its a safe assumption he would've been making good money in the UFC. From there? Who knows.

[Avs_19]

Originally Posted by m9

But neither do you, so an argument either way is futile because nobody knows.

I never said I did. The way he worded his post, it seemed like he was stating a fact.

Obviously nobody knows for sure but Dana said he made a "crazy" offer and some members of the MMA media were speculating a couple million per fight. I doubt it was that much but it was probably still a pretty significant offer.

M-1 said they would have signed with the UFC if they agreed to co-promote. So I don't think the money being offered to Fedor was the problem. They wanted more exposure and more money for themselves.

[m9]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

I never said I did. The way he worded his post, it seemed like he was stating a fact.

Obviously nobody knows for sure but Dana said he made a "crazy" offer and some members of the MMA media were speculating a couple million per fight. I doubt it was that much but it was probably still a pretty significant offer.

M-1 said they would have signed with the UFC if they agreed to co-promote. So I don't think the money being offered to Fedor was the problem. They wanted more exposure and more money for themselves.

Fair enough, and I agree. I'm sure the details will come out eventually.

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Former M-1 exec: Dana White is 100% right

Via Middleeasy
" I hate to say that Dana White is right, but he's 100% right with most of the comments he's made towards M-1. They unfortunately ruined Fedor's career. Can it be salvaged? Sure. But M1 as a management company is ridiculous. You got to remember everyone at M1 left and they put Evgeni Kogan, a translator, virtually in charge of the company. Director of Operations? What is that? When we were there, we actually had revenue coming in and was producing a product. Now they have nothing coming in and it's in complete disarray. You can't put a translator in charge of running a company.""

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[joestevens29]

Dana sure is making it clear that he is not going to be dealing with the cross promotion bs and management bs that Strikeforce has dealt with in the past.