I didn't listen to the interview, but I remember got into acting (or was during/before fighting?)For us mma old-timers (), the latest Oleg Taktarov interview on strictlymma.com.
http://www.strictlymma.com/site/inde...d=219&Itemid=1
I remember the Pride event where he got KTFO by Big Daddy.
Fedor apparently signs with M-1? We'll see, if so, Frank Trigg has his first true "scoop."
Let's see who else they sign. They say it's an American that bought M-1, but it's undisclosed who actually bought it.
Guess Dana's terms were unrealistic for Fedor (Sambo compe ions? ..or some other sticking point?) I'd like to hear actual reasoning from both sides as to why this "imminent" deal went south.
we shall see.
A couple of weeks ago I referred to Igor as "the original stoic Russian". How could I forget about Oleg? He introduced Sambo to the game! That guy was so freakin' tough.For us mma old-timers (
http://www.strictlymma.com/site/inde...d=219&Itemid=1
Shame on you. Penance is in order.
The Fight Network is reporting the same, which makes it pretty solid...
http://www.mmahaven.com/2007/10/10/f...fight-for-m-1/
If FN says it....believe it....ugh
PRIDE Coming back?!?
(kind of)
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Among various MMA-related items coming out of Japan today is that a new promotion called World Victory Road Inc. could become the new PRIDE in Japan. A handful of wealthy and prominent names with MMA and wrestling connections are expected to attend a news conference scheduled for Monday in Tokyo.
It's worth noting that World #1 LW Takanori Gomi is said to be headed to this new company already, and Yasuda's connections and clout could easily help stack the roster with notable names that could help its appeal among Japanese fans.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=9461
Forrest on Law & Order: SVU
http://mmajunkie.com/2007/10/16/forr...-debut-nov-13/
FightFan.com will be doing live play by play for the HCF fights tonight...
Aleksander Emelianenko press conf video...
http://fightfan.com/mma/1007-HardCor...y-Presser.html
Oct 19th - Hardcore Championship Fighting in Calgary AB Canada.
-Aleksander Emelianenko vs Dan Bobish
-Gegard Mousasi vs Damir Mirenic
-Thomas Schulte vs Ariel Sexton (LW le)
-Sarah Kaufman vs Ginele Marquez (women's 135 lbs le)
-Marcus Vinicios vs Sean Salmon
-Garrett Davis vs Toby Johnson
-Len Tam vs Gerald Lovato
-Myles Merola vs Juan Barrantes
-Tim Smith vs Mike Rowbotham
-Brad Cardinal vs Ryan Machan
-Larry Lyttle vs Steven Hachey
-Andrew Buckland vs Lucas Rota
From fiveouncesofpain.com
Eric Shapiro: A lot of guys in the UFC including yourself are sponsored by Xyience. Are they still treating you well?
Sean Sherk: Oh no, I’m not sponsored by them anymore. I used to be but they stiffed me a bunch of money. They stiff everybody. A lot of people are leaving them.
Aleks vs Bobish
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6saW3JGcE
Fedor / M1 / Monte Cox press conf...
http://ufcmania.com/2007/10/22/fedor...ract-with-m-1/
Fedor Emelianenko signs two-year, six-fight contract with M-1
PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko announced that he has signed a six-fight, two-year fight contract with M-1 Global — a new mixed martial arts organization — today at a press conference at Marc Ecko Enterprises in downtown Manhattan.
This information was revealed in the media kit for the event, which was attended by Jesse Holland from UFCmania.com. It was supposed to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET; however, delays pushed the start back to a little after 6 p.m. ET.
In addition, the “mystery” owner of the new promotion was revealed in a press release earlier today and confirmed at the packed New York City event.
Here are those details:
“Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. announced Sibling Theatricals, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sibling Entertainment Group, Inc., together with Garlin Holdings Limited as Managing Members, have formed Sibling Sports, LLC for the purpose of creating M-1 Global …”
Monte Cox — the long-time manager of mixed martial artists such as former welterweight champion Matt Hughes — was was named President and CEO of M-1 Global.
At this time, no opponent or date has been set for the debut of the Russian superstar under the M-1 banner. However, M-1 is searching for a television partner and is eager to stage an event as early as February 2008.
In the next 10 days, M-1 will reveal its stable of fighters who will join Emelianenko on the new roster. In addition, Jesse is passing along news that Emelianenko’s contract will allow him to fight in the UFC if a deal can be struck between the two organizations.
Furthermore, M-1 representatives indicate that the winner of the bout would earn a $1 million payday.
Other highlights:
* UFC turned down an offer to match Emelianenko up against Tim Sylvia when both were champions in there respective organizations.
* Fedor mentioned that his brother, Aleks, was offered a “low ball” contract to fight inside the Octagon. The goal is to sign him to an M-1 contract as soon as possible.
* M-1 will follow PRIDE FC rules for the most part and not include elbows.
M-1's new site
http://www.m-1global.com/
Fedor's new site
http://www.fedormma.com/
Red Devil gear
http://www.reddevilshop.com/
Fedor's take on Randy leaving the UFC, from Sherdog.com:
Emelianenko called news of Couture's UFC departure "positive" and said he was "very proud that Couture made such a great decision."
"To tell you the truth, he's such a great person," said Emelianenko, who owned the PRIDE heavyweight belt from 2003 until the company went out of business in March of this year. "I really admire him and bow in front of him. I'd rather get to know him more as a friend than a compe or. But I understand that we're in the position that fans want to see the fight happen. I'm always ready."
I would really like to know where they are going to get their money from. Fedor is great but he is obviously not a gigantic PPV draw.
IE…. PRIDE's death from lack of PPV buys.
Fedor is marketible but you need a huge organization behind it to really pull it off. He is still a MMA cult hero. Die hards and people that really follow the sport love him but how many of them are there and how many will buy the PPV's? Most will wait until the next day for daily motion or youtube. I don't buy PPV's for one fight.
Fact is people are still doing more searches for Chuck and o hundreds time's over than they are for Fedor.
The UFC will bury the event with one of their own. They have done it time and time again for years. They did it to PRIDE, WFA, WEC and Bodog. I really don't see how this will work out, at least with everything presented to us so far.
And I know they are working on a TV deal but that doesn't mean much. The real money is in PPV.
If it's Fedor and a bunch of dudes, it won't work...
The key to this whole thing is Monte Cox I think. He's as tapped into the sport and it's fighters as anybody. If he can start convincing guys to leave the UFC we could see things start to shift. Dana White certainly won't make things easy as far as contracts go. When guys get down to their last fight, he'll leave them sitting like he's doing to Arlovski right now...force them to sign. I expect that he'll do it to Hendo too since he only has one fight left...
It'll still be REALLY hard to compete because the UFC pushes hard to make everybody think that the sport is "Ultimate Fighting"...the casual fan thinks the UFC is the sport, not the org.
It'll be interesting to see how they do though...
Yeah. I think this is where the UFC pushing their brand as MMA will pay off.
And one thing about Monte, Monte is no longer the sole super agent he was 3 years ago. Many more agents are in the game now. But regardless he is their best chance.
The few people I know who watch MMA follow it and keep up with the big fights. Probably order every 3rd or 4th one and not one of them can tell you who Fedor is. And causual fans as in every sport are the economic back bone. They are the masses.
They have a very long uphill road to climb. They may have a strong economic force behind him but nobody is in business to lose money.
Cox's fighters...
http://www.teamextrememma.com/
JC Pennington
Jeff Curran
Matt Fiordirosa
Mike French
Jason Black
Kyle Bradley
Rich Clementi
Jeff Cox
Mac Danzig
Spencer Fisher
Lee Gibson
Jorge Gurgel
Roger Huerta
Justin James
Nate Mohr
Josh Neer
Jens Pulver
Sean Sherk
Shonie Carter
Tony Fryklund
Brian Gassaway
Dustin Hazelett
Jay Hieron
Matt Hughes
Brock Larson
Rory Markham
Dave Menne
Pat Miletich
Dom O'Grady
Forrest Petz
Tom Speer
Logan Clark
Joe Doerksen
Rich Franklin
Jeremy Horn
Robbie Lawler
Mike Marrello
Terry Martin
Drew McFedries
Ryan McGivern
Joe Vedepo
Luke Zachrich
Houston Alexander
Tim Boetsch
Mike Ciesnolevicz
Noah Inhofer
Justin McElfresh
Sherman Pendergarst
Aaron Rosa
Mike Whitehead
Travis Wiufff
Justin Eilers
Brad Imes
Ben Rothwell
Mike Russow
Kerry Schall
Tim Sylvia
-FEMALE-
Jennifer Howe
Obviously the biggest names on that list will never leave the UFC.
And I could see Ben Rothwell jumping ship but the IFL cannot afford to let him go. He is the face of the IFL.
Certainly they will work things out?
I have always joked that the biggest name Fedor will fight if he doesn't sign with the UFC will be Ben Rothwell and it may come true. lol
And I thought he had more females signed up
I wonder about Hughes...he's said that he may only fight 2 or 3 more times...I wonder what his contract situation is right now...
I believe he re-signed right before his last fight and I think it pretty much closes his career with the UFC unless he fights after 37. I think.
And one tidbit I would like to point out that I just rememered. In a issue of Real Fighter from over a year ago Monte says nobody has a contract with him. All fighters are hand shake deals with him as an agent.
Logan Clark confirmed that on the UG...definitely true.
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