instead of making millions with the ufc his career is essentially over now...im sure he made ok money in pride and at strikeforce, but not enough to live comfortably with his wife and kids through retirement...he will probably have to get a job doing something like working security at a mall...how sad is that?
working as mall security, that's blasphemy. he's going to open Ben & Jerry's in Moscow
Did M1 hold a gun to Fedor's head and force him to do business with them? They should all take his Russian Orthodox Folk Hero shtick on the road and get into politics. He'll do fine as a politician with his gangster negotiating skills.
RJJH - Fedor has piles of money.
but I think M-1 made his life good and bad. bad to us, good to fedor.
Fedor does not care about you or north america or shit like that. he cares abotu his family. and in the end, if he has money to provide for the rest of his days. then he succeeded in life.
do you really think he was set for life? how? from pride money? no....and he hasnt fought that often after pride...im sure a huge chunk of what he got also went to m1
Bobby Lupo - You guys know that during his pride run his training was completely paid for by Vadim and Vadim was Fedor's sponsor who covered his expenses that allowed him to train full time, right?
and? so he is indebted for life? so they are infallible and can do anything with his career as they wish?
They were more interested in what was in M-1's best interest than Fedors.
maybe Fedor's not really been into it for a while now. would explain why he fought so little for so long.
im sure he made ok money in pride and at strikeforce, but not enough to live comfortably with his wife and kids through retirement.
lol, he's made tens of millions USD and lives in Stary Oskol. I'm pretty sure he can coast extremely comfortably.
Nonlinear - Did M1 hold a gun to Fedor's head and force him to do business with them?
In all likelihood? Yes.
orcus -im sure he made ok money in pride and at strikeforce, but not enough to live comfortably with his wife and kids through retirement.
lol, he's made tens of millions USD and lives in Stary Oskol. I'm pretty sure he can coast extremely comfortably.
how exactly did he make tens of millions?
My gawd, the amount of sack swingers on this forum. 
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/fedor-emelianenko-net-worth/
Says on link above net worth is $15 million, who knows if its true or not.
how exactly did he make tens of millions?
He's supposedly been making million+ per fight for quite awhile now. Plus sponsorships, plus whatever other monies he makes in Russia and as a partner in M-1.
Fedor has ownership stake in M-1 people. Every time M-1 scores co-promotion, he gets his full fight purse plus a chunk of what M-1 makes too. Don't forget aside from co-promoting Fedor fights, they put on Bellator level shows throughout Europe and Asia. Fedor has a good thing going with M-1.
He got Yoko'd by the new wife.
Dana is Dana and this was something you could expect. M-1 gambled big time and they lost. M-1 turned down a big UFC contract for big $$$. I believe in karma and M-1 was bad karma and it resultated in Fedor losing.. M-1 ruined his career and played with Fedor legacy, too bad!!!
- horsemeat
orcus -how exactly did he make tens of millions?
He's supposedly been making million+ per fight for quite awhile now. Plus sponsorships, plus whatever other monies he makes in Russia and as a partner in M-1.
LOL. Fact of the matter is that no one here knows the exact relationship between Fedor and M-1/Vadim, and how much or how little he actually keeps. The guy could be living on an allowance handed out at Vadim's whim for all we know. Over the years, I've read on the UG some of the craziest Fedor financial rumours. These include:
-Fedor has tens of millions in the bank;
-Fedor is really just Vadim's pool boy;
-Fedor doesn't pay for a thing in Russia - he eats, gets gas, groceries and even nights at the Holiday Inn Moscow for free;
-Putin takes care of Fedor; etc.
Fact is, everything posted here on the UG about Fedor's financials and his relationship with M-1 is pure speculation. For all we know, Vadim is fucking Fedor in the ass like Don King did to Iron Mike.
Mall security? Running an ice cream shop?
Fedor opens a gym and people gonna line up to train there.