Straight to a match with Lesnar for the belt or build up to it by having him start out against Mir, Couture, Carwin, etc?
Lesnar
No one thinks the UFC needs to market him some more, first? Build more name recognition?
Nope right to Lesnar.. people know who Fedor is ..
Straight to Lesnar. Last thing we need is a fluke or injury to either one of them before we get this dream match
Probably go straight to Lesnar, BUT....for the TUF noobs and rednecks, I wonder if making them aware of Fedor by giving him another opponent first, would make more sense?
Gonzaga followed by Couture for the buildup, then lesnar for the title.
I would think from a marketing perspective they'd want to sign Fedor to a multi-fight contract and give him a few fights before Lesnar. This way Brock can have a few fights as champ, keeping the PPV revenue high. The UFC knows that having Brock as champ for a little bit is a cash cow.
They're sitting on tons of Pride tapes that they could show on Spike any time they want to.
I think build him up further.... I'm sure he'll win all the matches so he should fight the following (in order):
1) Kongo or Gonzaga (a warm up welcome match/gift from UFC)
2) Couture (Just because he's getting older and we need this out of the way already)
3) Mir (another freebe and a way to add another former UFC Champ under his wins)
4) Brock Lesnar for the belt!
This should all happen within 1 year, after which Fedor can then take a lighter schedule. He should fight Carwin to defend the belt. I opted not to let him fight Carwin first because Carwin seems like a dangerous opponent right now and the point is to build up Fedor to the casual fan to the point where they'll do research on the guy to find out how great he is.
Fedor said he'd want to take some fights to get acquainted with the cage and new rules. It would be interesting to see if they gave him that , or if they threw him right in with the champ.
TagaCameron - They're sitting on tons of Pride tapes that they could show on Spike any time they want to.
Yeah you're right TagaCameron, I forgot about that. Is Dana crazy?! I can't believe he didnt capitalize on the Pride tapes as much as I thought he would. None of past pride matches have been showed, not even with the current talent he aquired from the defunct organization. I guess it's probably because it looks similar to DREAMS set up at the moment.
"Last thing we need is a fluke or injury to either one of them before we get this dream match"
Exactly. What the UFC should do is build Fedor up, and build Fedor vs. Brock up but not risk either guy. How? Fedor vs. Brock as TUF coaches before their big championship fight.
I think you have to build him up to get the biggest pop out of a championship fight.
One intro fight followed by the TUF coach idea.
Nah nah I don't want anyone getting Frank Mir'd or Tsuyoshi Kosada'd and ruining this fight for me
If fedor goes to the UFC then they're officially "the big leagues". Everything else really IS just the amateurs. Any other event is the arena league imo