fightcity - I see little chance UFC will sign him unless they want to open up Russia. He is just not that well known in the US and therefore UFC will not offer him what Fedor and Vadim think he is worth. They would have to do a ton of promotion on him and that is assuming he can hang with current heavy weights, among them the current champ whom already has a win over him. Its a big risk for them.
Sorry to be the wet blanket... ;)
Well you've got half of the UFC heavies already opening themselves to fight him, calling him a legend. UFC already owns most of his fight footage. He's hardly unpromotable. He's as well known in the US as any other current UFC HW. He headlined two US PPV's good for 100k buys each without the UFC promoting it.
TopGrinder - Zero hope at all for ufc. If it happens then I will get excited. Till he actually signs somewhere I believe nothing I read regarding fedor
this is the best approach. But I wont get excited either way
I'm gutted he's coming back tbh, massive fan of his, and really don't see any benefit of him coming back apart from money....he's well past prime unfortunately.
fightcity - I see little chance UFC will sign him unless they want to open up Russia. He is just not that well known in the US and therefore UFC will not offer him what Fedor and Vadim think he is worth. They would have to do a ton of promotion on him and that is assuming he can hang with current heavy weights, among them the current champ whom already has a win over him. Its a big risk for them.
Sorry to be the wet blanket... ;)
You should look at the ratings his shows got over here before talking out of your ass
Harrie Nak - I hope he doesn't go there. Dana only wants him so that he can put him up against e.g. Cain so that he can shout afterwards about how he always said how much of a can Fedor has been and that only the best fight in the UFC.
Cain is the #2 HW on Earth. There's no chance Fedor steps in that high in the rankings.
I would love to UFC USSR! With M1 only seating 3000, is there no larger venue? There are a ton of marketable fights in that region. UFC opening up would be a huge milestone. If there is no larger venue, then a Fedor comeback accompanied by the other possible fights on the card could very well help finance one and return the investment by growing the brand
I saw Touch say he's no longer with M-1/Vadim, and Raimondi posted an article on mmafighting where he said: "Finkelchtein is not currently Emelianenko's manager, but he said he still does advise him. As far as he is aware, Emelianenko has not gotten an offer from the UFC as of yet."
So this is getting confusing. Article after article where it states Vadim is still Fedor's manager. What's the scoop on Fedor Vadim current status, Friends or still Manager/client?
if i were dana, i wouldn't sign him. 5 years ago, sign him for sure but fedor wouldn't beat anyone in the top 5 in the ufc imo. I was the biggest fedor fan, defended him non stop against the haters but the fact is he never evolved his game. He came with the same techniques and the mma game surpassed him
GodSaveTheReem - The UFC will low-ball the shit out of them. He is older and slower, not worth anything near what he used to be. Could he have some late career magic like Andre? possible, but not likely. I think it would be better for Fedor's image if he just gracefully retires instead of losing his last several fights.
