Comments on: Report: Fedor not locked to a PRIDE contract

By: mex-samuray

mex-samuray — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:59:09 +0000

fedor is the best in the world!
if the ufc wantÂ´s hem, pay for hem. impresive or not? nobody has beat hem. i have not seen a fighther that has had a good fight every time they steped in the ring, after all, hes human, hes has beat every good heavy weight out there, show some respect ! the ufc or zufa are known for not paying the big bucks or respect to people that help make this mma product profitable, dana white is an egomaniac, whoo feells hes more of an atraction than the fighthers theme selves. so i say fedor has the right to go any where he wantÂ´s and has nothing to prove, he all ready did that by beating all the great fighthers the worldhas to ofer.

By: FIGHTSTALKER

FIGHTSTALKER — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:27:04 +0000

[...] Fedor Not Locked Into Pride [...]

By: Fightlinker.com

Fightlinker.com — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:15:26 +0000

I have no doubt Fedor is ’signed’ with Pride as Dana White says. But i bet the contract is a peice of junk that just says Fedor agrees to fight for Pride, and each fight is a single contract deal as he always says.

It’s fedor’s loss if he doesn’t want to fight in the big leagues any more. His win vs Hunt was pretty unimpressive and i bet he won’t look great against Lindland either (although i’m sure he will still win). If he’s not willing to step up and fight CroCop then he’s gonna be labeled as dodging.

By: CapnHulk

CapnHulk — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:10:35 +0000

Letting Fedor stay in Bodog is like throwing the Hope Diamond into a swamp.

It just isn’t right.

By: D.Capitated

D.Capitated — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:39:05 +0000

If this is true it will be quite a blow. I donâ€™t think Fedor wants to work with Zuffa / UFC. I also donâ€™t think Fedor cares about his level of competition. Everything Iâ€™ve read leads me to believe that Fedor is concerned with the money and only the money. He could care less about the level of his competition.

Good. He’s smart then. If Zuffa wants the best heavyweight in the world, they’ll have to pay for him.

By: chis

chis — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:21:45 +0000

Let Fedor fight nobodies because UFC will find a new fedor

By: chr

chr — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:26:48 +0000

“Kind of like Hulk Hogan saying he drew 80,000 people at the 16,000-seat Nippon Budokan.”

Surely there are other just as irrelevant precedents where people actually tell the truth, wouldnt you say?

By: TC

TC — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:25:24 +0000

If this is true it will be quite a blow. I don’t think Fedor wants to work with Zuffa / UFC. I also don’t think Fedor cares about his level of competition. Everything I’ve read leads me to believe that Fedor is concerned with the money and only the money. He could care less about the level of his competition.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:52:04 +0000

My guess is that Mike Goldberg may not know how much Zuffa paid and doesn’t mind pushing the high figure to make the company sound more impressive. Kind of like Hulk Hogan saying he drew 80,000 people at the 16,000-seat Nippon Budokan.

By: Grape Knee High

Grape Knee High — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:58:50 +0000

“”When somebody buys a company for 65 million dollars, that tells you it’s pretty mainstream,” said Mike Goldberg, the play-by-play announcer for the UFC. “You’re bringing together the two main entities of the sport. This obviously opens a lot of doors for huge fight opportunities all over the world. â€¦ It’s huge. It’s just huge.”"

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=buckheit/070405

I guess the $65 million is more than just a rumor.