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Lesnar vs Fedor?

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  • 19-11-2008 10:25am
    #1
    dunkamania
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    M-1 released a statement following UFC 91

    http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/11/18/m-1-releases-statement-regarding-brock-lesnars-victory-at-ufc-91/

    Cant see the UFC taking the bait on this one, I would give it to Fedor though.

    Seems Dana White was right. After losing to Brock, a Fedor Randy fight has lost alot of steam.

    Below is the statement

    M-1 would like to congratulate Brock Lesnar on his UFC heavyweight title victory as well as acknowledge Randy Couture’s return to active competition after a layoff that lasted over a year.

    Couture and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko had publicly acknowledged a desire to fight each other multiple times over the course of the past year. While M-1 and Fedor remain interested in a match against Couture, we would also like to publicly state for the record that we would welcome a superfight between Fedor and Lesnar that would be held as a co-promoted event between the UFC, M-1, and Affliction Entertainment.

    We’ve invited the media to speak with us today to not only make it clear we would welcome a Fedor vs. Lesnar matchup, but to act in a preemptive fashion to address the possibility that UFC officials will try and position Lesnar as the number one heavyweight in the world, much like they have tried to use a marketing ploy to brand Anderson Silfva as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

    In the past, UFC president Dana White and Zuffa, LLC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta have tried to claim that Fedor was “overrated” and that his “record was irrelevant.” They make these claims in spite of the fact that Fedor holds career victories over UFC champions past and present. While we have tremendous respect for the contributions Mr. Fertitta and Dana have made to this sport, we do not believe they are sincere in their statements.

    It is the position of M-1 that the UFC has adopted an anti-Fedor policy because multiple attempts to sign him have not been fruitful. For a company that has tried to market itself as the number one promotion in the world, they are unable to accept the fact that the number one fighter in the world does not reside on its roster of contracted fighters.

    We believe that the UFC has determined that it’s much more inexpensive for them to use their marketing resources to use smoke and mirrors to brand a fighter as the pound-for-pound best as opposed to actually paying the pound-for-pound best what he is truly worth on the open market.

    While Brock Lesnar is an accomplished athlete and a talented fighter, we do not consider him to be the number one heavyweight in the world. Until someone beats him, we strongly believe that Fedor should continue to be recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. In a match between Fedor and Lesnar, we do not feel that at this stage Lesnar would be able to make it out of the first round.

    For those who feel our statements in regards to Fedor are self-serving, we’d like to refer you to a video interview on the website RawVegas.tv in which at his UFC 91 after-party Couture himself acknowledges that “Fedor would probably tear Brock up at this point.”

    – Jerry Millen, M-1 Vice President


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    IMO fedor would absolutely destroy Brock at this moment in time. Brocks still too green. In a couple of years that could all change but as of right now there's absolutely no denying whatsoever that Fedor is number 1.


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    rovert
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    I just wish that the fight will happened eventually.

    Fedor's audio interview online at f4wonline.com is totally surreal as well.


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    Nothingcompares
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    rovert wrote: »
    I just wish that the fight will happened eventually.

    Fedor's audio interview online at f4wonline.com is totally surreal as well.

    What does he say? Why does Rovert constantly tease us?

    I want to see Brock Lesnar fight the other super heavies in MMA. Antonio Silva, Semmy Schilt, Shane Kirwin. I would also love to see Mark Hunt, or indeed, Mirko Crocop kick him apart. If Fedor beats AA and Lesnar beats Mir (somehow bypassing the need to fight Big Nog) wouldn't the GSP/BJ superbowl card be AMAZING if Fedor fought Lesnar?


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    Nothingcompares wrote: »
    What does he say? Why does Rovert constantly tease us?

    I want to see Brock Lesnar fight the other super heavies in MMA. Antonio Silva, Semmy Schilt, Shane Kirwin. I would also love to see Mark Hunt, or indeed, Mirko Crocop kick him apart. If Fedor beats AA and Lesnar beats Mir (somehow bypassing the need to fight Big Nog) wouldn't the GSP/BJ superbowl card be AMAZING if Fedor fought Lesnar?

    Fedor fights Andrei a week before I think, and Lesnar fights the winner of Mir/Nog in April i believe!


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    rovert
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    Nothingcompares wrote: »
    What does he say?

    My comment was less based what was said and more based on the circumstances of the interview. As of course it was done via a interrupter but it also had what others have described as old school plonky computer game noises and it was conducted using three locations. My head was melted listening to it. It was just grand standing by Fedor in the interview, if you read the OP there is no need to listen to the interview.
    Nothingcompares wrote: »
    Why does Rovert constantly tease us?

    I’m sorry but I’m not uploading subscriber content :p.


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    Fozzy
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    rovert wrote: »
    and it was conducted using three locations.

    Four or five by my count!

    Won't happen. Just the same "UFC is anti-Fedor" crap when they're really just anti-copromoting because they stand to lose more than they could gain


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    rovert
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    Fozzy wrote: »
    Four or five by my count!

    After thinking about it you are right.
    Fozzy wrote: »
    Won't happen. Just the same "UFC is anti-Fedor" crap when they're really just anti-copromoting because they stand to lose more than they could gain

    I think that economy has put the final nail in that coffin. Zuffa won’t set the presence of co-promoting especially when the pie has shrunk so to speak.


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    Nothingcompares
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    Fedor fights Andrei a week before I think, and Lesnar fights the winner of Mir/Nog in April i believe!

    aww that puts an end to that idea. maybe dec 27 2010.


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    Karmafaerie
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    No way that they'd allow Lesnar to fight Fedor yet.
    Down the line, maybe, but too much to loose, and little to gain, as half they're market (not to mention nearly all of the new market Brock's brought in) barely know you Fedor is.
    If Brock wins, then he just beats a pot bellied bald Russian to them.


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