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Affliction folds promotion!!!

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    #32
    Fozzy
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    Alan Rouge wrote: »
    Was it an Observer/F4 article or is it availble online somewhere ?

    I second the ditching of the mgmt. Has anyone interviewed or talked to Fedor directly to ask what he wants ?

    I read it on MMAJunkie I think

    Fedor might just be very good friends with the guys in M-1 and he'd rather help them to make a living than to prove himself as the best fighter in the world. It's very frustrating for the fans though. What other fighter has a 35-man team following him around?


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Tyson used to .


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    #34
    calex71
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    Fozzy wrote: »
    I'm just after reading an article that had quotes from Fedor's manager. He tries to put it all on the UFC, saying that they're in the US now and willing to meet with them, that the door's open for them to sign Fedor

    But then at the end he says that they want Fedor to fight the UFC's fighters, but "only within the framework of co-promotional events with M-1". That's the deal killer right there

    They really seem to use Fedor as a pawn for their own business interests. I really wish that he'd ditch them

    And UFC/every other organization would treat/use Fedor/every other fighter they have signed differently :confused:

    Better the devil you know an all that.


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    Fozzy
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    calex71 wrote: »
    And UFC/every other organization would treat/use Fedor/every other fighter they have signed differently :confused:

    Better the devil you know an all that.

    The UFC don't need Fedor though. They're doing pretty well without him. M-1 without Fedor is nothing. Affliction were paying Fedor $300,000 per fight and M-1 $2,000,000. Fedor can earn that whole total by himself in the UFC. Do you really believe that Fedor is getting the best deal for himself by sticking with M-1?


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    calex71
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    Fozzy wrote: »
    The UFC don't need Fedor though. They're doing pretty well without him. M-1 without Fedor is nothing. Affliction were paying Fedor $300,000 per fight and M-1 $2,000,000. Fedor can earn that whole total by himself in the UFC. Do you really believe that Fedor is getting the best deal for himself by sticking with M-1?

    Hells no, but i do believe Fedor is not as silly as to keep a mgnt team on that would hold him back etc, given the time he's been in the biz so I feel he;s with them / lets them represent him because he wants them too i guess.


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