Fedor Going to UFC

Ian Whelan

A dream super-fight is now a reality.

Fedor Emelianenko, who is now walking around at 215lbs, will be moving over to the UFC brand after his July 30th bout with Dan Henderson. Emelianenko’s first fight will be none other than UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva.

The fight will take place sometime after UFC 134, which is headlined by Anderson Silva as he takes on Yushin Okami. Emelianenko vs Silva will likely take place at 205lbs. However, Fedor Emelianenko will be undergoing a test-cut after his fight with Dan Henderson. His management has agreed that if he can make the cut to 185lbs without much trouble and if Anderson Silva defeats Yushin Okami, then Fedor Emelianenko vs Anderson Silva will be contested at 185lbs and will be for the UFC Middleweight Championship.

Georges St. Pierre may also be in the mix if he is able to defeat UFC 137 opponent, Nick Diaz. If St. Pierre decides to move up to middleweight, he will be fighting the winner of Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko.

cowzerp

That would rock, assuming he gets through Hendo which is no easy task..

scudzilla

I'll believe it when I see it, 205 would be far more realistic

Ian Whelan

Oh, I think this is a scam - It was on the Strikeforce website though - Possibly a joke.

El Guapo!

Silva would make light work of Fedor I think.
And at 205 Jon Jones would destroy him too. I don't think he'd be a threat to a title anytime soon.

pauldoo

this sounds very made up

i think fedor would destroy jones, jones is untested really, hes a bit like brock when brock was winning, everyone thinks hes unbeatable till someone cracks him on the jaw. I know jones has beat shogun, but his fights before that were fairly middle of the road fighters

mirwillbeback

NO.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/24342/strikeforce-com-report-is-bogus-emelianenko-not-headed-to-ufc-for-silva-fight.mma

JoeyJJ

M1 Global and UFC are not compatible I would imagine, so I think he would need to leave them before ever signing for UFC.

The Left Hook

Not happening at all. If it were to happen , i couldnt see him beating silva or GSP.

Mellor

It's not true, the website was hacked

JoeyJJ wrote: »

M1 Global and UFC are not compatible I would imagine, so I think he would need to leave them before ever signing for UFC.

I'm not sure that's an issue anymore.
Why would the Zuffa continue to refuse to co-promote UFC with M1 Global when while doing it with Strikeforece

Willie Stroker

lol ^ big fedor nut huggers.

JoeyJJ

Mellor wrote: »

It's not true, the website was hacked



I'm not sure that's an issue anymore.
Why would the Zuffa continue to refuse to co-promote UFC with M1 Global when while doing it with Strikeforece

Because Strikeforce isn't PPV in the states. Not sure about the tournament thats on but I don't think it is PPV either. M1 wanted cut of UFC PPV numbers. A big cut too I think.

K.Byrne_BJJ

i have doubts about fedor and silva, but fedor and jon jones...... that be sweet!

Mellor

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Because Strikeforce isn't PPV in the states. Not sure about the tournament thats on but I don't think it is PPV either. M1 wanted cut of UFC PPV numbers. A big cut too I think.

It's not PPV, but it is shown on Showtime, a premium channel.
A SF PPV is also probably in the pipeline. Before, M1 Global asked for a huge chuck of money to move to UFC, they totally overshot and though Zuffa would fall for it. Now Zuffa are in a much stronger position. M1 will prob agree to a decent paurse plus some PPV sales (pretty standard for the big ME fighters) without co-promotion

scudzilla

Mellor wrote: »

It's not PPV, but it is shown on Showtime, a premium channel.
A SF PPV is also probably in the pipeline. Before, M1 Global asked for a huge chuck of money to move to UFC, they totally overshot and though Zuffa would fall for it. Now Zuffa are in a much stronger position. M1 will prob agree to a decent paurse plus some PPV sales (pretty standard for the big ME fighters) without co-promotion

Add in to the mix Fedor is on a 0-2 streak and M1's bargaining power has dropped considerably

Tito Ortiz

cowzerp wrote: »

That would rock, assuming he gets through Hendo which is no easy task..

Thats true Paul, I also think Anderson has a tougher fight in Okami and not sure he will get past him !!

fightireland

Tito Ortiz wrote: »

Thats true Paul, I also think Anderson has a tougher fight in Okami and not sure he will get past him !!

Im a huge Okami fan but I don't think he can compete with Anderson unless he gets him down early and often!

Plastikman_eire

fightireland wrote: »

Im a huge Okami fan but I don't think he can compete with Anderson unless he gets him down early and often!

Okami and Sonnen are training partners now, so Id expect that to be exactly what he's got planned. Okami has better sub awareness then Sonnen though.

Hopefully Silva puts him to sleep nice and quick, but i wouldnt rule out a 25 min dry humping either.