Well….. The baddest man on the planet has finally signed an exclusive contract with a promotion. Unfortunately, for most fans, Fedor has not signed with the UFC.
The Fight Network’s Loretta Hunt broke the story:
PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has committed exclusively to the new ownership of M-1 Mix-Fight Championship, which has been purchased outright by an undisclosed American entertainment-related company, according to a source close to the deal who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Who the true identity of the “undisclosed American entertainment-related company” is anyones guess at this point but the buzz is it could be Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban.
M-1 is a Russian organization who previously held events mainly on Russian soil. Surely with this signing we will see them branching out to other nations.
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Rumors are swirling that UFC81 will follow up another appearance by the UFC in europe with a card to coincide with the Super Bowl.
We’re also hearing talk that it will be a Randy Couture Heavyweight Title defense but against who is still up in the air.
If this is the case, we have to assume it will be in Las Vegas, and since the SB is friggin MASSIVE in Sin City these days, you’d have to figure that this event would be monsterous!
We’ll keep you posted.
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HOLY CRAP!
Do we even care anymore? Here’s the current scenario:
Liddell lost again, pretty much putting a fight with Silva out of the question. So who does Liddell fight? Well, the perfect scenario was Shogun, since he lost as well. But his knee is hooped, so thats a no go.
Then there was Silva, he wanted Griffin but Forrest was injured in his fight with Shogun and won’t be ready to throw down in time for UFC79. AAAND Rampage is on the disabled list as well, putting a matchup with Jackson out of the question.
So you pretty much have two fighters that are supposed to be a part of one of the biggest fights ever both with two consecutve losses, and nobody to fight but each other.
The only positive addition to this story is that the UFC has changed their stance from “NO” to a Silva - Liddell clash to “MAYBE”.
Soooo…wheres the freakin problem Dana? You think Tito vs Rashad 2 is that amazing of a match up?
This is getting ridiculous.
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Well pish posh and tally-ho friends!
Looks like UFC80 is headin back to merry old England…again. Newcastle in fact.
Who’s likely to be fighting? PLEASE not Cro Cop again.
Actually, it looks like its going to be Hamil vs Bisping 2, and feature Marcus Davies, Terry Etim, Jason Tan and maaaaybe Cheik Congo. Not against each other, they’re just probably on the card.
It looks like this is going to go down sometime near the end of January .
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According to his Oct 1st blog entry on his Myspace, former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner is “Setting a date” to return to fighting. It reads:
“I am setting a date.
I have been drinking like a madman for fifteen years.
I am done with it.
I am setting a date.”
See. I told you he was setting a date……….
For the entire blog entry, click the link:
http://blog.myspace.com/
It’s an…… ummm…….. interesting read.
Tanner has been on the shelf since April 2006 battling alcoholism.
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