Fedor in Strikeforce

Will Fedor Ever Be In The UFC?



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Following unsuccessful negotiations with the UFC, the world's consensus number one heavyweight mma fighter, Fedor Emelianenko has signed a contract with Strikeforce, a competing organization which was willing to co-promote fights with M1 Global, the mma label Emelianenko has obligations with.

As UFC President Dana White has stated, the leading mma organization was willing to agree on almost every term and also guaranteed that no bigger amount of money was- and will ever be offered than the amount the UFC offered for Fedor. The only term the UFC did not want to commit to, was the co-promotion of events with M1 Global. The Russian condition was to split the profits from the fights between the UFC and M1 Global, as it is the Russian organization which brings the consensus top heavyweight to the proving ground. The UFC rejected the co-promotion as firmly as M1 Global demanded it, in order to make a deal. Fedor has signed the Strikeforce contract on the next business day.

The President of the UFC voiced his disappointment on passionate registers:

„Fedor is a f*cking joke. He turns down a huge deal and the opportunity to face the best in the world to fight nobodies, for no money.”

White's frustration is better off being expressed, as now both Fedor Emelianenko and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar could keep on building themselves to be the Titans that WILL clash finally. It is inevitable.

The UFC and Fedor already have a mutual history, though the Russian is yet to step into the Octagon. While Strikeforce is a smaller and less prestigious organization than the UFC is, it will build up Fedor in front of a wider audience than the one The Last Emperor was recognized by so far - and he will almost certainly have the choice of going to the UFC once he fulfilled - and hopefully triumphed in - his three fights he owes to Strikeforce and M1 Global. Once those three fights are delivered, the UFC will want to obtain him by the very next nanosecond, have no doubt about it. Regardless of the harsh words, Dana White will be ready to offer everything that was offered before - except co-promotion. Since Fedor will not likely be in instantaneous contract-renewal with M1 Global by the time of those negotiations, surely there will be ways to make a deal in which everybody - including the fan - is happy.

Fedor is big news for the UFC only as long as he remains unbeaten. The stoic, enigmatically calm persona of Fedor, which fuels ruthless efficiency and precise, raw beauty in the proving ground, was getting more and more recognized during the last year. Fedor flattened two former UFC Champions under the Affliction label, - both bouts ended with TKOs and have left both Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski as risk free, casual checkmarks on the Russian's record - while Brock Lesnar, a warrior of almost improbable anatomical proportions, continues to demonstrate super-solid Octagon presence via his most recent victories over Randy Couture and Frank Mir, both former UFC Champions.

While many do claim that Lesnar is not a better-, only a bigger fighter than his opponents are, one should not dismiss the fact that the current UFC Heavyweight Champion commands his immense physical proportions with surprising speed, an iron will and explosiveness that the audience is yet to see being stopped, let alone being effectively countered. The former WWE Entertainer already has proven that he is capable to dictate where a real fight against a real opponent will take place. Many do claim that the defeating of Frank Mir was little more than blanket wrestling. Lesnar took Mir to the ground, executed an iron grip over the neck and pummeled Mir's face like a big brother would do with his smaller brother. Well, the art of fighting incorporates the consensus experience of making the opponent look miserable and one has to admit that Lesnar accomplished this masterfully against Frank Mir. Mir, an analytical and truly versatile fighter, was the first to admit that Lesnar did a great job.

As of today, a match between Brock Lesnar and Fedor Emelianenko is the absolute top notch attraction the sport and the fans could wish for. Yet, that does not mean that the related anticipation factor is at its highest possible peak. Not, at all. It will be at its highest possible peak by the time Fedor have flawlessly fulfilled his M1 Global contract with Strikeforce, by the time Brock have stopped the immediate UFC opposition. Let's see what they are up against.

Brock Lesnar has unbeaten Shane Carwin and talented Mexican Cain Velasquez as potential warriors to be challenged by. Strikeforce offers Alistair Overeem and Brett Rogers to Fedor as potential challenges. In a sober reality, both Brock and Fedor will be ready and able to deliver a series of victories until The Last Emperor's contract is fulfilled. And, from then on: Brock Lesnar VS Fedor Emelianenko will become a reality, have no doubt about that.

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