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Prior to this past Saturday's UFC 100 event, an underground movement took root and called for mixed-martial-arts fan who would attend the show to begin "Fedor!" chants throughout the night.
The thought, of course, was to make UFC executives well aware of the fans' desire to have Fedor Emelianenko, the world's top-ranked heavyweight and arguably the greatest MMA fighter in the division's history, fighting in the octagon.
The chants were never heard, but after UFC 100, UFC President Dana White said he wants Emelianenko in the UFC, that it's eventually going to happen, and that a fight with Brock Lesnar is imminent.
Lesnar, the former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar and NCAA Division I national wrestling champion, picked up his third consecutive UFC victory and first-ever title defense with a dominant second-round TKO of interim title-holder Frank Mir in UFC 100's main event.
With Lesnar's current streak of wins over Heath Herring, then-champ Randy Couture and now Mir, many are looking to possible future opponents for the seemingly invincible ground-and-pound machine.
Emelianenko, the former longtime PRIDE heavyweight champion, is the man many see as most likely to topple Lesnar. At 30-1, with back-to-back Affliction wins over two former UFC champions (Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski) and a 26-0 record (with one no-contest) over the past nine years, many fans are clamoring for the Russian fighter to take on the top talent in the world's premier fight organization.
"This Fedor thing has gone on and on and on," White said in the post-UFC 100 press conference. "Eventually, Fedor's going to be here. I want Fedor. I want him to come to the UFC and everything else.
"This guy (Brock Lesnar) just won the heavyweight title, and we'll end up getting that deal done. And then we'll do Brock vs. Fedor, and it'll be a huge fight."
How soon could we such the fight?
"Who knows," White said. "He's obviously contractually obligated to fight (with Affliction). Once that's over, we'll figure it out."
UFC officials have met with Emelianenko and his representatives multiple times. However, the meetings proved far from productive and often left each side blaming the other for the inability to get a deal done. The UFC said Emelianenko's demands were too outrageous, not necessarily from a monetary standpoint (though Emelianenko is believed to make at least $2 million per fight) but because a deal would essentially require the organization to enter the Russian market as business partners with Emelianenko's manager, Vadim Finkelchtein. Emelianenko's people say the UFC's contract demands are too restrictive without any allowances, for example, for Sambo competitions and would dictate all aspects of the fighter's career.
Concessions will be need to be made, and that's often led White to predict a slim chance of a deal coming to fruition. In fact, White has often criticized the fighter, going so far as saying Emelianenko "sucks" while mocking past recent opponents such as kickboxer Hong Man Choi and Matt Lindland, who normally fights at middleweight.
However, White's tune has changed, and on Saturday, he spoke rather definitely about the fighter's future in the UFC.
Of course, that future could hinge on Emelianenko's upcoming Aug. 1 fight at "Affliction" Trilogy." There, Emelianenko meets another former UFC champ, Josh Barnett, who many rank among the division's top three or four.
However, don't expect Barnett to get the same invitation to the UFC is he knocks off Emelianenko.
Why?
"No one's beating down my door to get Barnett," White said.
Of course he does, he's been trying to get Fedor forever. Speaking of which, reminds me Fedors last fight I believe was "Affliction Banned" which was awesome.
in a very recent interview Fedor said he is not opposed to fighting in the UFC. It is all about contract negotiations. UFC is the most stable MMA market there is, if they will pay him what he wants and let him do his sambo tournaments then he will sign. It all depends on if Dana will give in to his demands.
Hopefully by the time the deal gets done, BRock keeps learning and improving, beats some more opponents in the UFC and there will be no "he isnt ready" excuses.
I think Arlovski was ready, and probably had the best chance to give fedor a run for his money... but decided to go for a flying knee and got knocked tfo. LOL.
+1
After watching that Fight I felt like Fedor was teflon coated and unstoppable. That was an incredible knockout. Had watch it slo mo to see what happened.
Have a feeling this fight would go similar to Fedor vs. Coleman. Brock takes Fedor down, begins ground and pound, Fedor then submits Brock from his guard.
I hate to say this and I cant stand Brock but if he gets on top of Fedor it may be game over. The difference in strength may be too much to over come. Choi over powered Fedor and if he was a little more skilled he probably would have won.
Watch 1:30. Also notice the damage Fedor took with the small amount of times he go hit.
I dont think Brock will make the same mistake and I thick he would be able to control him better on the ground.
Fedor weighs around 230, I just think that the difference in size and strenght may be too much to over come. This is coming from someone who cant stand Brock and have bet against him everytime (maybe expect for Herring).
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I have to say if they fight it will be a lot closer than people think. I do believe Broc is the most dominate fighter at heavy weight, but I think Feador will find a way to pull out the win. I think he will pull out a submission when Broc is on top of him. San Diego Auto Insurance San Diego Car Insurance San Diego Insurance Broker
Last edited by Mr. Insurance; 04-20-2010 at 04:50 PM.
lesnar will slam him down and pound on fedor and fedor will pull a armbar out of lesnars a** and finish the fight
+1. Fedor gets armbars from the weirdest positions. I think Brock does have a very good chance of winning especially with Fedor getting older, but If this happens within the next year I would say Fedor by Armbar from his guard. If it happens more then a year away... we will have to see how much more Lesnar improves.
Dana White says he wants Fedor vs Lesnar
