Fedor Emelianenko

[WarMachine]

So does anyone want to see this guy in UFC? I personally do Fedor is no doubt IMO one of the top HW fighters in the world and I would love to see a bout against Lesnar in his future.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

One of the top? Uhh... you smoking crack? Fedor is the #1 Heavyweight in the world... has been for years, and will be until he retires and someone else steps in and takes the crown.

I'd love to see him in UFC, but the only intriguing match would be Lesnar, who I still feel isn't ready for a match that big. Besides, there's no chance in Hell that Fedor bails on the money he makes through Affliction, and last I heard, UFC & Affliction aren't doing very well anymore.

 

[xtremebadass]

Yea, Fedor is no doubt the top heavyweight in the world today, that goes without question. The only reason he isn't in the UFC is because of legal disputes and money issues. He is just one massive russian guy who wants alot of money. That's all it comes down to really. Fedor would bury everyone in the UFC except a few. And those select few would actually make it to the second or third rounds then eventually fall to the greatness and domination that is Fedor.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

^No, it's not about legal issues. He's been offered by every promotion to leave if he wanted to go to UFC, but UFC doesn't have the heavyweight competition for him... he knows he'll have bigger and better fights elsewhere. It's not about the money, he'd make bank on a card vs. Lesnar.

Then again, if the Affliction shit is too serious, he'll lose a whole lot of money through endorsements if he goes to UFC. I'd love to see him come in for 2 years and take everyone out and leave with the belt. I personally can't stand Dana White anymore. Dude needs a reality check.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/ca...-a-loser-should-drop-fighting-?urn=mma,163333



Dana won't fight Atencio (owner of Affliction). It appears they're not going to be doing business anymore as Affliction is putting together some awesome PPV cards... and they're trying to book Fedor to fight for them, probably because Atencio knows it will piss White off.

...Dana's a bitch though.

 

[WarMachine]

Yeah I don't like Dana anymore I'm actually not finding UFC that interesting anymore except for a few fighters Affliction is much more entertaining.

 

[MTG]

No offense but if you think affliction is better than the UFC you don't know much about MMA.

The only division that even comes close to the UFCs is the heavyweight division. No other division even compares.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

No offense but if you think affliction is better than the UFC you don't know much about MMA.

The only division that even comes close to the UFCs is the heavyweight division. No other division even compares.

I'd rather watch "Affliction's" Heavyweight division than anything on UFC's cards...

...but Affliction hasn't really established a fight company yet? They're working with other companies and just using their name as the promoter on the card. They're only just now really getting into talks for their first official card on their own fight company, hence why White and Atencio are having their fallout. But I'd rather watch Fedor alone than anything UFC could put on a card, and that's what makes White scared... very few people would rather watch UFC than Fedor.

I still watch and enjoy UFC, just saying, Affliction has the potential (mainly because of cash) to put together a card better than anything UFC's ever put on a show.

 

[MTG]

Affliction has the potential (mainly because of cash) to put together a card better than anything UFC's ever put on a show.

Cash doesn't make a show good. The fighters do. Now i agree watching Fedor is better than watching anyone in the UFC HW division but one fight can't make the card. Thats what Affliction has to realize, they have to work on their LW division and all the other ones if they want to be successful.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

^Yeah, but the cash they can offer fighters can gain them the ability to stack their cards with good matches. They don't necessarily have the greatest of names, but guys aren't happy with UFC now anyways. I read a rumor, yes, RUMOR, that Anderson Silva was thinking of leaving UFC, and plenty of guys aren't happy about possibly losing endorsements with Affliction because of the fallout between UFC and Affliction, which could lead guys to leave and join on with Affliction anyways.

 

[MTG]

Nah i heard Silva just wants better competition in the UFC. Going to Affliction definitely wont solve those problems.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

^Where did I say he was going to join Affliction? I said he's not happy in UFC, and Dana wont put him where he wants to be. There are rumors that he wants to leave UFC.

 

[Christian]

^He is leaving UFC. I think he has 4 more fights that he's contracted to fight in UFC.. If he gets better competition I'm sure he will stay.. Why wouldn't he?

 

[MTG]

The rumors are that he's planning on retiring after his four next fights.