M-1 Global wants Fedor vs. Werdum rematch, but says "Vai Cavalo" is in "UFC Prison"
Posted on December 19, 2011, 04:47 PM by Joey Santosus
"At this moment, for us, the key thing is the level of the opponent, and not how much we get paid. I can say that if we were unable to agree with Ishii, we wouldn't participate in this tournament. We had concurrent offers with other DREAM fighters, but this is not for Fedor's level, and we didn't want to have a fight with mediocre fighters, taking a step backwards. We want to be taking steps forward and we will follow this in the future.
We want to have three fights. One in Russia, one in Europe, and one in the USA. We really want to get a rematch with Werdum, but he is locked up in the prison called UFC, and because of that arranging for him to fight Fedor would be very difficult. Dana White is like a dog on hay - he neither eats it himself, nor lets the others eat it. There are many other good fighters, whom we are considering. For instance, Josh Barnett. We need to wait for the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament to end and then we can see how likely it is that we can arrange a fight." - Championat.com (via MMAMania.com)
It's onward and upward only for "The Last Emperor."
Now back in the win column after snapping a three-fight losing streak with a decision victory over Jeff Monson, M-1 Global says they're looking for only the best Heavyweight talent available to fight Fedor Emelianenko. Though his next bout is currently set, a New Year's Eve clash against Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii, M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelchtein expressed interest in a future rematch with Fabrico Werdum, who shocked the MMA world by submitting Emelianenko in just 69 seconds back in 2010, or a fight against former UFC Champion Josh Barnett.
While Finkelchtein acknowledges the potential obstacles to be encountered in putting those match-ups together, namely the fact that both competitors are curretly contracted by ZUFFA, he remains hopeful that one or the other may break free from the "prison called UFC." So, what do you think LowKick'ers? Is there any chance that either fight materializes, or are we more likely to see Bob Reilly cageside at a UFC event?
Further Reading: Photo Gallery: Satoshi Ishii trains at Black House for Fedor Emelianenko fight
Photo: Francis Specker

Comments
I really like fedor as a person and a fighter. But i hate his management.
ironically its Fedor who is in "M-1 Global prison"
you guys dont know. But M1 Global is actually a good fighting organisation . they put on great fights in russia. In the UFC ,all the fighters know each other well so they fight with game plan. But in M1 events , the fighters are not very famous , so people dont have that many tapes of each other past fights. So the fighters dont have game plans, they just get in the ring and bang.
And those fights are more like "spontaneous & Genuine" .
Athletes in M1 fight only with their killer instinct and reflexes. Like a real street fight. No game plan , they dont study their oppponent to try to predict their actions. They just fight on the moment ,like if there were meeting their opponent in the street. And let me tell you that those fights are much more exciting than well calculated game plan fights...
I like watching two male chickens fight each other. No game plan, just fighting in the moment, totally spontaneous and genuine because the chicken is surprised another chicken is thrown in out of nowhere trying to invade his territory.
Chickens are the true warriors
(Would call them by the real term, but it would be bleeped out, so male chickens it is)
Let me pull it together and wipe the drool off my chin from laughing so hard at DLS, BUT what your saying gangsta is M-1 has no top fighters that have a single friend with a video camera, or no-one who is fighting a top fighter would want to see their style before they fight. .....hmmm..
"At this moment, for us, the key thing is the level of the opponent, and not how much we get paid." -- That's an easy strategy to have after you bankrupted your client's brand and image.
I wish Fedor the best of luck, and better management.
that reply was pure gold, thanks Nick
...well, he is not dead though. KJI aint brainwashing nobody any more. now the U.S. is in the lead for brainwashing citizens, lol.
I assure you, it's not U.S. citizens that are brainwashed, its those who believe what they are told about the United States, though they've never lived there or experienced freedom and capitalism for themselves.
I live in the US. I was born and raised here. If you believe that freedom and capitalism can coexist then you have been brainwashed.
You tube or google :zeitgeist and 9 11 blueprinth for truth, documanturies, last is made by 1500 american engineers, technics and rescue workers, u.s got some big rotten apples in the basket !
After seeing these my world view changed big time, before weaking me take a look, don't stay ignorant.
America is a great country but also a world dominator, not because it's so bad out there, it's because of oil and power.
Infinite Enema... perfect name for you, your mouth and asss just keep running.
the patriotic fervor is proof of it all, you can tell an ego has been comprimised by such techniques, when one replies with attack. there is more than enough brainwashing here, you are a blind hill billy if you think otherwise.
Infinite, most people dont respond well to bashing their country. 2ndly, please list your country under your profile before you take liberties bashing the US. 3rd, if an ego wasn't compromised, you wouldnt have replied AGAIN
I am from the US.
I also served in the USAF...and have studied psychology. Yes , brainwashing by governments exists in many places. This country is not exempt. Just turn on the media , especially during the Bush administration, its very apparent. I was making a little joke above, didnt mean to start a flame war.
Barnett is not going to give up his chance to get into the UFC for a fight with Fedor. Because we all know if he took that Fedor fight, Dana is not gonna sign him into the UFC.
Barnett would just be another loss on his record anyways.
Fedor who crush barnett man ! Just wait ad see if this fight happens
why do u say that? they have the same fights in preety much the same organisations, barnett only lost to crocop rizzo and nogueira all legends while fedor lost to hendo bigfoot werdum and koshaka. Thats only 1 legend who is also smaller than him.
Dont get me wrong i love Fedor but dont count Barnett out just coz he looks like a prick:P
Откуда вас понабрали??? Уж лучше молчал бы, реально провоцируешь народ на ненависть к М-1.
Wow...Monson was high level...Now this next fight with some Japanese fighter...weak...... How can these nuckleheads say we want to fighter Fedor with top level competition....
Easy competition ! Im getting pissed when I read people who dont even compete saying stuff like that.
Would you be able to compete in the ADCC like Monson ? Or win an Olympic Medal in Judo ?
I dont think so ,so shut up. Even the weaker Professional mma fighter would destroy you in a street fight
Thank you so much for manifesting my thoughts, lol. When I read "high level" I was thinking- "Are we in the same universe?" Back to handpicking opponents we go to build up an amazing win streak. No rational human beings are buying the hype anymore.
Relax man, they are saying...how can you be top ten if you dont fight top ten opponents. Deep down most of loved seeing Fedor fight back in the day..emphasis on back in the day. no offence.
Gangsta --- the question isn't whether one of us knuckleheads can beat Ishii in a fight. The question is whether he's top competition - and the answer is no to both.
To be fair, Fedor doesn't deserve top competition right now anyway. What's unfortunate is even if he gets back to his winning ways, his management will prevent him from ever facing legit competition ever again.
How about Fedor being locked up in the prison called M-1 Global?
Pathetic
You sure are.
thanks for acknowledging me, i believe that you having to comment on me is just a tad bit more "pathetic".... just a tad bit... just a little bit... just a tad bit. Douche Bag
yea, he likes to do "drive-by" insults with one or 2 words, that alone probably strains his vocabulary. He also seems to have pubic hair envy. Im not sure who threw the first stone, but I found a boulder and its ready.
Chuck it. My Skin's thick.
lol, good! because it has some sharp edges!
If he is in "prison" then they should lock Fedor in there with him if you catch my drift....
no, this is just weird
UFC prison? lmao I think its more relevant to say Fedor is in seclusion and his poor performances put him there. Do those morons even remember being offered big bucks by the UFC and now we have to hear them whine and cry. What a joke, Finkledork needs to get lost.
5 million per fight is a terrible offer
That contract that was leaked by UFC was bogus. It was a PR move to discredit M-1 and Fedor after negotiations failed. If Dana soften up a bit Fedor would be in the UFC.
I have to believe Dana when he said it the most hes ever paid a fighter if the deal gets done. Sooo......
Of course that was a bulla offer. he's never offered any fighter that amount for any fight. he was desperate to beef up the HW division as it was so thin but even with that he wouldn't have offered $5M. But the haters like to hate and DW likes to feed them. World's full of them I suppose.
Man, for how long is this going on? So long it has become my personal MMA canker sore.
Pinkelstain, why u no follow simple rule?
♥ "make a deal OR get over it" ♥
Im waiting for M-1Global Gangsta to come in here and explode.
It is true. The contracts that UFC fighters are expected to sign are very lopsided and indeed imprison the fighter. I would not sign one and neither should Fedor. He is already the GOAT, what does he have to prove? Fedor will be remembered long after Dana's name has become irrelevant. Many guys say Fedor is done (as if he was expected for him to beat everybody for 150 years), but all his fights are eagerly awaited. If no one is interested why is everyone watching? Anyway, what UFC trolls have to say has never interested me.
Dana White will be far more known then Fedor Emelianenko when we are all long gone. Dana White has made MMA what it is today, not Fedor. I'm sorry that you have Fedors **** so far into your head (either it be in your mouth or your ears, possibly your eyes too) that you can actually sit there and write a comment like that, and actually believe what you are writing. What a joke.
Hunter youo are such a pathetic fool. Dana has made UFC what it is today, not MMA. The fighters make MMA today what it is and the fans and all the MMA promotions over the last few decades that have pushed this sport forward.
Credit to Dana for what he has done, the UFC has put on some great matches, countless fights with some of the best fighters on the planet, but if in your tiny mind you think MMA = UFC then carry on clinging to DW's nuts, I'm sure you will find a snug spot among his hairy dangleberries.
PS; So long as UFC remains successful the name DW will carry down the years as a founding father of the promotion, but Fedor's name is already cemented in history that will endure regardless of what happens to the UFC.
The UFC ala Dana White is what made MMA the world wide phenomenon it is at this point. I'm sorry if you are this delusional to not realize that. No one else has the money to back up such a world class show. Others have tried and failed countless times. Pride was bought out because they were going Bankrupt, not because they just wanted to sell their company. It was discontinued because the Japanese audience would not support a company based out of another country.
And if you are going to call ME pathetic, i can just go look back at your previous posts for a good laugh. You have Michael Bispings Unit so far into your body, that he is literally playing you as his personal "Wanker" puppet, perhaps even using you as a condom. You make irrational statements constantly that are only found with others that have ridiculous bias British opinions.
Get your head out of your ass boy. Dana White has invested so much time and money into MMA its un real. Every sport has to have an "NFL" ,"NBA", "Barclays", "NHL" ,"Spanish Liga" and so on.
The UFC is the top of the heap in MMA, and it didn't just get their on its own. Fedor is one fighter out of thousands. And if i didnt at least make my point seen on where im coming from, then I'm sorry. But you are the pathetic joker to even start a sentence calling me a fool.
Get back to work pleasing Michael Bisping.
True somewhat, keep in mind the UFC is still young and not past its prime or managed by Finkledork. White's fame>Fedor in years to come.
UFC is a MMA prison and always was and you have to be stupid not to see that.UFC fighters are treated like slave exept you are champion.SF was geting beter than UFC how you deal with Casino bosses Italian mafia
Where can I sign up to ba a UFC slave and become a millionaire?
Exactly. If you are a UFC fighter you have to fight whoever they put in front of you, when they tell you and for whatever money they feel like paying. If you lose, even 1 in a row, or make a comment on twitter, or happen to dislike Dana's shoes, you are done. If you are a journalist brave enough to write sth negative about the UFC you do not get accredited. There must be a word for that... totalitarism? Monopolism? Bad upbringing?
Bob Reilly Is on his wayyyyyyyy to the ufc!!
Oh and I,m still pretty sure 5 mill was all rumor. And to Keyboard Contender. I don't catch your drift one bit?
Well GSP says he makes about 4-5 million a fight now so with Fedors aura at the time he may have been offered as much just so Dana could settle the dispute of the heavies.
It is sad that Finklestien said this. Not that it isn't true to some extent but because it poisons any possible future negotiations before they start. Unfortunately Zuffa owns all of the top HWs at this time. If Fedor wants to make a return to the top spot he needs to fight For Zuffa. If they really only care about legacy now then they need to play nice and accept as fair of a deal as Dana will give them. At Fedor's age he can with dedication make the top slot one more time before retiring. It doesn't matter if Zuffa locks him in there because that is where the top HWs are and they still will be when Fedor retires.
I choke people is right....I mean the guy named I choke people, because choking people isn't right........right?
That was incoherent. Even you don't know what you meant.
I don't see Fedor coming to the UFC. A more realistic means of Fedor fighting Barnett is by offering him a match after Dana White dumps his ass on the curb somewhere. White does not like Barnett.
Them guys at M-1 are confused between "prison" and "kingdom".
This is what happens when some dorks think they are bigger than a sport, nobody wins. Money is a beautiful thing, nothing like a feel of fresh cotton paper.
Bad mouthing the UFC will get Fedor & M-1 nowhere. Fedor should try to join Bellator. He's fought many times in the tourney style match ups that Bellator employs.
no disrespect to fedor but f.... these comments. they should have gone for the rematch right after the lose but they want to hold out for money, be difficult with when,where, and who they are going to fight. No one is waiting for them or willing to bend to their nonsense. No things have moved on and he has lost now they have bargaining power and look like jackasses!!!! especially when they try to drum up interst with these type of comments lol!
M1, should stay of the pipe !!!
Or : lay of the pipe ? (i'm dutch forgive me)
I think Fedors managers are very detrimental to his career why not just signed with the UFC if they want quality fighters to fight Fedor? or just sign up with Zuffa go Strikeforce or UFC..