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M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
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Author:  DNial [ Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
Ten days after Fedor Emelianenko lost to Fabricio Werdum, Fedor's promotional organization M-1 Global is in disarray as it attempts to adjust to a world in which Fedor is no longer considered the best fighter in MMA.

Specifically, sources with knowledge of the situation say M-1 Global has closed its head office in the Netherlands, that some of M-1's investors have already cut ties with the organization, that officials within M-1 know they've lost most of their negotiating power, and that overall, according to one source, the people at M-1 are "panicking."

Some details:

Netherlands office: Although M-1 Global was widely perceived in the United States as a Russian company because of its close ties to Fedor, it actually considered its office in the Netherlands to be the global headquarters. But that's not the case anymore, as the Netherlands office has ceased to exist. M-1 Global knows it can't count on as much income from Fedor in the future as it could in the past, and closing the Netherlands office was a cost-cutting move. As mixfight.nl first reported, the employees of M -1 Netherlands no longer work with the organization, although it's not clear what will happen to Dutch fighters with M-1 contracts.

Losing investors: During Fedor's reign as the sport's heavyweight king, M-1 Global had some wealthy businessmen it could count on when it needed an infusion of cash. Basically, these were businessmen who were willing to lose money on an investment in M-1 just because they liked being associated with the toughest man in the world. But Fedor no longer has that allure, and as a result those investors have signaled to M-1 that they won't be infusing any more cash in the promotion.

Contract negotiations: For the last couple of years, M-1's negotiating stance has been, essentially, "We've got Fedor, and the only way you can get him is to give in to all of our demands. Take it or leave it." That worked with both Affliction and Strikeforce, because both desperately wanted the man who was generally recognized as the heavyweight champion of mixed martial arts. But now that Fedor isn't at the top of the sport anymore, the "take it or leave it" stance simply won't work. M-1 Global and Fedor had a three-fight contract with Strikeforce, and after the first fight, against Brett Rogers, M-1 went to Strikeforce and demanded some additional concessions before booking the second fight. If Fedor had beaten Werdum, you can bet more concessions would have been made to get Fedor into the third fight of his deal. Now, if anything, it's going to be Strikeforce demanding that M-1 make concessions before a third fight can get booked.

Panic: Fedor never viewed himself as unbeatable, but the people around him were banking on him continuing to win every single fight for years to come -- and they didn't have much of a backup plan in case he lost. Now that he has lost, the people around Fedor are panicking. Fedor himself wants to get back to the business of fighting, but the rest of the people at M-1 Global don't know if they have a business to get back to.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/07/0...sms_ss=twitter
Author:  Jason123420 [ Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
Hopefully we will get to see Fedor in the UFC after all.
Author:  DNial [ Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
After reading this topic (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2008) I doubt that will happen. I have to agree with White here.
Author:  LARMORE [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
Fedor is absolutely worthless to the UFC. M-1 has lost a ton of their strong-hold negotiation power with Fedor's loss. M-1 has had it coming for a long time.
Author:  3X [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
Emelianenko Was sippin On Sum JDS (Japanese Dishwashing Soap Not Junior Dos Santos) hundred Proof
He Was So F***3D Up He Left His Arm In Fabricio Guard The Whole Time
Image

IMO He Lost That Fight On Purpose :!: :!: :!:
The UFC Will Scoop Him Up Regardless If Emelianenko Wants
Author:  Dent [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
3X wrote:
Emelianenko Was sippin On Sum JDS (Japanese Dishwashing Soap Not Junior Dos Santos) hundred Proof
He Was So F***3D Up He Left His Arm In Fabricio Guard The Whole Time
Image

IMO He Lost That Fight On Purpose :!: :!: :!:
The UFC Will Scoop Him Up Regardless If Emelianenko Wants



Yeah I also have a feeling that UFC could get fedor in the end. I think fedor was surrounded by idiots that dont have a clue of how the fight business works and that just wanted to parasite on his fame. He will be better off without them. He should train in some gym in US for a while and learn some new techniques. Nothing wrong with what he knows but to beat the "enemy" you need to know them and in the russian woods he's not gonna meet a lot american wrestlers or brazilian bjj's...
Author:  jitsuka [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
the UFC will get him now for sure, but for a lot less than what they were offering before. i think it was 30 mil for like 6 fights or something.
Author:  Dragonfoxy [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
To me it seems that Fedor is just not that keen on fighting anymore. Like in the Rocky movies he is missing the eye of the tiger. That is why I doubt that he will go to the UFC. He probably will just go and have that last fight at SF and retire.

Besides after what Dana said I doubt he will contract Fedor and if I was Fedor I would not even want to go to the UFC unless I really knew I would beat the crap out of the others. So only reason would be revenge to what Dana said.
Author:  autopi0ton [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
Ya I agree. Who knows if he even wants to fight anymore. He doesn't seem to into it anymore.
Author:  jnrpepaseed [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: M-1 Global Closes Head Office, 'Panicking' After Fedor's Los
I m at the fuck fedor point now which is sad....his last 5 opponents have been 2 nd rate and he should have gone in ufc 3 years ago cleaned up retired the greatest.
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