Fedor's camp wants Brock Lesnar [merged]

Celtic Fan · Nov 19, 2008

M-1 Excecutive Jerry Millen boldy (and rather safely) welcomes a fight between Fedor Emlianenko and Brock Lesnar, saying as much that Fedor would win in the first round. Sure he's probably right, but he's also doing this to draw attention to M-1 and himself because there's little or no chance this fight happens until Fedor signs and exclusive contract with the UFC... which appears like it will never happen so long as Fedor wants to fight in Sambo Tournaments in Russian.
Speaking of which, Fedor lost in the Sambo World cup quarter finals to a Belgian fighter who went on to win the Gold medal and Fedor had to settle for a Bronze medal. It was Fedor's first lost in a Sambo match in 8 years. It should also be noted that Fedor was suffering from the flu and had already beaten the same guy earlier in the year.

Here's M-1 official press release.

M-1's Official Statement on Brock Lesnar's victory

M-1 would like to congratulate Brock Lesnar on his UFC heavyweight title victory as well as acknowledge Randy Couture's return to active competition after a layoff that lasted over a year.

Couture and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko had publicly acknowledged a desire to fight each other multiple times over the course of the past year. While M-1 and Fedor remain interested in a match against Couture, we would also like to publicly state for the record that we would welcome a superfight between Fedor and Lesnar that would be held as a co-promoted event between the UFC, M-1, and Affliction Entertainment.

We've invited the media to speak with us today to not only make it clear we would welcome a Fedor vs. Lesnar matchup but to act in a preemptive fashion to address the possibility that UFC officials will try and position Lesnar as the No. 1 heavyweight in the world, much like they have tried to use a marketing ploy to brand Anderson Silfva as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

In the past, UFC president Dana White and Zuffa, LLC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta have tried to claim that Fedor was "overrated" and that his "record was irrelevant." They make these claims in spite of the fact that Fedor holds career victories over UFC champions past and present. While we have tremendous respect for the contributions Mr. Fertitta and Dana have made to this sport, we do not believe they are sincere in their statements.

It is the position of M-1 that the UFC has adopted an anti-Fedor policy because multiple attempts to sign him have not been fruitful. For a company that has tried to market itself as the number one promotion in the world, they are unable to accept the fact that the number one fighter in the world does not reside on its roster of contracted fighters.

We believe that the UFC has determined that it's much more inexpensive for them to use their marketing resources to use smoke and mirrors to brand a fighter as the pound-for-pound best as opposed to actually paying the pound-for-pound best what he is truly worth on the open market.

While Brock Lesnar is an accomplished athlete and a talented fighter, we do not consider him to be the number one heavyweight in the world. Until someone beats him, we strongly believe that Fedor should continue to be recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. In a match between Fedor and Lesnar, we do not feel that at this stage Lesnar would be able to make it out of the first round.

For those who feel our statements in regards to Fedor are self-serving, we'd like to refer you to a video interview on the website RawVegas.tv in which at his UFC 91 after-party Couture himself acknowledges that "Fedor would probably tear Brock up at this point."

Jerry Millen, M-1 Vice President
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courtesy of MMAJunkie.com

talk about ruining any chance of Fedor ever being in the UFC... then again money always talks loudest

bbwtrench · Nov 19, 2008

Emelianenko's camp calls out Brock Lesnar

www.bjpenn.com/xn/detail/2022293:BlogPost:463524

All I know is, you called out the wrong guy son!!! I doubt Dana will bite since Brock is his new poster boy, but Fedor will murder Lesnar, especially now that he's been called out!!!

speeds · Nov 20, 2008

Two words for this: weak sauce.

Fedor has no business calling out a 3-1 fighter no matter what championship he holds.

I'm convinced Emelianenko's management don't have his best interests in mind and never have.

isrus · Nov 22, 2008

Fedor and Co. Target Lesnar

The line has started to form behind Brock Lesnar and Fedor Emelianenko has joined it.

The world’s top-ranked heavyweight and his team of managers voiced their interest on Tuesday in having the touted Russian meet the newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion in “a co-promoted event between the UFC, M-1, and Affliction Entertainment,” according to a prepared press release.

Lesnar dropped perennial favorite Randy Couture at UFC 91 last Saturday three minutes into the second round with a glancing right hook to the living legend’s neck before pouncing on the six-time champion with a flurry of chopping hammerfists for the stoppage.

Couture (16-9) -- who campaigned for a fight with Emelianenko for nearly a year outside the UFC during a contract dispute -- was down on the scorecards, but gaining momentum after he cut Lesnar over his right eye with an angular punch just a moment before his opponent short-circuited his efforts.

The former WWE champion earned a title shot toting a humble 2-1 professional record, but Lesnar silenced numerous critics who condemned the matchup happening based on popularity more than merit.

“I think Lesnar fought a very smart fight,” Emelianenko told Sherdog.com on Tuesday. “It was very interesting to watch. I think one of his strengths was that -- I was impressed by his speed in the fight. I think just from watching the fight, each fighter was waiting for the other one to make a mistake and I think Lesnar was very fortunate to have caught Randy and prevail.”
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http://sherdog.com/news/articles/fedor-and-co-target-lesnar-15219

I would love to see them fight

C'mon Fedor!

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