Mousasi Will Honor Strikeforce Contract, Rumored Cease and Desist Won’t Derail August 15 Matchup With “Babalu”
A Strikeforce light heavyweight championship bout between title-holder Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Gegard Mousasi remains on the August 15 “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” card despite a reported cease and desist letter sent to the promotion by the UFC and rumors that Mousasi was misled by his M-1 Global management about the UFC’s contract offer to the former DREAM champ.
Mousasi recently spoke with Fighters Only and says he plans on honoring his Strikeforce deal, but declined to comment on the allegations surrounding M-1:
Gegard Mousasi has said he will honour his agreement with Strikeforce following recent reports that his management had misled him about the amount of money the UFC had offered him for his services.
“I am fighting in Strikeforce now and Scott has always been honest to me,” Mousasi told Fighters Only today. “I have a contract with Strikeforce and I am going to honor that.”
The DREAM double-champion then said that he did not wish to comment on allegations that his management had misled him about the value of the UFC offer.
Details on the cease and desist have not yet surfaced, though its believed to be a result of the UFC’s recent “collaboration” with Affliction that saw it acquire many of the former promotion’s contracted fighters. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker made mention of the situation during a radio appearance earlier this week, saying that Mousasi is under contract with Strikeforce and will fight Sobral at the August 15 event as announced.
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M-1 lied about what the UFC would offer to keep him from going there? I’m stunned by this…
Hey, I wonder what they told Fedor the offer from the UFC was worth.
Yeah, this seriously raises questions surrounding M~1’s credibility to their fighters. These guys are a huge eff-ing joke and a disgrace. The Don King of MMA.
F~Finkledinkle – FR702
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had too, thx for the sig on your comment
I agree completely. It’s a joke and Fedor got fooled.
i don’t think they would risk lieing to Fedor, his deal was pretty puplic!
They only had to lie for a couple days. Especially if his English is bad.
Yeah, but its not like Fedor speaks English, and I highly doubt that Finkledouchestein would have allowed one of their parasitic posse that might speak English to translate it for him.
I posted this before, but I think the UFC’s best option to communicate directly with Fedor was to hire one of the estimated 10,000+ Russian models/strippers/escorts/hookers working in and around the Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas area, and pay her to present the actual terms of the contract to Fedor during some night out on the town.
I mean, sure, these M-1 Global d-bags may in fact be mobsters, but they sure as sh!t aren’t monks.
Look at it realistically. There is no way on God’s green Earth that guys THAT fugly are getting any play unless they pay for it.
Near as I can determine, neither Dana White nor either of the Fertitas have spoken directly to Fedor regarding their contract tender, as everything is handled by Finkledouchestein.
That was the UFC’s first mistake.
They should have insisted that Fedor was present at ALL negotiations, and the UFC should have paid a pair if translators to be present and insure that Fedor was getting the straight scoop.
Thankfully Fedor is out of the UFC picture, hopefully for good, and now they can move onto signing some more talent, such as Mousasi.
Also, I’m curious as to if anyone has any concrete information as to how many fights Mousasi is obligated to Strikeforce for?
M-1 is a joke
Fedor and Mousasi are the best out there. If M-1 didnt have either of them M-1 would be in the dumps…Fedor isnt the brightest bulb in the room by turning down the A-Rod deal of MMA. Just sick of Fedor and M-1 claiming over and over that he (Fedor) and M-1 want him to fight the best…Strikeforce? HA!!
Evidence pointing in the direction that the fine gentlemen at M-1 Global are conducting their business dealings in an underhanded and shady fashion? Preposterous I tell ya, pure blasphemy!
The degree I’m NOT stunned by that relevant is only exceeded by the surprise I have at the shocking spelling some people have.
The truth is if Dana White and the Fertitas really wanted to screw the pooch on this M-1 Global thing, they’d reach out to a friend of a friend of a friend who works in the Justice Department, if you follow, and have them open up an investigation, or at the very least a flagged file, into the dealings of M-1 Global as they may relate to the ongoing Russian organized crime investigations going on in New York, Chicago, New Jersey, and California.
I’m not saying that Zuffa should do this, but if Finkledouchestein thinks that he’s going to set up shop in North America free and clear and hide behind Strikeforce to do it, a DoJ enquiry will give Fink and his other silent Russian businessmen partners something else to think about…
yeah ….. and someone who owns a casino(even half) at such a relative young age in vegas isnt ????? Might want to think that one over …….. I am a sucessful guy in my own right in business and if it takes money to make money where did the “Fertita” fortune arrive from ????? Dont forget there is an Italian Mafia too Jcol
Dr doom – seriously?
An Italian mafia?
You’re reminding a guy that has lived and worked in and around Las Vegas for more than half his life about the existence of Italian organized crime?
And I also know a thing or two about running a successful business. My partners and I have been doing it for four years now, and thankfully even in this sh!t-awful economy we’re doing relatively well.
Seriously, thats what I meant by reaching out to a friend of a friend of a friend of the DoJ, apologies if that reference was too obtuse. Its pretty well known by those that follow the OC [organized crime] scene that the Italian Mafia, or what is left of it these days, has helped out the Justice Department in terms of informing them of the illegal activities of other immigrant groups, first and foremost the so-called Russian Mob, or Red Mafia.
Also, I certainly don’t think its necessary for Zuffa to swerve M-1 Global, or any aspects of the Strikeforce Alliance, with the help of the authorities. They straight up have the Vegas clout, and the UFC’s top of the food chain MMA status, to deal with this thing head-on.
I’m not expecting any sort of turf war, and as I’ve previously posted IMO it doesn’t matter if ALL of the smaller surviving promotions [Strikeforce, M-1 Global, DREAM, Bellator, NAGA Reality Fighting, etc.] entered into some sort of mutually beneficial MMA coalition.
They simply can’t touch the UFC in terms of being number one in their chosen areas of operation, and can’t match the resources the UFC currently have at their disposal to maintain their number one status.
Where the Strikeforce Alliance CAN match the UFC is in leadership, as Scott Coker is a real player in thie sport, and has been for a long time.
What they also can do is carve a nice niche for themselves outside of areas not currently under UFC control, so to speak, and thrive within those areas without actually going head to head.
What this Strikeforce Alliance can also do is benefit the sport by further promoting it, staging more events with more fighters so more people can be exposed to it, and being a constant reminder to the UFC that if they slip up or decide to pop on the cruise control, they stand to lose and the Strikeforce Alliance stands to gain.
As all the fans do.
I’m pulling for the Strikeforce Alliance to be a success, and to cut M-1 Global out of the picture as soon as they raid their talent and Fedor slips up and turns Brett Rogers into the MMA equivalent of Buster Douglass…
Why do I suddenly have flashbacks to Golden Eye when Bond is forced to listen to Minnie Driver sing “Stand By Your Man”?
I can’t add anything that anyone else hasn’t already said about M-1 and their ridiculous business practices. I can only hope now that Fedor has a misstep & runs into a straight right a little to quickly (a la Arlovski v Fedor) & all of this “best fighter in the world” crap is finally over.
I dont think mousasi was under contract with M-1 or affliction . It was going to be a one time fight as he is obligated with his DREAM contract and has to fight once more for them in the superhulk tournament . But with the Strikeforce deal with Dream he should be all theirs for the time being .
How this guy isn’t already in the UFC is a mystery to me.
He’s won 15 of his last 16 fights in the last 3 years over all different types of competitors, so clearly the guy can hang.
Not that I begrudge the Strikeforce Alliance his services, but if the guy wants to compete against the best in the world at 205, well, you know the deal.
I look forward to seeing Mousasi on the 15th against Babalu, and really look forward to seeing where he goes from there…
Call me the bad guy here, but could this be a ploy by the UFC already, to derail/disrupt Strikeforce? Do they really know what was told to Mousasi. We should all know by now that the 5 million per fight for Fedor was not true. It was based on a PPV cut that was over estimated. Not taking sides would be the more prudent thing to do, but if I was the UFC and wanted to stop a fight on the 15th with a guy I wanted to sign, how about sending a cease and desist letter and see if Strikeforce is stupid enough to pull him from the card. Just a thought! The UFC, if serious about this, would have gone to court and gotten an injuntion from a judge and stopped the fight, not a letter from a UFC lawyer, don’t you think? Allot of smoke and mirrors if you ask me.
With these two and Souza, the light heavyweight division is looking up.
souza is a middleweight