Fedor Has A Two Million Dollar Price Tag
In the midst of an ongoing effort to sign Fedor Emelianenko, EliteXC live events president Gary Shaw stated yesterday that the Russian wants a reported $2 million dollars per fight if he is to ink with the MMA promotion. Earlier last month a deal had been offered to Emelianenko which seemed generous, but it looks like that was not sufficient for the PrideFC Heavyweight Champion:
“He (Fedor) wants $2 million per fight. We keep going back and forth, but he has to fight soon. It’s been almost 2 years.”
Does this mean that Fedor’s price tag will keep him out of EliteXC? Probably. I really can’t think of anyone crazy enough to spend 2$ million per fight on someone who’s draw is lacking to say the least. Certainly, anyone reading this right now knows the name Emelianenko, but the man does not have a large enough commercial appeal to be worth that kind of money. So from here, one of two things can happen. Either Fedor drops his price tag and reaches an agreement with EliteXC, or the man fights elsewhere for what I’m sure will be nothing less than a small fortune.
Since Emelianenko is still a Russian resident and accustom to fighting in areas like Japan and Europe, it is entirely possible that he will just head back toward that part of the world to compete. Keep in mind Fedor doesn’t even speak English and all of his friends, family, and trainers are back in Russia. Apart from the lure of some serious dollars, what incentive does Fedor have to compete in a U.S. based promotion? And don’t say that he should take less money to compete in the U.S. because we have the better fighters, while that may be true, something tells me Fedor could care less about that aspect of the sport.
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What a joke! Ticket prices would be insane at 2 mill a fight! Who cares about Fedor! Forget about him and let him rot as far as Im concerned!
yes its a shame but i doubt we will ever see fedor in the ufc. i have felt all along that unless someone paid him a silly amount that he would head to back to japan. not even the ufc have ever come close to paying that much out.
All Fedor is now is a publicity, money hungry idiot. It’s is blatantly obvious he doesn’t care about fighting the best fighters! All he cares about is money. What a joke he has become! Stay over in Japan and fight nobody’s…..we don’t need him here! what a joke!
f*** em, his hype and legend are becoming less and less all the time, his holding out for the right money is making him look worse all the time. At one point all I wanted to see was randy and fedor fight, but with all that has happened with these two over the year I could really care less when it takes place. Randy will always be a huge draw no matter where he goes, but fedors lack of fighting quality opponents over the last two years has kinda made him boring. If Fedor really is planning on waiting until someone offers him the money hes looking for like it is explained in this article, he better get vince mcmahon on the phone and see if there is any room for him over there in wwe because no promoter is gonna want to have anything to do with him soonr or later
I think Mark Cuban is crazy enough to pay Fedor $2 million to fight Randy Couture. But that might not happen. Fedor’s legend is dying quickly, at least in the US of A. See ya Fedor.
$2 mill for a guy that 97% of americain could pick out of a crowed? I think he wants to stay “#1″ without having to fight anyone tuff.
fedor is a **** who`s scared to fight top guys
I dont think he is scared, I think he has a misperception that the US grows money on trees.
His price tage will either come down or he will continue making Rubles and dreaming about blue jeans.
No one even comes close to Fedor. The guy beat Mark Coleman without even taking a punch. The guy’s beaten an MMA legend like Rodrigo Nogueira… twice, who by the way happens to be the current UFC champ.
Until and unless the UFC signs top heavyweights like Fedor and Josh Barnett, UFC’s heavyweight division will be a joke. At least Nogueira brought some respectability to it.
Couture has never fought the real heavyweights like Nogueira or Fedor. Captain America my arse…