Fedor Emelianenko Signs Deal With BEST For “Fighting Fedor” Reality Series
Blue Entertainment Sports Television (BEST – www.experienceBEST.com) today announced the signing of top ranked Russian MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko within their Fight Sports/MMA division. The world’s undisputed top heavyweight fighter, Fedor will look to BEST for his various marketing and television deals. In addition, BEST is the US representative of M-1 Global and will assist the company in television, sponsorships and strategic partnerships as well as promoting other M-1 fighters. Fedor joins the likes of fellow fighter Houston Alexander as well as A-list athletes such as Andy Roddick, Rasheed Wallace and Reggie Bush.
“I have been blessed with great success in my career and I’m excited to work with another company that also as similar drive,†says Fedor Emelianenko. “BEST is leading the industry in innovative branding for their clients and I am confident that they will assist me in reaching the next level.â€
Fedor most recently became the first-ever W.A.M.M.A. heavyweight champion by beating former UFC Champion Tim Silvia in a surprising 36 second match which is largely recognized to be a classic in MMA history. The last person to hold the PRIDE heavyweight championship, Fedor made the unique choice to forego the largest promoter of mixed martial arts, the UFC, and sign a three fight deal with Affliction Promotions. Fedor has consistently made headlines with his unmatched talent and ability within the sport.
M-1 Global and BEST will launch a Fedor reality show entitled “Fighting Fedor†later this year to give an aspiring fighter the chance to train at the fabled Red Devil Fight Club in St Petersburg, Russia. The winner of the series will get the opportunity to fight Fedor. BEST will be also be distributing the M-1 Challenge worldwide this coming year, a series of 22 one-hour HD shows of the nation vs. nation mixed martial arts competition. The next challenge will take place in Korea.
“We are thrilled to be working with Fedor as he continuously showcases his growth in talent and success within the MMA space, “ says Dennis Spencer, Executive Vice President, BEST Television. “We look forward to building his marketability and presence within the United States and abroad as he defends his position at the top spot.â€
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if you want to take it to the next level come and fight in the ufc, most people think affliction is a joke so in my eyes that makes the fighters in affliction a joke, fedor is a jackass most english fans have not heared of him never mind see him fight, all he had to do was come to the ufc and win the uk fans over with his skills, sadley tho hes gone with affliction which we dont get to see, so to us hes just a jackass whos not in the top mma firm in the world which is the ufc!
if i hadn’t discovered this site i wouldn’t of even known the was another any other firm then the ufc just like most uk fans who dont come on the net, i no people that think if ur not in the ufc u haven’t made it, i can see were there coming from with that statement even tho if they said it on here they’d get bashed to hell and back, but the only mma show we see avertised on telly is the ufc so until the other firms can break that barrier most fans will not no any diffrent.
Ok, Johnboy you really make some good points, wait, no, not really. Let’s see, Fedor is making more money than he ever would in the UFC, check. Fedor is getting to take part in reality television that isn’t produced, owned, and advertised solely by and for the use by the UFC, check. Fedor has the opportunity to fight many HWs that he hasn’t already defeated many times (Big Nog), check. I have to say it is a shame that UK fans don’t know who Fedor is, but I guess that means they are probably not MMA fans anyway, but only UFC fans. AND, one more thing in the USA, we spell it know (not no).
look at u guys jump straight on the hardcore mma fan thing again u make me laugh, im not sayin i dont no who fedor is cause i no who he is, what im saying is the new fans who r getting into the ufc wont no who he is cause all we get over here is the ufc, so for fedor to make himself more known he should of gone to the ufc, its guys like u two y this sport will not grow as quickly as it should instead of bashing me u should of told me just who fedor is and what hes all about, but no try to make out ur hardcore mma fans to impress every1,
wow so everyone is fighting over fedor…yaa!
but whats with all the talk of fedor could beat lesnar man come on…i really think lesnar could beat him…i mean fedor cant armbar lesnar..not with gigantic shoulders..i would be a good fight!
ur a brave man saying that gun u will get hit with the hardcore mma fan thing soon good luck hope u dont get upset like i did
GUNSLINGER:
its crazy to think that and people may think your nuts and smoking some good sh1t. but man i honestly think so to… brock is gonna be a champ soon and a dominate one… i didn’t like the fact that a wwe star was comin over to mma… but he has stepped up… and he can do his thang…
i also think brock will be very hard to stop, but again we still haven’t seen him get hit, but maybe hes that good that no1 can hit him, if brock can learn good ground an pound then he will be unstoppable his wrestling is world class he can take any1 down,
Fedor is phenominal bottom line, and i think Finkelstein (however u spell it) is the reason that Fedor isnt in the UFC and the fact that i guess Dana doesnt want him to fight Combat Sambo…. if Finky and Fedor want to make their own show so be whynot if its only about the money that imo would be sad…. i do want to see Fedor fight Josh Barnett, and AA….. but unfortunately just like when he was in PRIDE and couldnt fight in the GP he hurt his hand sooo it will be awhile til we see him fight….
well hes pulling bill goldberg with the spear… there really not technal take downs…. but your right he hasn’t been hit. he needs be able to advantage of the dominate positions were you didn’t feel he needed to with herring. but he need more technique in my opinion
i see this alot IMO what the hell does it mean/stand for???
Brock is a beast agreed, i dont think he could take Fedor just yet perhaps in a year or two let Brock fight Kongo then if he beats him then let him get kicked in the head by CC then we shall see if he can take a kick or a punch or next bout for him perhaps should be against GG in Dec
In My Opionion~~JOHNBOY
As an athlete this is good for Fedor and as MMA fans we should all be happy for his success. I don’t believer he is a sell out. What is a sell out anyway? Someone who succeeds and makes money?
John,
If Fedor “truly” loves to fight he will eventually be in the UFC. That is unless he makes so much money he no longer wishes to fight. Truth be told, Elite and Affliction will go out of business. They will……just wait and see…….
Fedor/Brock 2015
The idea of a reality show is dumb. The winner get’s to fight the #1 heavy weight in the world? I feel sorry for him. That’s almost as bad as taking a TUF winner and putting right in there with Anderson Silva.
just so everyone knows i was being sarcastic about the fedor/lesnar comment
Bold statement gunslinger you are entitled to your opinion,but i think fedor would go through him quicker than you could spell emelienko.fedor has always fought smaller opponents.
now that i think about it though i actually think brock would have a chance at beating fedor…..i used to think fedor was one of the fastest heavyweights but brock is like the flash..plus beating heath heering in his third fight ever…no fighter has ever done something to that caliber before!
he has fought 7″5 giant guy… and submitted him
stick to your guns gunslinger brock could fight and beat anyone, dont belive me? watch his last fight!
Kouch the problem with elite/affliction going under is not as much competion for ufc.Only reason we got to see the best fighter in the world for free[silva]is because affliction had there fight the same night.At least it seamed that way.You didn’t say weather you cared either way what’s your take,good or bad?
yz fedor may have beatin 7″ 5′ guys before but they arent as big as lesnar in sheer size and width…i mean everyone at MFS said that his shoulders are so big you cant armbar him and his neck is so big you cant rnc him….plus did you hear the size gloves he wears XXXXL that crazy he has hams for hands…..i hate fedor always have and when he finally does lose again i will laugh at all the fedor fans…just as i was laughed at after james irvin was raped by silva!
im with you on this one gunslinger… i think brock can beat him. tha guy is a beast. and i hate fedor too
Randy mite be a contestant lololol
I’m amazed that you guys think lesner proved him self after 1 fight.Not to mention it was against herring and he didn’t even finish him.Do you possibly think he could keep fedor down the hole time?Not to mention the lack of experience.I respect your opinion,just seems a little out there.Maybe you should watch a few more fedor fights before you rush to judgement.
WOW dabiz…i didn’t mean to put you on tilt. I did say i respect your opinion.
Brocks arms are too big. Ha. Fedor beat Zuluzinho and Hong Man-Choi in a combined 2:00. Nobody is too big for Fedor. If there’s honestly anyone here who thinks Brock would stand the slightest chance of winning this fight [any period in the next 3-4 years], give your head a shake. Eventually, yes, I do feel that Lesnar would have a chance, but this is the best p4p fighter in the entire world.
besides taking an illegal elbow and opening up a cut on the top of his head, fedor HAS NEVER LOST. Brocks wrestling is great, but his ground game is kind of missing….
I’m a huge Lesnar fan, but just because I love the UFC and respect that the best fighters in the world come to the UFC, it’s just not true regarding the HW division. Eventually, yes affliction will fold, and MAYBE one day, Dana will get a contract written up with Fedor, but I won’t hold my breath.
I think if I had to choose one fighter to go the rest of his career without a loss, I’d choose Fedor. I don’t think it will happen, but if there’s one guy that could do it, Fedor’s the man.
OHHH sarcasm i get it…no i dont please give me the webster dictionary definition.So i don’t get YELLED at anymore.
Good for Fedor. I’m glad he didn’t sign some nazi UFC contract because he would be extremely limited in what he could do with his life. Do what you want Fedor. Kudos!
My big thing is, Fedor (for all his ability) is just a very very boring guy. Even when he was dominating in Japan, he wasn’t the favorite fighter. Wanderlei, Rampage, and Cro cop were. He has zero personality, he is Ivan Drago from Rocky 4. And that’s what I want to see in a reality show. Plus Bodog tried this gimmick before (it was on USA) and no one watched. Which is one reason you can’t make him the face of your company, he just isn’t that big of a draw. And its not just him Anderson Silva has become so good, he doesn’t draw nearly as well as GSP, BJ, or Rampage. Sometimes beating your opponents skull in, in 20 seconds isn’t the best for the sport.
Affliction fighters arn’t jokes some are washed up but how can you call Fedor,Arlovski, and Barnett jokes. Tito…. maybe. well probably. Definitely doesnt deserve the biggest MMA contract of all time.
Haha I always love the guys that have nothing to say, so they just go into random insults. Could I make a bunch of stereotypic slurs about the UK? Yes very easily. But that’s not what this site is for. So grow up, if u have nothing to say just ignore the post. Fedor isn’t a draw, that’s all I said. His PPV numbers are laughable. 100K buys for his big US debut. 50K buys for one of the 1st pride cards on US soil. And its a fact, Pride fans were more excited to see Wanderlei fight than him. Does he have a personailty? NO. Which lead me to ask why would anyone want to watch this? This last Ultimate fighter had arguably the best fights. But I bet it didn’t draw that well, cause Forrest and Rampage weren’t as entertaining as Tito and Ken (which in my opinion is the best season, as far as UF goes) .
1st boring is boring he has no personailty. And he’s a boring fighter cause he is so good. He stalks his opponent hits them, takes them down and gets them in an arm bar, this is 90% of his fights. Is it his fault no one is at his level? No, but that doesn’t make him anymore interesting. And like I said his PPV numbers speak for themselves. And that is the same reason his show won’t do well. Its not a matter about only appreciating a standup war, Damian Maia was a great fight and it was a BJJ match for the most part. The masses want drama and he hasent found anyone that can test him and give him the challenge he needs to make his fight edge of the seat interesting. And no its not a UFC homer thing, like I said Anderson Silva had the same problem. He doesn’t draw as well cause he destroys everyone in front of him.
As for the TUF reference its what Fedor’s show is trying to be. So like this years TUF show, no one cares if the coaches aren’t interesting. And despite the fact that the fights were much better than past years, rating were down cause Rampage and Forrest have no history and despite being funny guys there wasn’t much draw from.
I feel bad for the stupid bas tard that wins that show.You get to fight fedor sounds fun.
Wes Simms is going to win the show, haha
This show really has the stupidest premise. So we are gonna believe that any of the D league fighters, fighting in some remote random org is gonna have a shot at beating fedor? Just cause they beat some other random dude from the middle of no where. My question is what’s the point? we know they won’t beat fedor, making the show pointless. What might be more interesting is if they assemble all the guys and have them run out to the ring 1 after another every 2 minutes. Kinda like the WWE royal rumble, that might make it fair.
LOL at FR702 I could see that sham wes sim, winning.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Fedor wood never beat Brock lesnar , brock is to powerful and to fast.. **** FEDOR
WTF are you all talking about? you still haven’t seen brock hit by a p4p fighter? his last fight was totally boring! it was just a one lucky punch! yes he is big but he can’t finish a fight he is a big moron and dumb like all his supporters! he should stick to WWE i can’t see no future for brock he is just a freak show and he can’t make it to the top 10! fedor would just knock brock in 1rd no doubt about it or break this guys bones or choke brock to death!! come on brock fight in affliction you bastard! if you want to test your skills fight the number 1 HW in the world!!
I get what aznstar is trying to say, take Floyd Mayweather. Widely regarded as the best boxer on the planet, never lost a fight. Not like Fedor who has lost, be it leagle blow or not Mayweather has NEVER LOST!!. But do people wanna watch him fight? No because he’s so good it’s boring. you can’t hit him and he never really lets it all hang out. People want to see fighters like Hatton, or Tyson who look like killers. The sort of guys who’s style is I’m gonna****ing thump you, you thump me first to die loses. That’s the point he’s making. Tim Sylvia was HW champ why did the UFC let him go?, Because he’s as exciting as cot-death. Same with Fedor apart from the cro-cop fights there all a bit boring, harsh but true.
As for Fedor not going to the UFC a real pound-for-pound champ would take on anybody, for any money, any place. He’s loaded he doesn’t need to go to Affliction because he get’s a better cut. He may be the best but nobody can say for sure because the guy took the easy route IMO, Affliction may have bigger names but no name is bigger than the UFC FACT!! all he had to do was come kill Randy then he could have****ed off where he liked knowing he beat the only guy who is really on his level, instead he chose to take on Tim “cot-death” Sylvia he ducked simple as that!
The Legends of fighting are the guys who take on the other top guys and win Ali, Sugar Ray, Haggler , Duran. These names live on forever because of what they achieved not what they got paid. BJ Penn is the pound-for-pound best fighter simple as, his BJJ is better than a Gracie fighter and his stand up is immense, the only thing that can stop BJ is BJ if he trains right there isn’t a fighter alive any weight class who could hang. I train MMA I don’t just watch it and hepisses on Fedor.
Why doesn’t Randy just renounce his citizenship and go win the show???
FU(K FEDOR IS RIGHT… THIS MIGHT SOUND KINDA RACIST OR JUDGEMENTAL BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME LIKE FIGHTERS THAT “DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH” AND ALWAYS NEED A TRANSLATOR. BUT I DO LIKE A. SILVA… I JUST DON’T LIKE FEDOR…
I want to see him beat but I just don’t want Randy 16-8 to do it.
wait?!? the WINNER gets beat up?! sounds great.
I think brock lesnar wood eat Fedor alive .. like **** brock has been in 3 MMA bouts and hasnt been hit the face yet, so u can tell he is fast… and fedor wood just be like WTF do i do
lesnar will be the next tim silvia exsept he will hold them on the ground and not hit them in stead of hold them against the fence and not hit them. I can’t wait the best part of MMA is when no one gets hit and it goes to a D and the big guy wins even though he sucks he is big enough to stop other guys from hitting him and scores more points HF fights suck ass! they should get to use sticks or oxygen masks or give them an hour break in between rounds! who cares who the best HW fighter in the world is even if he is good there is only a small handfull of them that there is no compitition! Dissagree??????????? who are the top 10 HW in the world? then who did they beat to become “THE TOP 10″ hey HW sucks!
The ufc is plan and simple ****ing up they dont pay there fighters enough. They have a condition in the contract will they can not compete in any other sporting event( olympic boxing wrestling grappling, judo). And just recently if u sign with the U.F.C. they are going to try to own part of ur name. Which means every endorsement u get they get a piece. Other fighting organizations will continue to gro on the ufc cause of loss of big names like fedor and arlinski or however u spell it then maybe the U.F.C. will wake up and throw down another ten percent of there profits to fighters and make twice as much money.
Dana White is the Jackass. Fedor is 8 and 0 vs. UFC Champions. Randy Couture obviously thought he was great. Don Frye says he’s the Man. I know Mark Coleman isn’t going to argue. Kevin Randleman sure can’t knock him. Cro Cop’s got to take his hat of to him. Dana White is too stiff, he won’t let Fedor Compete once a year in his traditional SAMBO tournment. That is a big thing in Russia. Fedor is the Face of SAMBO in russia. What kind of an asshole would he be if he turned his back on that because UFC’s offer was the most fincially attractive offer. He is a humble champion. Dana white was in a position to give the mma world a chance to see what they wanted, Fedor in an Octagon… I heard Dana say fedor sucks.. Any mma heavywieght fighter in the world wants a shot at fedor to see how they measure up. I guess bell hop boy must think everybody is making a fuss over someone else.