Oh yeah…very original idea here.

I for one can’t wait for this.

Just kidding.

It’s not like the entire M1 promotion is based around Fedor maybe or maybe not fighting.

Way to fight the best in the world Fedor.

Sounds good

we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”

i like the concept, but this probably means fedor will not fight for a while, and will once again, possibly fight a can. He will be fighting the winner of the tournament which means the guy fighting fedor will have fought 4 times in a short period before fighting fedor

So the winner of a grueling reality show gets the prize of possibly dying in a ring with fedor

This is probably just something for M1 to put in the limelight while they try to pull off that Couture/Fedor fight.

I am not going to defend Fedor anymore, this reality TV stuff is not going to do him any favors.

They have to realize, they are going after a niche audience of a niche audience, MMA is a small audience (relatively), whereas people who know Fedor, know a lot about him and are fans is an even smaller audience.

I fail to see how they can profit from this, whether it is Fedor or M1 itself.

If Fedor were to loose via a “punches chance” then he would bw done. I think M1 should team up with WVR or Elite-XC for cross promotions. I’d love to see Antonio Silva fight Fedor.

Here the question in my mind. With Tim Sylvia having one fight left on his contract will he leave and fight Fedor if Randy gets caught up in the courts. Will Monty Cox bring in Sylvia?

This sounds so strange. it’s like if chuck liddell fought forrest griffin immediately after he won TUF. they better have some seriously experienced fighters on there or it’s just going to look stupid.

Is Randy Couture a contestant? Mike Tyson?

To all the haters, TUF is not original either, The Contender is (although TUF changed many things that was so annoying in the Contender). This could be a good show, I like the idea of having international fighters as opposed to just American fighters. I’ll download it for sure.

Oh come on guys quit acting like you won’t watch it.

Dude this idea is brilliant , how could nobody think of this before a reality TV show with real fighters in a competiton to face the champion wow this is awes…. “WAIT A MINUTE”!!!!!
oh thats right this is a rip off of TUF 4 well apperantly the idiots of M-1 are clueless of the stupidity that happened last time dana decided to give a noncontender a shot at the title, this is retarted imagine if Fedor looses, OMG, cant believe they are having this show, anywho they should have Fedor fight all of them 1 by 1 or all at the same time then it will be original. I think I saw Travis Wiuff in a clip not sure, but hell im sure any fighter from another organization would love to have the chance to upset Fedor and gain inmense exposure. I hate to be bitching and be a hater because more than likely I will watch this show, but I dont think its a good idea.

I am so sick of Fedor. This is how he comes to fight the best in the business. Did ya’ll notice it said the best “young” contenders in the business. This dude amazes (sp)with his ability to dodge the bullet. Weak,weak.

I would like to know what channel this will come in on. It sounds more than stupid really, but I may watch the first episode.

This contest is sponsored in part by Campbell’s tomato soup.

I vote in favor of a moratorium on any Fedor-related news. If and when he decides he wants to be a real fighter with real opponents again then he can be discussed.

Stupid? Yes. Unoriginal? Yes. Makes Fedor look like a tool? Yes. Despite all the criticism, will you be watching this show? Yes…if not the whole thing, then at least the finale…don’t kid yourselves here.

Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…

Wow….i’m sure this would make Fedor real happy too. He signs elsewhere of UFC, to only have a reality show to try to find him some opponents because there is no one that can stack up against him.

Sorry but 95% of the talent capable of beating Fedor is in the UFC. I support the UFC for not signing Fedor. If they are paying him the money, then they should have a say in his other “conflicts of interest” It’s just business. Smart business.

Let’s face it, some of these pay per views haven’t been all that great. You think UFC wants to schedule fights around other things these fighters want to do? Especially other fights and combat tourneys?

M1 paid Fedor the money because they were confident they would force UFC into doing a joint venture show to put Coture vs Fedor and put the M1 name on the map if Fedor were to win.

Good for UFC telling them to take a hike. The fans want to see this fight, no doubt. But, it sets a bad example because UFC would be showing their cards, and other fighters would get the hint that they could go somewhere else, and still fight the top competition to get paid and be the “big thing” in that organization.

Fedor goofed. He will vanish over there. He might as well be considered retired at the top of his game.

Not for nothing, but there was no guarantees with him anyhow. Look how all the other Pride guys have faired. I was convinced that the better fighters were in Pride. Cro Cop, Shogun, Henderson, Silva. It’ll sure get ugly if Henderson drops this next fight.

Alot of these guys just fell into the wrong weight class. Cro Cop could dominate in the 205, but not sure if he could get there. I think Henderson made a good move dropping down. Not sure if he can beat Silva though.

Rampage may be the only exception. I think he’ll be at the top for a while.

Sorry for the rant. Bored. No Cro Cop News.

Monte Cox said Fedor is fighting 3-4 times a year and this bullshit opponent better not count as one.I’m pissed if it does.

Hey guys I know I’m off of topic. But Zuffa just removed my self made Randy Couture highlight video from youtube due to copyright infringement. Is that common??? I hope they not sue me now

[quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]
Heres one, He hasn’t fought real competetion in like 2 years. And now this? He is probably #10 HW in the world. Not #1.

I’m a little weary of taking another look at M-1’s website. I got a virus yesterday from it.

But I don’t really see this reality series as a bad idea. The better fighter should win the tournament, and there’s no reason high level fighters wouldn’t apply for it. Fighters from every organization except for the UFC would toss guys their way to participate. It’s a fresh perspective to use the noteriety of Fedor to boost his name and also M-1 as a significant promotion. Fedor’s got some making up to do for sure, but his critics seem to be a little too pissed off because he’s not in the UFC.

I’m getting sick of Fedor very quickly. I’ve always liked the guy. There wasn’t much not to like about Fedor. Great fighter, respctful and shows a lot of class. He kept a pretty low profile for the most part. Didn’t say or do stupid crap.

This is so disappointing to me. This is the last straw for me. First he doesn’t sign with the UFC. That’s fine, everyone knows Dana’s a douchebag, I can understand why Fedor wouldn’t want to work with the guy. I can live with that. Then he fights some freak 7 foot guy. Ok, the Japanese like there circus side shows. I can except that Fedor took that fight for his Japanese fans. Now he’s a reality TV star? That’s it. Fedor is quickly becoming irrelevant, as far as I’m concerned. He hasn’t done crap since 2005. I hope Fedor makes a lot of money. I hope he makes a ton of money in the next couple of years, so we can actually see him fight relevent fighters again. Good luck with your business endevors Fedor. Call me when you are going to take MMA seriously again.

Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger!

I am beginning to not like the negative bent towards mma with nearly ever blog story posted on this web site. I really am beginning to dislike it. Does everything have to have this sneering and gleeful anticipation of failure and influence all over it? I want another competitor to smoke ufc because dana white is a tool. Good for M-1 I will watch it if I get it where I live which I doubt and then I’ll download the files off the net and watch it instead. I hope M-1 Keeps pushing UFC. I personally want to see UFC knocked down significantly by aroudn year 5 from this date.

The show is pure marketing…no sh**.

Fedor is the best fighter in the world. Anyone who disagrees can shampoo my crotch? Lock it up from the Internet tough guy, but seriously…

Fedor is #1 P4P (Okay maybe GSP because Fedor is a chubby “W”odka drinking Russian), #1 Heavyweight, and soon to be #1 reality TV star!!!

Is there anything in this Universe Fedor cannot dominate?

Again, Fedor is totally irrelevant.

So m1 is a poser and wants to run a tuf series and let the winner fight fedor what a great idea. They will run a show nobody will watch and they will put another fight together where fedor fights a can. I think everybody should just forget about fedor and stop talking about him and randy couture until both of them man up and for fedor fight a top oppenent and for randy stop being a prick and honor your contract and stop complaining about freakin money you are a millionare who was made famous by the ufc.

[quote comment=”308009″]Hey guys I know I’m off of topic. But Zuffa just removed my self made Randy Couture highlight video from youtube due to copyright infringement. Is that common??? I hope they not sue me now :-)[/quote]

It doesn’t matter if you made because the HL reel was derived from protected intellectual property rights.

AND,…

Yes, its very common because Zuffa has tight control on their intellectual property and they don’t let anyone use it, unless Zuffa is getting paid.

I’m not the biggest UFC/Zuffa (Pride “was” #1), but you can’t blame them for protecting this interest because the video footage, although usually in a PPV format, is really how the derive most of their revenue.

i swear that looks like mac danzig around the 45 second mark, his look and movement

[quote comment=”308029″]Again, Fedor is totally irrelevant.[/quote]

I no longer like Scooby Doo because you hurt my feeling. It was my favorite cartoon. (Sigh.)

I like it… I would like it more if he fought some real names, but I could see the entertainment factor in it and I’ll be damned if I miss it.

Fedor is in a whole different category of top fighters now because of his past decisions. He is one of the best, no doubt, yet, he has one foot in mma and one foot in money. Too bad, but for now we’ll have to just be entertained in other ways by Fedor, and I’ll bite.

Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.

OH YEAHHHHHHHHHH
Is fedor gonna fight another NO NAME
Fuck can we please officially just say, Fedor might be just trying to build a legendary record, and the way he is doing it is by fight NO ONE
FUCk FEDOR please please fight someone tough. Everyone tough he has fought i can count on my left hand.
Nogeura
Cro Cop
and……………. OH SHIT I RAN OUT
I thought the new year would give Fedor some Balls, but I was wrong, so we have to go through another year of listen to how FEDOR is the greatest as he fights Bum after Bum, hey maybe he’ll fight Shamrock, or Tank Abbot ahahahahahaha
Those fights would be promoted as fights of the year.
BULL SHIT!!!!!!!!

[quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.

So when does this fight happen? I’m really hoping it’s just to keep Fedor active while they try to put together a fight with Couture (don’t see it), Arlovski (I think it could well happen) Barnett, Hunt or Giant Silva.

LOL, this is truely pathetic.
The only thing that could be funnier than this is if Fedor actually gets KTFO by one of them.

[quote comment=”308052″][quote comment=”308029″]Again, Fedor is totally irrelevant.[/quote]

I no longer like Scooby Doo because you hurt my feeling. It was my favorite cartoon. (Sigh.)[/quote]

I’m rorry, raggy. *Scooby Doo affected voice*

i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’d fight fedor.

[quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.

for his next fight after this one, Fedor will take on Captain Lou Albano.

Well said, Jesse. It’s about time we all saw what a hack Fedor IS. Dana wins.

Maybe the winner of the show takes charge of the opportunity and pulls off a Matt Serra. (I was being sarcastic)

Why did the video show Mac Danzig shadow boxing?? Is he going drop his ufc contract to fight Fedor? I also saw Travis Wiuff on it, atleast he’s a heavyweight, but even if he is on the actual show and won it, he is no threat to Fedor…even though M1 has the #1 heavyweight, they have no idea how to run an or, they wont get anyone else besides Fedor, and they will only run his name in the dirt…..M1 is Kevin Federline to Fedor’s Brittany Spears, they are ruining a good thing

[quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

I’m flattered that you think anything I have to say can be considered influential.

Wow….i was always willing to defend the guy and hold out hope that he’d still be fighting the top HW’s not in the UFC….but damn, wtf is this?

[quote comment=”307989″]I vote in favor of a moratorium on any Fedor-related news. If and when he decides he wants to be a real fighter with real opponents again then he can be discussed.[/quote]

I agree, I’m sick of hearing about the guy. He hasn’t done anything worth mentioning in years…let’s quit talking about this has been and instead talk about real fighters who fight real competition.

Until then, fedor is old new that will Fed into the sunset…

what the hell fedor!! dude your are starting to sell out like tito ortiz…..say you want big names but always come to terms with lower competition…dont do this to your fans and the sport.

i hope fedor loses, then what would m1 do? go bankrupt. i hate these promotions that protect their fighters and give them opponents they know their superstar can defeat…just so they can keep the cash flowing….ufc threw their $250,000 per fight superstar into the octagon for a debut against a former champ…they realize that quality matchups and fights where both fighters have a legitimate chance at walking out victorious is what the sport’s all about…good, competitive fights…

[quote comment=”308085″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.[/quote]

there was a hint of sarcasm in the report, definately didnt sound like nuetral reporting, but hey its a private website…

[quote comment=”308131″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

I’m flattered that you think anything I have to say can be considered influential.[/quote]

you should listen to the pride nuthugger!! some ppl just cant handle what being for real is all about. all of our own favorite fighters end up in predicaments we dont like.

[quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

Fedor’s Right Nut Hugger says……”Pride Left Nut Hugger”

[quote comment=”308185″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

Fedor’s Right Nut Hugger says……”Pride Left Nut Hugger”[/quote]

I love that fact that you didn’t address my point at all.

What does you statement even mean? Is that some attempt at humor?

[quote comment=”308181″][quote comment=”308085″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.[/quote]

there was a hint of sarcasm in the report, definately didnt sound like nuetral reporting, but hey its a private website…[/quote]

What choice do we have other than to watch the UFC? The UFC bought Pride and shut it down. It doesn’t really matter considering the majority of the UFC Champions were former Pride fighters.

Fedor would destroy any current or former heavyweight in the UFC.

[quote comment=”308228″][quote comment=”308181″][quote comment=”308085″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.[/quote]

there was a hint of sarcasm in the report, definately didnt sound like nuetral reporting, but hey its a private website…[/quote]

What choice do we have other than to watch the UFC? The UFC bought Pride and shut it down. It doesn’t really matter considering the majority of the UFC Champions were former Pride fighters.

Fedor would destroy any current or former heavyweight in the UFC.[/quote]
I’m all UFC 1000% but, the way things r going with the heavy weights I would have to agree….somebody punch me in the face……….

[quote comment=”308240″][quote comment=”308228″][quote comment=”308181″][quote comment=”308085″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.[/quote]

there was a hint of sarcasm in the report, definately didnt sound like nuetral reporting, but hey its a private website…[/quote]

What choice do we have other than to watch the UFC? The UFC bought Pride and shut it down. It doesn’t really matter considering the majority of the UFC Champions were former Pride fighters.

Fedor would destroy any current or former heavyweight in the UFC.[/quote]
I’m all UFC 1000% but, the way things r going with the heavy weights I would have to agree….somebody punch me in the face……….[/quote]

You truly are a gentleman and a scholar.

[quote comment=”308211″][quote comment=”308185″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

Fedor’s Right Nut Hugger says……”Pride Left Nut Hugger”[/quote]

I love that fact that you didn’t address my point at all.

What does you statement even mean? Is that some attempt at humor?[/quote]
well because your statement isnt really worth anything in reality cuz it isnt based on anything on your part just the fact that you favoritize more than you analyze facts. we already know your opinion is going to be heavily biased and wont change you mind if we are right or wrong. we can already tell that just by looking at your tag name…and yes it was an attempt of humor…

It doesn’t sound like a network has picked this seris up?… I imagine the trailer is a promotional tool… Wonder if Spike TV is considering it?

I agree with most of what J Holland has to say, Fedor has not been fighting the best, and this tourney is certainly not going make that happen either.

BUT, it may be a way of waiting around to see what happens with Couture. Also, I think it’s a way of creating a new heavyweight division for M-1. It will bring (They hope) marketable recognition towards their organization and new group of fighters.

I for one welcome any type of MMA on TV… I’m a big fan of MMA and I’ll watch anything new… hell’ aren’t you guys sick of all the WEC reruns!???

[quote comment=”308246″]It doesn’t sound like a network has picked this seris up?… I imagine the trailer is a promotional tool… Wonder if Spike TV is considering it?

I agree with most of what J Holland has to say, Fedor has not been fighting the best, and this tourney is certainly not going make that happen either.

BUT, it may be a way of waiting around to see what happens with Couture. Also, I think it’s a way of creating a new heavyweight division for M-1. It will bring (They hope) marketable recognition towards their organization and new group of fighters.

I for one welcome any type of MMA on TV… I’m a big fan of MMA and I’ll watch anything new… hell’ aren’t you guys sick of all the WEC reruns!???[/quote]

Amen. I agree.

My only question is…

Fedor can’t speak English, so are there going to be subtitles?

[quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

LOL. We’ll just wait and see who is in the cast. What do you think, that Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Andre Arlovski, Pele and others will sign on to fight on a reality tv show that is going to get zero national exposure?

[quote comment=”308074″]i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

BUT, none of those guys were even close to being Top 10 material immediately after the show. They were each fed the proper number of cans (2-3) before stepping up in competition. To think that Griffin could have beaten Liddell or Diego could have beaten Hughes or GSP back then immediately after season one is just insane.

[quote comment=”308262″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

LOL. We’ll just wait and see who is in the cast. What do you think, that Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Andre Arlovski, Pele and others will sign on to fight on a reality tv show that is going to get zero national exposure?

[quote comment=”308074″]i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

BUT, none of those guys were even close to being Top 10 material immediately after the show. They were each fed the proper number of cans (2-3) before stepping up in competition. To think that Griffin could have beaten Liddell or Diego could have beaten Hughes or GSP back then immediately after season one is just insane.[/quote]

have to agree with that it just depends on the caliber of fighter on how many warm ups he needs..some dont need any at all…some do. back then we really thougth diego had a real shot againt hughes and gsp.

[quote comment=”308262″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

LOL. We’ll just wait and see who is in the cast. What do you think, that Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Andre Arlovski, Pele and others will sign on to fight on a reality tv show that is going to get zero national exposure?

[quote comment=”308074″]i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

BUT, none of those guys were even close to being Top 10 material immediately after the show. They were each fed the proper number of cans (2-3) before stepping up in competition. To think that Griffin could have beaten Liddell or Diego could have beaten Hughes or GSP back then immediately after season one is just insane.[/quote]

I doubt any established and surrently popular names would be on the show. But, that was not my point. My point was that you do not know who the fighters are going to be. Therefore, you do not know the caliber of fighters that will be on the show.

You were conclusory and speculative. That’s my point.

Ahhhh. This is just stupid. I’m tired of Fedor not fighting top quality opponents. I hope this backfires and one of the up an comers beats the crap out of him. I doubt it, but it would be hilarious if one of them does.

So what Fedor gets to fight the best of the nobodys? Great! Fedor shouldnt be considered P4P best! ANDERSON SILVA!!

[quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]

Fedor is still the best until he loses..bottom line. He man handled the current UFC champion twice..M1 is an upstart program..they are currently searching for talent and its hard when the UFC keeps holding Randy back..this show is a good idea…most casual fans have no idea who this guy is…it will be a great promotion tool for the American audience until M1 can sign better talent..like AA, Josh Barnett..not to mention the possibility of cross promotion with other MMA orgs like Elite XC..Fedor has nothing to prove..He didnt sign with the UFC for many reasons..Clearly most of the people posting here dont know much of the Russian mentality

[quote comment=”308373″][quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]

Fedor is still the best until he loses..bottom line. He man handled the current UFC champion twice..M1 is an upstart program..they are currently searching for talent and its hard when the UFC keeps holding Randy back..this show is a good idea…most casual fans have no idea who this guy is…it will be a great promotion tool for the American audience until M1 can sign better talent..like AA, Josh Barnett..not to mention the possibility of cross promotion with other MMA orgs like Elite XC..Fedor has nothing to prove..He didnt sign with the UFC for many reasons..Clearly most of the people posting here dont know much of the Russian mentality[/quote]

Amen.

No matter how you look at it, Fedor is not marketable in North America. The chances of this show actually coming to fruition on a mainstream channel in North America are next to nil.

[quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]

Well fedor has earned the right to take on all comers wouldnt you say??? If you are not ranking FEDOR as Number 1 heavyweight, then who would you like to have at the top of the list????? How about the current UFC champ Nogueira maybe??? nah i dont think so, HES BEEN THERE AND HAS WHOOPED HIM ONE TOO MANY TIMES! i think fedor needs to drop weight and start taking on the silvas and bj penns so u guys can start finding other excuses for not considering him the best!

Thats probably one of the reasons why randy wants to fight fedor. He knows that if he is able to beat him he can retire as unquestionably one of the best MMA fighters ever!

[quote comment=”308051″]i swear that looks like mac danzig around the 45 second mark, his look and movement[/quote]
i think your right, i saw that too. i also think travis wieff was in that video as well.

[quote comment=”308445″][quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]

Well fedor has earned the right to take on all comers wouldnt you say??? If you are not ranking FEDOR as Number 1 heavyweight, then who would you like to have at the top of the list????? How about the current UFC champ Nogueira maybe??? nah i dont think so, HES BEEN THERE AND HAS WHOOPED HIM ONE TOO MANY TIMES! i think fedor needs to drop weight and start taking on the silvas and bj penns so u guys can start finding other excuses for not considering him the best!

Thats probably one of the reasons why randy wants to fight fedor. He knows that if he is able to beat him he can retire as unquestionably one of the best MMA fighters ever![/quote]

Anyone who disagrees with anything this guy just said must watch Fedor v. Big Nog (II). Randy Couture is a guest commentator. Although Couture keeps calling Fedor “Fa - Door” he still gives Fedor all the credit in the world.

Furthermore, of of Dana White’s mouth pieces, Joe Rogan in this case, admits that Fedor is the best in the world.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1934703c77f4c6/

Joe Rogan’s comments regarding Fedor begin at 3 minutes and 6 seconds.

Maybe Fedor can fight Tank or Vanilla Ice for the Title

Cans, Cans, Cans!!! Even though i don’t like him, Fedor is still number 1. Only because he beat Big Nog.

[quote comment=”308085″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

Jesse didn’t mention the UFC once in the write up. Obviously, you are the one who has the issues with the UFC.

I get tired of all the hatred for UFC. “I hate Dana White. Pride was better then UFC. The fighters don’t get paid enough. Blah blah blah.” Get over it. I bet everyone of you guys that spout off about the UFC, buy most of their PPV. If you truly hate UFC, you should boycott all of their PPVs.[/quote]

hating the UFC and loving the sport are 2 different things! thats why we continue to watch because we love the fights. It just so happens that UFC has the monopoly at this time so hoping that changes soon enough.

[quote comment=”308391″]No matter how you look at it, Fedor is not marketable in North America. The chances of this show actually coming to fruition on a mainstream channel in North America are next to nil.[/quote]

It’s probably unlikely that north america is their target audience. After all north america is a small target audience and they probably try to look at a much much bigger picture. A european audience would back that show and get more viewers. That’s where all the money is today anyway, specially with usa’s failing economy and weak greenback.

This is a joke right? What network would pick this up?

does anybody else have any better ideas to keep fedor on the sidelines, or keep him unbeaten until randy clears up his legal troubles?

anybody?

As funny as that trailer was, it would have been pushed to excess if they had announced… “airing exclusively on The Hallmark Channel”

i think its a fantastic idea. the privilege to fight fedor is better and more coveted than than a ufc fight contract. I’m gonna check it out. it really will be like Rocky. i’d love to see a guy come out and clip fedor with a head kick and knock him out. especially if he has the promise and heart of a forrest griffen or a huerta.

I hear that Kim couture will fight fedor in the finaly of this show.

[quote comment=”308131″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

I’m flattered that you think anything I have to say can be considered influential.[/quote]
Haha. This whole article dude, I love it, “once considered number 1″ and “Iron Mike Tyson on who’s the boss”

Are they seriously stupid enough to use Pride footage in their ad?

[quote comment=”308630″][quote comment=”308131″][quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]

I’m flattered that you think anything I have to say can be considered influential.[/quote]
Haha. This whole article dude, I love it, “once considered number 1″ and “Iron Mike Tyson on who’s the boss”[/quote]

Lol I wouldn’t be flattered until you see the comments of your readers Influencing your readers wouldn’t be anything to be flattered by.

[quote comment=”308051″]i swear that looks like mac danzig around the 45 second mark, his look and movement[/quote]

I thought the exact same thing!! He’d have to pack on a lot of weight to fight Fedor at Heavyweight…

[quote comment=”308013″]I’m a little weary of taking another look at M-1’s website. I got a virus yesterday from it.

But I don’t really see this reality series as a bad idea. The better fighter should win the tournament, and there’s no reason high level fighters wouldn’t apply for it. Fighters from every organization except for the UFC would toss guys their way to participate. It’s a fresh perspective to use the noteriety of Fedor to boost his name and also M-1 as a significant promotion. Fedor’s got some making up to do for sure, but his critics seem to be a little too pissed off because he’s not in the UFC.[/quote]

Do not enter M-1 website. I too got a virus. Fuck M-1 and their virus infected website.

[quote comment=”308665″][quote comment=”308051″]i swear that looks like mac danzig around the 45 second mark, his look and movement[/quote]

I thought the exact same thing!! He’d have to pack on a lot of weight to fight Fedor at Heavyweight…[/quote]
At the beginning, it looked like James Irvin appeared too? In what network is this being shown?

[quote comment=”307916″]Way to fight the best in the world Fedor.[/quote]
He is fighting the best, the best rookie of the 16.lol

lol
what the hell

this is interesting.

[quote comment=”308016″]Jesse Holland how abot you just report the news and don’t try to influence readers you can. You must figure out with mmamania how to become a journalist and not a ufc nuthugger![/quote]
Hey, don’t blame the messenger. It’s not his fault Fedor wants to fight MORE CANS. Haven’t you accepted it by now? It’s going on 3 years now, Fedor DOESN’T want a challenge.

[quote comment=”308017″]I am beginning to not like the negative bent towards mma with nearly ever blog story posted on this web site. I really am beginning to dislike it. Does everything have to have this sneering and gleeful anticipation of failure and influence all over it? I want another competitor to smoke ufc because dana white is a tool. Good for M-1 I will watch it if I get it where I live which I doubt and then I’ll download the files off the net and watch it instead. I hope M-1 Keeps pushing UFC. I personally want to see UFC knocked down significantly by aroudn year 5 from this date.[/quote]
You think they will be a threat to the UFC With this crap. Looks like the only org. that has to worry about any competition is WWE.

fedor needs a few warrm up fights before randy almost something to fill his day… with fedor he could go up against these unknown chumps 1 a week for 16 weeks and be 16 and 0

big worry would be randy coutoure is the superbowl and maybe fedor is the patriots

im amazed they found 16 people prepared to step in the ring with fedor

i would probably put money on fedor to finish each of these guys in under 3 minutes

hes so good he may actually be able to do it in 1 night like a a royal rumble another one comes in say every 10 minutes

royce gracie used to think he was the man defeating 3 people in a night

look out bitch fedors about to beat 16

that would be great tv

an mma masterclass by fedor

would love to watch GSP do the same thing

or perhaps i just had a few too many beers tonight and am talking rubbishhhfdj

lmao it’d be funny if Randy was in the tournament. hahahaha

For all you Fedor haters have another look at the footage. He stays in the current UFC HW Champ’s guard, the best submission master in the world, and beats the crap out of him. Get over yourselves and let your yanky pride bulls**t go.

Is Monstah Lobstah gonna be on there?

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It kinda looks like a strand of DNA, Double helix style.

1. all those that say fedor is dodging everyone, your all going to watch his fights.
2. reality tv is reality tv, like TUF, your gonna watch it because it’s going to involve people who are gonna get the chance to fight fedor.
3. if you didn’t like fedor much, he wouldn’t be getting so much exposure and critized for dodging his opponents (keeping the fan base in the process).

he’s going to be fighting 2/3 times a yr, more than he would’ve in the UFC, he’s wrote a open letter to Dana and he wants the couture fight even if it isn’t going to happen in the UFC. either way at least he isn’t on the sidelines.

imagine if he lost

[quote comment=”307983″]This contest is sponsored in part by Campbell’s tomato soup.[/quote]
LMFAO!

Fedor is undoubtedly better than the UFC interim heavyweight champ… he beat him twice. If and when Nog gets beat will open up the controversy again. Fedor’s supporters have an easy argument to claim that he is the best HW right now. However, many MMA fans are frustrated that Fedor has not tested himself with a top contender in years. He is certainly not impressing any true MMA fans by beating the cans they are feeding him. Common ground people… there should be some givens that we can agree upon.

[quote comment=”308276″][quote comment=”308262″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

LOL. We’ll just wait and see who is in the cast. What do you think, that Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Andre Arlovski, Pele and others will sign on to fight on a reality tv show that is going to get zero national exposure?

[quote comment=”308074″]i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

BUT, none of those guys were even close to being Top 10 material immediately after the show. They were each fed the proper number of cans (2-3) before stepping up in competition. To think that Griffin could have beaten Liddell or Diego could have beaten Hughes or GSP back then immediately after season one is just insane.[/quote]

I doubt any established and surrently popular names would be on the show. But, that was not my point. My point was that you do not know who the fighters are going to be. Therefore, you do not know the caliber of fighters that will be on the show.

You were conclusory and speculative. That’s my point.[/quote]

Yes I was speculating by making an educated guess after analyzing M-1, Fedor’s history, and the current HW free agents.

I am still waiting to come across any sort of post of yours that contains anything of substance. You typical post is something along the lines of: “Fedor the best. Fedor beat anyone. You don’t agree? You know nothing. Fedor is king. I lick his nuts.”

[quote comment=”308665″][quote comment=”308051″]i swear that looks like mac danzig around the 45 second mark, his look and movement[/quote]

I thought the exact same thing!! He’d have to pack on a lot of weight to fight Fedor at Heavyweight…[/quote]

It definetly is Mac Danzig, just does’nt make much sense, unless there using footage from the TUF tryouts.

[quote comment=”308475″][quote comment=”308445″][quote comment=”307997″]Wow.. just wow.

I’m curious to see how the Fedor-backers are going to respond to this. I heard all the excuses as to why he was fighting Homg Man Choi. I can’t wait to hear the excuses for this garbage…[/quote]

Well fedor has earned the right to take on all comers wouldnt you say??? If you are not ranking FEDOR as Number 1 heavyweight, then who would you like to have at the top of the list????? How about the current UFC champ Nogueira maybe??? nah i dont think so, HES BEEN THERE AND HAS WHOOPED HIM ONE TOO MANY TIMES! i think fedor needs to drop weight and start taking on the silvas and bj penns so u guys can start finding other excuses for not considering him the best!

Thats probably one of the reasons why randy wants to fight fedor. He knows that if he is able to beat him he can retire as unquestionably one of the best MMA fighters ever![/quote]

Anyone who disagrees with anything this guy just said must watch Fedor v. Big Nog (II). Randy Couture is a guest commentator. Although Couture keeps calling Fedor “Fa - Door” he still gives Fedor all the credit in the world.

Furthermore, of of Dana White’s mouth pieces, Joe Rogan in this case, admits that Fedor is the best in the world.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1934703c77f4c6/

Joe Rogan’s comments regarding Fedor begin at 3 minutes and 6 seconds.[/quote]
[quote comment=”309532″][quote comment=”308276″][quote comment=”308262″][quote comment=”308063″][quote comment=”308055″]Initially, I really thought that this was a joke, even with the “Seriously” at the end of the title. This truely is an all-time low for Fedor and his “legacy”. I bet that they won’t even have as talented fighters that we are accustomed to on TUF. Now that’s saying something. Seriously, the only season of TUF to feature HW’s, had the finals of an overweight Rashad Evans vs an inexperienced Brad Imes. Can you imagine of the winner of that fight had to fight Fedor at that point in thier careers? WHAT IN THE WORLD would be the point of that? It makes zero sense. If M-1 is truely ‘Global’, then how many languages will this reality show be televised, and how many countries?

[quote comment=”307921″]we were saying the same thing about matt serra when he was about to face GSP… “he’s gonna get slaughtered. Why does he get an immediate shot when everyone else has worked their way up the ladder. Etc.”[/quote]

But Matt Serra had a bunch of experience and is just about as good at BJJ as it gets. Plus he had a bunch of fights in the UFC already. They are talking about young “up and coming fighter”. I guarantee that there will not be a single fighter on the show that has previously fought in the UFC or PRIDE. If they do, I guarantee that it will be a name that we would all laugh at.[/quote]

“Captain Speculation” should be your screen name. You have no foundation for anything that you wrote in that post regarding Fedor or TV show. At least wait until that facts come out to start bashing Fedor.[/quote]

LOL. We’ll just wait and see who is in the cast. What do you think, that Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Andre Arlovski, Pele and others will sign on to fight on a reality tv show that is going to get zero national exposure?

[quote comment=”308074″]i hate the idea 1000%…”But watch out Dana”….look what this crap did for the UFC it made them what they r today from a point …………….. if you look at the MMA rankings, alot of fighters on the UF show r now ranked in the top ten……………the guys on this new M-1 show will prob take this as serious as say some light heavy weights Jardine ranked #6, Griffen #7 in the world or some welter weights Serra#2, kosechek#5, sanchez#8, Davis#10 and light weight joe stevenson#10 in THE WORLD not to mention fav’s like Leben and swick or Burkmen ……………..seriously this could be huge for M-1 they could produce some top ten guys from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

BUT, none of those guys were even close to being Top 10 material immediately after the show. They were each fed the proper number of cans (2-3) before stepping up in competition. To think that Griffin could have beaten Liddell or Diego could have beaten Hughes or GSP back then immediately after season one is just insane.[/quote]

I doubt any established and surrently popular names would be on the show. But, that was not my point. My point was that you do not know who the fighters are going to be. Therefore, you do not know the caliber of fighters that will be on the show.

You were conclusory and speculative. That’s my point.[/quote]

Yes I was speculating by making an educated guess after analyzing M-1, Fedor’s history, and the current HW free agents.

I am still waiting to come across any sort of post of yours that contains anything of substance. You typical post is something along the lines of: “Fedor the best. Fedor beat anyone. You don’t agree? You know nothing. Fedor is king. I lick his nuts.”[/quote]

See above post, which was made prior to your post. Read the thread and try your best to not be conclusory and speculative.

[quote comment=”309472″]Fedor is undoubtedly better than the UFC interim heavyweight champ… he beat him twice. If and when Nog gets beat will open up the controversy again. Fedor’s supporters have an easy argument to claim that he is the best HW right now. However, many MMA fans are frustrated that Fedor has not tested himself with a top contender in years. He is certainly not impressing any true MMA fans by beating the cans they are feeding him. Common ground people… there should be some givens that we can agree upon.[/quote]

I doubt that anyone here will say that Fedor is not a great fighter or doubt his status as one of the top fighters in the world, BUT i also feel that the reason for so much backlash against Fedor is that fans expect so much from him. We want the best fight matchups with the best fighters. I want to see Arlovski fight Fedor. I want to see Fedor fight people with some CREDIBILITY. A list of 16 unknowns doesn’t excite me at all. Fedor is great, but if he continues on the path he is on, there will come a day when you cant still say he’s the best in the world. Even if he never loses. As i recall there has been situations in college sports where a team goes undefeated for an entire season yet gets ranked below some teams with 1 or 2 losses. The reason for this is because of the LEVEL OF COMPETITION. Fedor IS losing his legacy. It’s not hating. It truth, and i couldn’t be more disappointed.

“It’s Truth, and i couldn’t be more disappointed.” Sorry.

[quote post=”4907″]For all you Fedor haters have another look at the footage. He stays in the current UFC HW Champ’s guard, the best submission master in the world, and beats the crap out of him. Get over yourselves and let your yanky pride bulls**t go. [/quote]

Question, how is M-1 global allowed to use Pride video footage? I thought that was intellectual property of Zuffa….

Ladies and gentlemen…prepare for a lawsuit….

Fedor is just a fat gutless pussy. Plain and simple, with a sheltered career fighting has beens and/or middleweights. I cant even be bothered to write about the bum anymore so basica……..

Fedor VS Coutore

[quote post=”4907″]Fedor is undoubtedly better than the UFC interim heavyweight champ… he beat him twice. If and when Nog gets beat will open up the controversy again. Fedor’s supporters have an easy argument to claim that he is the best HW right now.[/quote]

[quote post=”4907″]Fedor is undoubtedly better than the UFC interim heavyweight champ… he beat him twice. If and when Nog gets beat will open up the controversy again. Fedor’s supporters have an easy argument to claim that he is the best HW right now.[/quote]

BS

I’ll say Fedor WAS better than Nog. He hasn’t done crap to prove he’s still the best.

If anyone deserves an easy pay day ,it’s Fedor . He’s the most dominant fighter in heavyweight history but has been shielded from the adoration ( and endorsement money ) of the US. Let these guys do their thing,I’ll be watching, then enjoy the carnage.

i hope there are some serious contenders in the 16 who will matchup in the goal of winning a title shot vs fedor.

i feel fedor has proved himself time and time again and there seriously are very few who can realistically matchup with him in the heavyweight class. I think fedor is simply bored and why fight for small change when every upcoming fight should be a big money bout?

just look at the current heavyweight champ of the UFC. Nogueira is a guy who has taken a beating from fedor not once but twice.

there is definately behind the scences activity in this charade as fedor is indeed going to be helping M1 create some stars, just like the UFC has done with TUF. i sincerely hope there are some serious fighters that elevate the global level of MMA and that of fighters under M-1.

The UFC don’t have a monopoly on fighters as they shouldn’t(especially in the heavywheight class where they are missing both fedor and couture) and I think supporting other organizations is a good way to go.

In that respect, i sincerely hope that this “fighting fedor” brings some sort of legitimate opponent for emelianenko and doesnt turn into “fedors next punching bag”

I think its a good idea especialy with all the negative business going on, this way no matter what he will and has been training, just cause he hasnt faught for a while, dont mean hes gonna turn into a can, nor will he be fighting a can, theres always someone badder and tougher out there, and I even bet you that guy dosnt exsist in the UFC. you people kinda need to  just let it happen

i’ll tell u who should fight fedor next: Randy Couture! this is BS. none of these guys can beat fedor. put him up against soem contenders again:

couture
arlovski
mir
kongo

come on…

As long as he fights Barnett, I won’t disrespect him for this reality thing. Let’s see the fighters first, for all we know there will be some fighters who are the future of the sport involved.

80% of fighters who deserve a shot are in UFC, but as long as Fedor faces the other 20%

as far as Big Nog he’s had challenging fights and won

last opponents Werdum barnett x2 sylvia herring - holy sh** !

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Gonzaga deserves a shot.
Kongo Deserves a shot, although I figure Nog has too much experience and will make it HIS fight.

Herring has shown that with skill the wily and powerful kongo can be held down and beaten down - the way herring rained down countless knees to kongos ribs - the fight was going more and more in favor of herring as he got full mount.

The fact that the decision was split surprised most.
Herring deerves another shot nog because of his succes and exp and also cause he beat Kongo.

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Fedor’s deserving ‘08 opponents (not stuck in UFC:

Barnett, Kharitonov, Schilt (who really deserved the win against hong Man Choi). Monson. And of course Couture if things open up.

Did I mention Josh Barnett? how about
Mr. Barnett, Josh?
Or how about that guy…
that guy who has beaten nog Hunt, Schilt Couture? what’s his name ???????????

Oh yes I remember - Josh Barnett

Kongo is awesome but Fedor is an impossible match up for kNogo….

fedor’ hands are way heavier, he’d neutralize the reach and knees of kongo, take it to the ground pummel, break or dislocate Kongo 1000 ways. Again Kongo is awesome just an easy match up for fedor.

Gonzaga (also big) would have a better chance, or Werdum, Sylvia a punchers chance but very small. Couture has a good chance style wise.

Barnett has the best chance.
Couture , yes I agree, as a heavier Lindland-esque sort of clinching tough bastard guy has a chance.

Hunt again too… in a kind KO punch way - but might finish better than Fujita did(n’t).

so i just curious for all you that fedor haters who do you think is the best heavyweight? and if you guys want to talk about weak competition lets look at coutures

or lets look at tim silvias competition ohhh wow thats a f cking joke… i guess i forgot those fights with mark hunt or the three with the HW champ nogeura or the first fight with coleman before he hit 40 or when he f ucked up heath herrings so bad the doctor had to stop it…. i forget who did heath herring just beat again… i guess it was just a nobody since heath herring doesnt even get considered as competetion b/c accordimg to JOSH cro cop and noguera are his only competition
right JOSH?

and people please dont talk about arlovski hes worse than silvia when i comes to fighting cans… he will never in his life ever ever ever hold a UFC belt he probably wont even ever fight for a belt in the UFC..the ufc HW division was so weak at his time he fought silvia three times in a row. what the f ck is that

all you people talking about fedor fighting cans need to leave this site and never post a comment again because you have no idea what the f ck ur even talking about. i admit some of them were jokes but every body EVERY BODY fights some cans in their career so quit acting like you know what ur talking about

yea i agree it’s crazy to dis fedor’s competition, but at the same time i’m not down on sylvia either. he’s not well rounded but he’s big, good at what he does striking and takedown defense. Nog was better. Herring is awesome I agree. He clearly beat Kongo. the split decision was ridiculous. if the fight contniued Kongo would have been barfing blood - although he’s a tough guy and took a shit oad of knees and stilll looked OK - but was outgunned outclassed by herring , the more welll rounded.

fedor is not fighting cans. lindland gave rampage one of the best fights - a draw or even a ddecision for lindland would ahve not been surprising. choi is not a joke either. neither is hunt. watch some of their fights.

In a way if fedor loses it could be to a freak like choi, hunt, sylvia - if they land that big one and finish.

anyway i think that fedor should fight barnett - more deserving of a shot than couture as he has a better record against better fighters iMO and also s he annhilated couture. Are they friends does fedor not wanna fight him. I’ve always though he has the best shot , along with werdum and now gonzaga who could be a tough match up for fedor., big hits/kicks hard….

The american baseball is not ‘the world series’ nor is UFC the ‘world championship’ and god bless america - but it’s just a nation - not the centre of the planet

To all the Fedor haters I have a simple request: Shut up please.
yes its true that he has fought with cans in his carreer but everyone has fought with cans in a point of his carreer for example Big nog he fought Enson Inue, Valetijn Overeem and Bob Sapp, and another example is Randy Couture who lost to Enson Inue and Valentijn Overeem (both times in the first round).
And Fedor is active again and he will fight with a top ranked heavyweight who is Tim Silvya in july, and according to his manager he will fight in october against the winner of the fight betwen Rizzo and Barnett or the winner of the fight betwen Arlovski and Rothwel, and in new year´s eve in a superfight.

It seems that the heavies are more interested in show business than fighting. Couture and Fedor are quite the prima donnas now. The two should join forces if they really want to buck the UFC’s dominance. The UFC is weakest in the heavyweight division, so what young heavyweight would welcome the opportunity to train with Couture and Fedor. It seems that egos are getting in the way of making history here, and than includes Dana White.

when is this show coming out?! I cant wait to see it.

i love listening to the winey little internet trollers trying to bash fedor. the fact is, you cant. do you honestly think he is trying to dodge bullets? do you think mirko or randleman, mintauro, belfort, liddell, couture, coleman, jackson, silva (any of them) or rua, seriously do not want to fight only the top? you people are so niave`, this is what happens in business. you get to a point of legendary status, have huge earnings potential. you are from a small impoverished russian town, but are now internationally famous. do you capitalize on your success or stand by humbly, being the marter? please. he is under contract with m1 so they call the shots. when his contract is up, then he calls the shots. that includes more US fights, more money, etc… but not until then. for now, he is obligated to fulfill his end of the bargain. if m1 wants to build a show around him and pay him a ton of money for probably an easy win, then yeah, if i was fedor, id be on board. especially because he probably doesnt have a say in it anyway. he will fight all the people we all want to see him fight, just maybe not this year. my only concern is i want him and his fantasy opponents to be in their prime, top shape. i think a couture fight now would not do randy any service, nor fedor. the people we all want to see him fight are on their downhill slide. look at liddell and wanderlei as the most obvious example. btw, when the hell is randleman getting back in the cage?! he needs to drop the tapout promo crap and sign up exclusively with the ufc. it would kill me to see another great fighter get strung along like fedor, teased with big shots, but always kept on the outside. the show is groundbreaking in the way that the finale has a predetermined opponent. lets just hope this whole thing is over quick so fedor can get back to the real business at hand- US domination. fyi fedor haters- check out wikipedia, his all time record is there, then kill yourself for being so fucking stupid. while all the greats cannibalize their careers fighting the same greats over and over, eventually having a record of around .500, like randleman and coleman, he has beaten them all, multiple times. he has never backed down from a fight, and dominated them all. look at his record. i would fight a seemingly circus like character (min) too for that kind of jack, please, mo money bitch!

you dont get into fighting for your health, you do it for the money. yes, some people will try to sell you on the whole, “i do it b/c i love it, damn the rest” type attitude, but i promise you, if it didnt pay, they wouldnt do it. that mortage doesnt pay itself! yeah, im going to work at jamba juice for the rest of my life so i can have enough spare time to train for my fighting hobby (thats what it is if it doesnt pay), just b/c i love cauliflower ears, roid rage and being a gym rat. yeah chicks totally dig all those qualities. please, we all know the types of contracts the ufc hands out- and its a sport that doesnt require a lifetime of participation just to stand out, and still probably never have a shot in the pros- its fighting for gods sake. dont get me wrong, i defend mma as the holy grail of athleticism, conditioning and endurance, but it is easy to get into, unlike to nba/mlb/nfl. go to militech camp for a week, if you get invited back, then your foots in the door. wam bam. later.