Comments on: Report: Fedor asking for $2 million per fight http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Sat, 26 May 2012 01:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jason hughes http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-22759 jason hughes Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:34:54 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-22759 whats it hurt to ask? whats it hurt to ask?

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]]> By: seth b http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21706 seth b Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:50:59 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21706 No beatings for you ArmyGuy, you bring up a good point. You can't pay everyone $2 mil, it is a dangerous precedent to set. I doubt that it would be Liddell and Ortiz pulling that in (they are both yesterdays news in IMO), but the next Lesner or GSP or Silva might demand something comparable and let's not even think about what Rampage would ask for... No beatings for you ArmyGuy, you bring up a good point. You can’t pay everyone $2 mil, it is a dangerous precedent to set. I doubt that it would be Liddell and Ortiz pulling that in (they are both yesterdays news in IMO), but the next Lesner or GSP or Silva might demand something comparable and let’s not even think about what Rampage would ask for…

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]]> By: CAP http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21672 CAP Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:15:36 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21672 “I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv.” My bad, UFC ain't banking that hard but they CAN pay Fedor if they want to. And that is where he should be, in the #1 MMA organization. “I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv.”

My bad, UFC ain’t banking that hard but they CAN pay Fedor if they want to.
And that is where he should be, in the #1 MMA organization.

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]]> By: BustYoFace http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21652 BustYoFace Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:38:53 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21652 in response to #21, Dude, record is meaningless, look at the people he has beaten. He has faced some competition. Fedor is beating up noobs anymore. Yes, to Fedors credit he has had some very difficult fights i.e Cro Cop, Barnett, Nightmare,..etc.. But SO HAS RANDY. I would rather see a mans record of 10-5 where the fights are exciting and with two good fighters than a 50-0 record where someone is just beating up noobs there whole career i.e Tito Ortiz... in response to #21,

Dude, record is meaningless, look at the people he has beaten. He has faced some competition. Fedor is beating up noobs anymore. Yes, to Fedors credit he has had some very difficult fights i.e Cro Cop, Barnett, Nightmare,..etc.. But SO HAS RANDY. I would rather see a mans record of 10-5 where the fights are exciting and with two good fighters than a 50-0 record where someone is just beating up noobs there whole career i.e Tito Ortiz…

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]]> By: ArmyGuy http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21646 ArmyGuy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:47:30 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21646 I will say it again - only hard core MMA fans care about Fedor. Under no circumstances should any promotion pay this guy $2M. That would be a TERRIBLE business decision. If Fedor makes $2M, then Couture, Liddell, and for that matter ORTIZ should make 10 times that, because, you know, they will actually DRAW FANS and sell tickets to someone other than all of us weirdos. Now is the point where everyone starts talking about how EVERYONE knows who Fedor is... Commence the ArmyGuy beatings... I will say it again – only hard core MMA fans care about Fedor. Under no circumstances should any promotion pay this guy $2M. That would be a TERRIBLE business decision. If Fedor makes $2M, then Couture, Liddell, and for that matter ORTIZ should make 10 times that, because, you know, they will actually DRAW FANS and sell tickets to someone other than all of us weirdos.

Now is the point where everyone starts talking about how EVERYONE knows who Fedor is…

Commence the ArmyGuy beatings…

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]]> By: Fight Fan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21625 Fight Fan Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:35:20 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21625 How much did Jordan get per season? How about David Beckham? Are they putting there body on the line like in MMA? Fedor can only fight 2-3 times a year at the most(4-6 million). So pay Fedor or he'll go to Dream where he's welcome. I think it is the best option for him because cage tactics suck. Pushing somebody against the cage and throwing cheap little elbows to win by cut is no way to beat a champ like fedor, and thats what Randy will try and do in the cage. Randy's overrated, 16 and 8 isn't that impressive to me. How much did Jordan get per season?
How about David Beckham?
Are they putting there body on the line like in MMA?
Fedor can only fight 2-3 times a year at the most(4-6 million).
So pay Fedor or he’ll go to Dream where he’s welcome.
I think it is the best option for him because cage tactics suck.
Pushing somebody against the cage and throwing cheap little elbows to win by cut is no way to beat a champ like fedor, and thats what Randy will try and do in the cage. Randy’s overrated, 16 and 8 isn’t that impressive to me.

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]]> By: TerribleT http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21621 TerribleT Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:34:20 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21621 Just like#13 CAP said,"Pay the man already!!!!!!" If they want to compete with the UFC and start showing PPV's instead of free on TV then they're going to have to anti up and it all starts with Fedor!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now git her done!!!!!!!! Just like#13 CAP said,”Pay the man already!!!!!!” If they want to compete with the UFC and start showing PPV’s instead of free on TV then they’re going to have to anti up and it all starts with Fedor!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now git her done!!!!!!!!

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]]> By: Rln http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21620 Rln Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:33:16 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21620 "Yeah, Fedor had “special rules” made up just for him." That "special rule" was requested by the Choi camp, not Fedor. “Yeah, Fedor had “special rules” made up just for him.”

That “special rule” was requested by the Choi camp, not Fedor.

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]]> By: Echolocating http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21605 Echolocating Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:40:25 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21605 I seem to recall a special rule in favor of Fedor for the Hong Man Choi match up... apparently Choi couldn't use knee strikes. Yeah, Fedor had "special rules" made up just for him. You have to wonder, if Fedor had just signed with the UFC for a measly $500K per fight (plus whatever ridiculous amount from the PPV revenues), he'd be sitting pretty already with at least 2 impressive fights under his belt and a really good chunk of change. But hey... who cares, right? I mean, Fedor obviously doesn't. I seem to recall a special rule in favor of Fedor for the Hong Man Choi match up… apparently Choi couldn’t use knee strikes. Yeah, Fedor had “special rules” made up just for him.

You have to wonder, if Fedor had just signed with the UFC for a measly $500K per fight (plus whatever ridiculous amount from the PPV revenues), he’d be sitting pretty already with at least 2 impressive fights under his belt and a really good chunk of change.

But hey… who cares, right? I mean, Fedor obviously doesn’t.

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]]> By: Heatwaves http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21578 Heatwaves Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:27:05 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21578 Hey Rich, In Japan, they would have sanctioned an MMA bout with Fedor against a 12-year old handicapped girl. That doesn't mean that everyone should credit it like he just took out Josh Barnett. That bout never would have happened here. My god, if the NSAC wouldn't sanction Frank Mir against Tim Sylvia a year ago because they thought Mir was mismatched, they certainly wouldn't have okay'd the world's best fighter against a 1-0 Korean cuddle bear. Hey Rich,

In Japan, they would have sanctioned an MMA bout with Fedor against a 12-year old handicapped girl. That doesn’t mean that everyone should credit it like he just took out Josh Barnett. That bout never would have happened here. My god, if the NSAC wouldn’t sanction Frank Mir against Tim Sylvia a year ago because they thought Mir was mismatched, they certainly wouldn’t have okay’d the world’s best fighter against a 1-0 Korean cuddle bear.

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]]> By: Michaelthebox http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21574 Michaelthebox Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:26:48 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21574 "I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv." Woah sally, scale back there a bit. “I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv.”

Woah sally, scale back there a bit.

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]]> By: Rich S. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21573 Rich S. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:22:26 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21573 i just think it's ridiculous when someone makes a statement like "he hasn't fought in 2 years." when he has.. no matter who the opponent.. it was a fight.. and it may not have been fair.. like i said, you have one of the greatest fighters in the world vs. an asian freakshow.. but.. the bout presented problems for Fedor at some times.. soooo.. don't act like the fight never even happened.. i just think it’s ridiculous when someone makes a statement like “he hasn’t fought in 2 years.” when he has.. no matter who the opponent.. it was a fight.. and it may not have been fair.. like i said, you have one of the greatest fighters in the world vs. an asian freakshow.. but.. the bout presented problems for Fedor at some times.. soooo.. don’t act like the fight never even happened..

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]]> By: HexRei http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21569 HexRei Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:06:15 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21569 Rich: HMC was not a fair fight. it was a freakshow. entertaining, but basically meaningless to his career except in the paycheck. Maybe if HMC had another five years of serious grappling training and about five more MMA bouts it might be taken seriously as a credit to fedor. Rich: HMC was not a fair fight. it was a freakshow. entertaining, but basically meaningless to his career except in the paycheck.
Maybe if HMC had another five years of serious grappling training and about five more MMA bouts it might be taken seriously as a credit to fedor.

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]]> By: CAP http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21568 CAP Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:06:14 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21568 I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv. Win or lose he is a great storyline. PAY THE MAIN MAN AND GET HIM INTO THE MAIN MMA ORG. I know it is a high asking price but the UFC does pull in 200+ million every ppv.
Win or lose he is a great storyline.

PAY THE MAIN MAN AND GET HIM INTO THE MAIN MMA ORG.

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]]> By: Rich S. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21562 Rich S. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:56:33 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21562 "he has to fight soon. It’s been almost two years" why do people act like the Hong Man Choi fight wasn't a sanctioned MMA match.. i haven't seen a single person give him credit for that at all.. i mean, come the hell on.. it was an MMA match.. and he actually struggled for a while because every takedown ended up with him on bottom.. yeah, it's not really fair to have someone of Fedor's calibur vs. an "Asian Freakshow" (as people call him).. but it WAS an MMA match and it did show problems for Fedor.. the guy fought.. and got a win.. that was ADDED TO HIS RECORD.. give the damn man his credit.. and an added note: it IS pretty ridiculous that he's asking that much for a fight.. “he has to fight soon. It’s been almost two years”

why do people act like the Hong Man Choi fight wasn’t a sanctioned MMA match.. i haven’t seen a single person give him credit for that at all.. i mean, come the hell on.. it was an MMA match.. and he actually struggled for a while because every takedown ended up with him on bottom..

yeah, it’s not really fair to have someone of Fedor’s calibur vs. an “Asian Freakshow” (as people call him).. but it WAS an MMA match and it did show problems for Fedor.. the guy fought.. and got a win.. that was ADDED TO HIS RECORD.. give the damn man his credit..

and an added note:
it IS pretty ridiculous that he’s asking that much for a fight..

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]]> By: Glock http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21559 Glock Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:42:20 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21559 Well if you think about it on the world market, the 2mil is really only about 1.2 mil in EUROS (but 47 mil in roubles) so they can haggle a bit ... Well if you think about it on the world market, the 2mil is really only about 1.2 mil in EUROS (but 47 mil in roubles) so they can haggle a bit …

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]]> By: seth b http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21549 seth b Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:19:53 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21549 Why not give him $2 million to fight Randy in the UFC? UFC 66 grossed $41.95 million just in pay per view revenue. Sure that is the record, but would Randy vs Fedor not attract every possible fan there is to this event? Add another couple of noteworthy fighters and this could easily beat the record. I say get it done before Mark Cuban does. Why not give him $2 million to fight Randy in the UFC? UFC 66 grossed $41.95 million just in pay per view revenue. Sure that is the record, but would Randy vs Fedor not attract every possible fan there is to this event? Add another couple of noteworthy fighters and this could easily beat the record. I say get it done before Mark Cuban does.

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]]> By: Derek B. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21548 Derek B. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:10:26 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21548 I dont know if the athletic commission will let a cyborg fight in america though. That's the first question I want answered. I dont know if the athletic commission will let a cyborg fight in america though. That’s the first question I want answered.

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]]> By: jd http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21547 jd Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:07:34 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21547 If UFC signs Fedor, will Dana white start praising Fedor and say that he'll smash Randy?? What if Randy gets cleared of his contract -- UFC signs Fedor.. then what? Will UFC really want to sign a new contract with Randy? If UFC signs Fedor, will Dana white start praising Fedor and say that he’ll smash Randy??

What if Randy gets cleared of his contract — UFC signs Fedor.. then what? Will UFC really want to sign a new contract with Randy?

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]]> By: JEFF THE DRUNK http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-21543 JEFF THE DRUNK Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:00 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/01/repfedor-asking-for-2-million-per-fight/#comment-21543 too much fedor "chatter" i'm in a fedor induced coma maybe we should start calling him FADEOR because the longer he sits collecting ring rust, the quicker he will fade into obscurity too much fedor “chatter”
i’m in a fedor induced coma
maybe we should start calling him FADEOR because the longer he sits collecting ring rust, the quicker he will fade into obscurity

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