I’ll say he never tells the truth unless it is good for the UFC and his pocket.
If you listen to what Dana white says you are getting a completely 1 sided line of comment which has nothing to do with the good of MMA just the good of the UFC. He is the UFC promoter/president…what do you expect. People claim if you like MMA you must thank Dana or be loyal or something and that he is doing his thing for the fans and the good of MMA. Yeah and Coke promoted itself and became so big for the fans and the good of cola.

Sorry but I’m an opportunist.

Hendo asked for highest contract in all of ufc? Do you believe Dana?

EA said MMA wasn’t a sport?…Do you really believe Dana?

We offered Fedor 5 mil a fight, he wanted 50 percent of my company? Do you honeslty belive Dana?

I aint saying M-1 is flawless or dana never tells the truth…but I mean M-1 isn’t a bunch of crooks, they bin working on getting the global market, for affliction 3 they had the deals set up…ufc and barnett fed that up….so yeah they bin doing this for a long time, and workin to get what htey need!

CBS makes money as it sells the air time to foreign networks and if those networks are paying because there’s demand, that in the end winds up making money for all involved.

This is good news for the sport in general and very good news for SF in my opinion.

Ahhhh-yeah! 25 mil.

That is what M-1 Global brings to the table.

The globe.

I think like most people, I want Strikeforce to do well, and I’d like to see more free events on CBS. I’m just not sure if ratings in Russia, regardless of if they are good, bad, or ugly, will put even $1 more in Scott Coker’s pocket. Will rating’s in Korea impact on if and when CBS broadcast’s another event? Only a few numbers matter, and that is $ from the gate, pay to fighters, and US televsion ratings.

Hat’s off to M1, who have shown that, if nothing else, they are great at keeping the buzz going on the internet.

http://www.sh****g.com/news/news/Exclusive-One-on-One-with-Fedor-20857

Viewers can judge the stoic Russian’s status for themselves in this exclusive video shot just hours following his procedure. Joined by M-1 Global CEO Joost Raimond, Emelianenko and promoter discuss the success of co-promotion with Strikeforce, the 6 million viewers that watched Emelianenko’s bout in Russia and UFC President Dana White’s criticism.

Jak: I’m saying the #’s aren’t really really good

That was supposed to say “i’m NOT saying the #’s aren’t really, really good”…

my bad.

If 21 of 25 million viewers came from Russia/CBS, doesn’t leave a lot for the rest of the worlds markets, especially asia where Fedor is huge.

It doesn’t say whether the Russia airing was live or tape delayed. Do i think 16 million of a 140 million person population were watching live in the wee hours? not likely.

I’m saying the #’s aren’t really really good, i’m just saying that people jump at vague articles that purposefully leave a lot of info out.

Beau Fury: I’m sorry but I just can’t believe a word anyone at M-1 Global says… I mean maybe Scott Coker but he did team up with them so I don’t know about him anymore. I think the numbers might be inflated a lot. What does everyone else think?

I heartily agree with Beau’s assessment, some independent verification might tell a different story. (“Might”, I said, ’cause Dufresne makes a good point..) Even if the numbers are bang on, does this translate into the financial salvation that Strikeforce requires to compete against the UFC on an ongoing basis? Or are the M-1 execs just gettin’ fatter? Seems to me that whatever M-1 touches turns to stone…