Report: M-1 Re-Negotiating Strikeforce Deal, Fedor Possibly Fighting In June
From Sherdog:
"We were renegotiating. I think we’re pretty much at the end of that road," said Kogan. "After the CBS show, we thought that the terms needed a little bit tweaking -- nothing major, just a little bit of tweaking. So, we had a round of negotiations with Strikeforce. Everything went positively. We’re pretty much at the end."
"Obviously, we are much more than the management company for Fedor," said Kogan. "For us, it’s really important that the M-1 Global brand is acknowledged on these co-promotion events. As much as the partners made a lot of effort to acknowledge the co-branding, the media basically picked up on the fact that it was Strikeforce and kind of forgot about everything else, which wasn’t the most ideal for us."
"I think June, July is realistic (for Emelianenko’s return)," said Evgeni Kogan, M-1 Global’s Director of Operations. "It’s not 100 percent. Don’t take this as a fight announcement, but I think during the summer."
So it seems as though M-1 felt as though their brand wasn't promoted enough during the initial CBS broadcast. However, if it is indeed a co-promotion, what part did M-1 play in that besides putting their logo out there and supplying Fedor Emelianenko? What did they want re-negotiated? More logos on the cage, more money, or more name drops on the broadcast or something?
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“As much as the partners made a lot of effort to acknowledge the co-branding, the media basically picked up on the fact that it was Strikeforce and kind of forgot about everything else, which wasn’t the most ideal for us.”
That’s probably because it was a Strikeforce event that M-1 was trying to ride their coat-tails on. If they want to be recognized, maybe they should do something instead of just leach off of other promotions.
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Now…I wonder what SF agreed to this time(or will agree to).
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Russian national anthem?
Who knows what those crazy Russians will want to please their own egos.
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![According to MMAJunkie
Diaz is going to fight at an event planned for Oct. 9 currently dubbed "Strikeforce: San Jose." But he will compete welterweight, and Miller is not his opponent.
Instead, recent winner K.J. Noons, who defeated Diaz nearly three years ago for the EliteXC lightweight title, is expected to get a shot at belt.
UPDATE by Matt Bishop [8/25/10 at 1:13 p.m. ET]: It's official via a Strikeforce press release and they have offered some quotes.
"Nick has no class, he’s a bum, a piece of (expletive) and he and his team disrespected my family and I with their gestures and trash talk and tried to upstage my fight,’’ said Noons after the near-fracas (in 2008).
Offered Diaz: "I’m sorry about what happened in the cage afterward, but I didn’t start it. His guys were talking (expletive) to us.’’
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