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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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Fedor wants you to build a ramp to the cage so he feels like he is in Pride. He wants Scott to attend all his Sambo matches.

Unashamedly biased for Team Superior here in Conover/HKY.

by ziontiger on Mar 9, 2010 12:41 PM EST reply actions  

“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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by -Neil- on Mar 9, 2010 1:05 PM EST reply actions  

I'm saying

Now…I wonder what SF agreed to this time(or will agree to).

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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 9, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Russian national anthem?

Who knows what those crazy Russians will want to please their own egos.

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by -Neil- on Mar 9, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions  

You’ll probably hear the M-1 name droped quite a bit more on the telecast and in the hype leading up to the fight.
Maybe they’ll make it clear that Fedor is on loan from M-1 Global to fight for Strikeforce.

by Joey Woods on Mar 9, 2010 2:42 PM EST reply actions  

The thing with it was it did not seem like it was from either Strikeforce or M1. It seemed like it was CBS Saturday night fights. I would be pissed if I was either company, but this is a legit beef for once from M1

by Loco Chewy on Mar 9, 2010 5:39 PM EST reply actions  

This
It seemed like it was CBS Saturday night fights

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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 9, 2010 7:18 PM EST reply actions  

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