1st!!!!!

dangit 3rd

QQ Dana, QQ. He would be tossing Fedors salad about now had he signed him. lawlz.

It will be music to Dana's ears if Fedor loses to some nobody in Strikeforce...just like the whole Kimbo slice episode turned out. Fedor should have taken Dana's deal for obvious reasons, money, exposure, but I guess Fedor's manager is running the show and just cost him a big payday...

How is that "turnabout is fair play?" It's not UFC's fault Coker was AWOL when it hit the fan last week. And by the time Dana left for Abu Dhabi, it had broken down between UFC and Fedor. I don't see how either of the two signings could be considered underhanded or sneaky, if that is indeed the point Cofield's making.
Wonder how Strikeforce will address this on the 15th. In-cage/satellite interview? Announce his opponent and fight date?
I'm not so sure this is a "great signing" for Strikeforce. That would be like saying it would have been a "great signing" for an XFL team to sign Peyton Manning at his going rate.
Actually...the USFL tried that 25 years ago getting Herschel Walker to try to compete with the NFL. We saw how that worked out.
Strikeforce could have kept gaining traction for a few years...realizing they can't compete with UFC right now, but gaining on them and building their brand. This seems like a very impatient move...and very unlike Strikeforce.

NO CHANCE is Tim Sylvia a top 5 HW. There is a completely different crop of HW fighters in the UFC then there have ever been.

fedor is a little fat irrelevant spanky.

Patron, are you VegasMMAWarrior?
Well, Fedor would have been good for UFC, but in the long run, they will eventually get him. That is, if Fedor doesn't still have a problem with Dana White in what he perceives as disrespect.

This whole thing was a joke from tha start. fedor doesnt want to fight the best. he wasnt to pad his record and make money for m-1 global, his retirement fund. its ok though. now all you fedor nuthuggers can continue on about how FEDOR RULES, but you'll never know the truth bc he always dodged the best competition.

Fedor is too afraid to fight Brock Lesnar and the other amazing talent in the UFC.

Dana White refuses to talk about Fedor except when he wishes to trash Fedor. I'm not going to blame anyone for the Fedor-UFC deal falling apart. They tried it once before and it didn't work, there wasn't much change in demands the second time around, so I can't understand why people are so surprised. I don't think they need each other. Fedor will remain a legend and the UFC will continue to grow. The UFC needs a heavyweight star, and they're banking on Lesnar. Anyone familiar with MMA wouldn't pick Lesnar to beat Fedor, so who else is there for the UFC to offer up to the Last Emperor?
I think Strikeforce is the joke, not Fedor. Giving one fighter's organization that much of your own which you've built up over the years is ludicrous. Fedor is great, but not that great. I will be more likely though to catch a Strikeforce event live.
The only thing this signing does is give cannon fodder to the useless debates over the pound for pound king. Fedor hasn't fought the best lately, but who of the new heavyweight crop is better than Fedor? I would like to see Fedor in the UFC, but it's not gonna happen any time soon.

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Awesome... No Joke!

oh and patron was dropped on his head as a child.... TIM SYLVIA A TOP 5 HW?!?!?!??!?! you did see him fight... or try to fight ray mercer, a past prime boxer.... you know... the one where he was KTFO in 12 seconds. not even 36.

hey Pete, Fedor does not need the UFC to be rich and famous...

I wanted to see Fedor in the UFC, but StrikeForce is the only other option. This move is a no-brainer for Scott Coker and company. Fedor could be their trump card to get StrikeForce in Elite XC's old slot on CBS in prime time. StrikeForce runs a good business model unlike Elite XC or Affliction. They keep their costs low. They don't spend money on useless expenses. They run in markets where they know they can draw good crowds as well.
Another misnomer is that UFC's HW division is lightyears better than StrikeForce. Is it better? Yes. However, take out Lesnar and Couture (their 2 biggest draws in the division) and there isn't much of a difference in quality.
UFC has: Nogueira (who is regressing and Fedor has beaten), CroCop (same as Nogueira), Mir, Kongo, Velasquez, Carwin, Herring (who Fedor also beat) and Gonzaga.
Strike Force has: Overeem, Werdum (who beat Gonzaga), Rogers, Buentello (likely) and Monson (likely).
I don't think that Carwin and Velasquez are that much better than Rogers.
Strike Force is willing to partner b/c they have done it before and b/c their brand isn't nearly as strong as UFC. I hope Dana takes the high road and doesn't trash Coker personally. Coker is one of the good guys in this business and he didn't screw anyone over.
I wanted Fedor in the megafight with Lesnar because the timing was perfect and the M-1 people prevented the deal. However, StrikeForce doesn't have "nobodies" for him to fight. Dream would literally have nobody for him to fight.

I'll say it again. You Do Not Compete in Full Contact Fighting if you are Scared of another man. That is logically incompatible with one another.
The keyboard warriors here that say that are the ones who are in fact scared.
So if you are going to talk trash about the man, at least do it in a way that makes sense.
If you want to say he is looking for lower quality competition to stack his record, fine.
But don't say he is Dodging Brock Lesnar because he is scared to get destroyed or the like.
You just appear to be an ignorant fool.

this whole saga is getting rediculous. Obviously some bridge was burned when the UFC acquired Pride, or so i assume. Fedor is undeniably a great fighter, however, these latest events lead me to believe that he is unwilling to fight the cream of the crop. I wonder if Fedor thinks he is getting too old to compete with the top flight talent in the UFC (Just a theory). But anyway, Fedor doesnt want to be in the UFC and maybe its time we all just let that idea go.

If Dana wanted to trash talk Coker, he would have by now. He's had plenty of opportunities over the years.
He did kind of trash talk Strikeforce just now: "fighting nobodies." But I don't think you'll ever hear Dana give Coker the kind of derision he gave Shaw and Atencio and the entire country of Japan.

I'm telling you now Fedor WOULD have signed the UFC contract IF Brock was NOT the champ. IF it was Randy, Frank, Cain, or Chiek he would have signed. NO DOUBT he is scared of the overgrown beast that is Brock. And im not even sure Brock would win but Fedor doesn't wanna risk it. Too bad for him would have great hype.

I personally thinks he wants to build M1. In one interview, Fedor said he could care less about his legacy and what people thought of him. It is not about fighting the best anymore because he has, the problem for many is that it seems he has now stopped which leads to speculations about him wanting to protect his record or fear he may lose to an inexperienced 260lbs+ gorilla with 4-1 record. Please. Fedor is not the top p4p for me anymore because his plans have changed. A. Silva is the top p4p with GSP in second. I see nothing wrong with what Fedor did in according to him wanting to use an established company to springboard M1, however, whether he and M1 breaks that company down to where the UFC can swallow it up is a different story. Strikeforce is stupid to sign because Fedor IS too good. Competition or not, you do not want a fighter that is too good because it makes the fights a freak-show.

I would say, based on the above picture, that Mr. White was too busy think about Xenergy to land the deal with the crafty Russian.

fedor will get beat down by brett rogers- think what brock would do to him-ground and pound that pudgy little heavyweight

once he runs through all the guys in strikeforce everyone going look at him like a joke just finding way to promote m-1 and keep his title of the best heavyweight but i would have wanted to see him and ufc and gotten some competition carwin i believe is better that rogers and velasquez is going to get there soon but let fedor fight a couple times we will all see him as a joke and a promoter rather than a fighter

You can't question Fedor's credentials, but cmon how much of a draw is he going to be really? He wasn't filling the seats in Affliction and he's going to run out of top competition in a hurry fighting in Strikeforce. Look at the numbers Anderson Silva has been doing recently fighting inferior opponents, and he has the UFC behind him. In the end Dana White's ego is bruised, but Strikeforce is the one going to suffer the real damage. How many top HW from the UFC are going to bolt to fight Fedor? Please someone tell me how this is good for Strikeforce in the long run?