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Middle Easy is assuming that the "enormous amount" was changed. Even if it was, it still would have been huge seeing as it makes Anderson Silva money look like chumps change.
This is what a good fighter manager should be doing, getting the most amounts for their fighter, good on ya M-1 Global!
If this is a co-promoted event then this is also a win-win situation for both Dream and M1-Global, since the risks are shared as well as the costs of holding the event. M-1 and the Japanese has always worked well together, this is probably why Fedor and even Gegard (when he was with M-1) has taken part in many NYE events. NYE events are usually very well sought after and very profitable for any fighter. Another reason why this is highly important for the Japanese is that out of all the fighters in the event, Fedor really legitimizes the event to the eyes of the "idiot" Western MMA media who normally dont pay attention to top Japanese talents. While to the Japanese, their favorite son and Olympic hero is going up against another well known and highly respected/loved fighter (for a non Japanese who is not Bob Sapp).
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Well, it looks like we are wrong.
A couple weeks ago in our Sunday Morning Rumor Mill, we stated there was 0% chance Fedor would be fighting Satoshi Ishii. This statement was mainly due to an amount M-1 Global wanted from Real Entertainment, an amount so high that we absolutely knew DREAM could not afford to shell it out. The price won't be mentioned here, but trust me, it was an enormous amount. It makes 'Anderson Silva money' look like change found in your mother's sofa. Now it appears that M-1 Global has settled for a reduced amount for Fedor Emelainenko to fight in DREAM's NYE card (otherwise known as 'Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011!') against Olympic judoka, Satoshi Ishii.
The bout was just confirmed by M-1 Global in a press release just minutes ago, and the announcements reads as if the event will be co-promoted by M-1 Global. Unfortunately the DREAM heavyweight title will not be on the line, since Alistair Overeem has it stored safely in one of his biceps. It all goes down on HDNet on December 31st, so we're assuming you will stay up until 5:00am with the rest of us. If not, please destroy your MMA fan card at your earliest convenience.
Also, due to MiddleEasy being absolutely wrong on our Fedor/Ishii item in the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill, we will no longer publish the feature for the remainder of 2011.
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This is what a good fighter manager should be doing, getting the most amounts for their fighter, good on ya M-1 Global!
If this is a co-promoted event then this is also a win-win situation for both Dream and M1-Global, since the risks are shared as well as the costs of holding the event. M-1 and the Japanese has always worked well together, this is probably why Fedor and even Gegard (when he was with M-1) has taken part in many NYE events. NYE events are usually very well sought after and very profitable for any fighter. Another reason why this is highly important for the Japanese is that out of all the fighters in the event, Fedor really legitimizes the event to the eyes of the "idiot" Western MMA media who normally dont pay attention to top Japanese talents. While to the Japanese, their favorite son and Olympic hero is going up against another well known and highly respected/loved fighter (for a non Japanese who is not Bob Sapp).
http://middleeasy.com/index.php?opti...:organizations
Well, it looks like we are wrong.
A couple weeks ago in our Sunday Morning Rumor Mill, we stated there was 0% chance Fedor would be fighting Satoshi Ishii. This statement was mainly due to an amount M-1 Global wanted from Real Entertainment, an amount so high that we absolutely knew DREAM could not afford to shell it out. The price won't be mentioned here, but trust me, it was an enormous amount. It makes 'Anderson Silva money' look like change found in your mother's sofa. Now it appears that M-1 Global has settled for a reduced amount for Fedor Emelainenko to fight in DREAM's NYE card (otherwise known as 'Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011!') against Olympic judoka, Satoshi Ishii.
The bout was just confirmed by M-1 Global in a press release just minutes ago, and the announcements reads as if the event will be co-promoted by M-1 Global. Unfortunately the DREAM heavyweight title will not be on the line, since Alistair Overeem has it stored safely in one of his biceps. It all goes down on HDNet on December 31st, so we're assuming you will stay up until 5:00am with the rest of us. If not, please destroy your MMA fan card at your earliest convenience.
Also, due to MiddleEasy being absolutely wrong on our Fedor/Ishii item in the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill, we will no longer publish the feature for the remainder of 2011.
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