{"id":1879,"date":"2009-08-03T15:26:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T19:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2009-08-03T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T19:26:41","slug":"fedor-finds-his-new-mma-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/08\/03\/fedor-finds-his-new-mma-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedor Finds His New MMA Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After turning down a lucrative offer from top mixed martial arts promotion UFC, Fedor Emelianenko wasted no time finding his new home.<\/p>\n<p>The top-ranked heavyweight signed a deal to compete in Strikeforce.  His first fight for the Showtime-broadcast promotion will be this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am looking forward to going back to work and fighting at the highest level,&#8221; said Emelianenko. &#8220;Strikeforce is a top fight promotion that houses some of the greatest fighters in the world. I am prepared to fight any of them.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>As part of the multi-fight deal, Strikeforce has agreed to co-promote Fedor fights with the M-1 Global promotion and management group.  Co-promoting with M-1 Global has been a requirement for signing a deal with Emelianenko, and UFC&#8217;s unwillingness to co-promote events with the group was the biggest factor in stalling its negotiations with the touted heavyweight fighter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How are they going to help us co-promote?&#8221; said UFC President Dana White. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to help us? That [expletive] might work in Russia (but) not here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Strikeforce&#8217;s Scott Coker had a different perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with M-1 Global and Fedor,&#8221; said Scott Coker, CEO of Strikeforce. &#8220;Fedor has been the reigning king of MMA&#8217;s heavyweight division for quite some time now so being able to work with M-1 and Fedor will substantially increase the level of competition amongst the athletes in this weight class.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\fedor emelianenko&#038;iid=3739639\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/b\/2\/7\/0\/11.JPG?adImageId=2083277&#038;imageId=3739639\" width=\"320\" height=\"482\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"MMA: JAN 24 Affliction: Day of Reckoning\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fedor Finds His New MMA Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After turning down a lucrative offer from top mixed martial arts promotion UFC, Fedor Emelianenko wasted no time finding his new home. 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