Dana White: Fedor’s Strikeforce days have come to an end
At the UFC 133 press conference it was announced by UFC president Dana White that Fedor Emelianenko has been released…
At the UFC 133 press conference it was announced by UFC president Dana White that Fedor Emelianenko has been released from his Strikeforce contract. Fedor is riding a three fight losing streak while carrying a hefty price tag and a management team with a long history of proving difficult for Zuffa to deal with.
This continues the thinning out of the Strikeforce roster and the likely eventual dissolving of the promotion once the Showtime deal hits completion.
The antagonistic relationship between M-1 Global and Zuffa and Dana White’s refusal to play nice even with Fedor under the Zuffa banner made this feel more like an eventuality than anything.
Fedor’s management has responded: Fedor doesn’t have a contract with White.
“Fedor’s contract it with Showtime,” M-1 Global representative Evgeni Kogan told MMA Nation’s Jonathan Snowden. “He remains a Showtime fighter, on a network which has been amazing to Fedor and the team.”
“Strikeforce is not the only MMA promotion on Showtime. So there are a number of options for Fedor which will be looked at. And one of those is to work with the other MMA promotion currently on Showtime.”
They have already aired two M-1 Global event to weak ratings and little attention, but now they will have an attention grabbing headliner with Fedor available to headline for his own promotional company.