Fedor’s manager: Fans don’t necessarily care who Fedor fights
M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein says he’ll know as soon as today if Fedor Emelianenko’s obligation to Strikeforce ends with…
M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein says he’ll know as soon as today if Fedor Emelianenko’s obligation to Strikeforce ends with his next fight. The executive said his company “primarily” is negotiating with Strikeforce’s broadcast partner, Showtime Networks, on a new deal that will keep the Russian heavyweight in the Strikeforce cage beyond the single fight remaining on his current contract.
“I think fans just want to see Fedor fight and don’t necessarily care who the opponent is,” said Finkelchtein. “I know that Fedor doesn’t care either.”
“I’m confident that everything will be OK to the point that Fedor’s satisfied. We’re slowly making progress.”
“We have an agreement in place, and that agreement has one more fight on it. If we have to operate under that agreement; that’s perfectly fine. But if we have the opportunity to make the relationship more long term, than certainly we’re open to that as well. So we feel fine about that in terms of Fedor’s career because we know at some point very soon, he’s going to have a fight.”