It wouldn’t be a normal month in the world of MMA if no ‘post worthy’ material didn’t stem from Fedor Emelianenko and company (meaning M-1 Global), and just when we’ve gone a few days talking about the crazy shenanigans of Anderson Silva, the ‘hey buddy’ Strikeforce brawl, and Penn vs. Edgar II, yes indeedy, “The Last Emperor” finally gets tossed back into the mix (which is far easier to do in a sentence than physically).
In an interesting report from MMA Junkie’s John Morgan this afternoon, M-1 Global President Vadim Finklechtein offered the organization’s own view, as to why there’s been a hold-up regarding Fedor’s second Strikeforce bout:
“We’re not trying to renegotiate a new contract,” Finkelchtein said. “We’re not asking for anything in addition to what we were promised prior to entering into the relationship in 2009. … What we’ve wanted, and why the fight didn’t happen this past weekend, is because we wanted the terms that were promised to us in the deal, and that’s what we are trying to negotiate – for us to be able to get those terms that were promised so we can move forward.”
One of the terms meaning, M-1 Global wasn’t exactly front and center during the promotion of Fedor’s Strikeforce debut last fall. Now, Vadim also said that Fedor could be ready to fight on Strikeforce’s June 26th show (probably against Fabricio Werdum); after last weekend’s less than ‘where’d my socks go?’ Strikeforce event, getting Fedor back on CBS ASAP is probably a good way to go.