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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: clanggedin on March 08, 2008, 08:03:29 pm ---M-1 had their first event on December 31st 2007, called Yarrenoka. It was a co-promoted with former executives from Pride FC.
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So I looked up this event... Fedor fought a 7-2 (that's 7 foot 2, not 7 and 2) guy that had only 1 pro fight and tapped him in under 2 minutes. I think this is the same freak Lesnar was supposed to fight but was injured in training.
What a great time with M1 Fedor had! Those checks better have been large because he wasted a full year of his prime on those guys.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 10, 2008, 07:46:41 am ---
Tank at least used to be world class strong. I remember seeing him bench 600lb back in the day.
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Yeah, they showed him training in the intro to a UFC fight once. I was watching with my brother-in-law, who benches like 375. He was just starting to say that Tank was a fat ass and shouldn't be there when it showed tank benching an ungodly amount, then lifting freeweights that were like 150 lbs over his head - all without apparent effort. His opinion of Tank changed pretty quick.
clanggedin:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 10, 2008, 07:46:41 am ---
Tank at least used to be world class strong. I remember seeing him bench 600lb back in the day.
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During Tank's stint in the UFC when he was popular he was hired as the lifting coach for the University of Utah football team. I think he only lasted 1 season with them.
Fedor has to return his $1.5 million dollar signing bonus.. It wasn't M-1 who dropped the ball on this partnership it was Fedor and his crew. I bet you they tried to line up a fighters for him, but he probably wanted tin cans so he could add more wins to his record.
Whoever gets him will not get big PPV buys unless he fights someone who is already really popular in the US like Couture. Otherwise it will be a bad investment to sign him IMO.
ChadTower:
If they sign him they get Couture back. That is worth more than just getting Fedor. They can't sign him for the money he wants, of course, but looking at how much they just threw at Lesnar, they may have to pay him quite a bit.
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