The annual BusinessWeek Power 100: Most Powerful Athletes was published this week and caught the interest of the MMA industry by naming Fedor Emelianenko and Brock Lesnar to the list, in addition to boxers Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Shane Mosley. Athlete Rankings of note: 72. Manny Pacquiao 82. Fedor Emelianenko 91. Floyd Mayweather Jr. […]
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Affliction Motion to Dismiss Denied
J.R. Riddell of Sherdog.com reports that Affliction’s motion to dismiss M-1’s claims of breach of contract have been denied by a federal judge in Los Angeles. On Monday, Affliction’s legal team urged the judge to dismiss a number of Emelianenko and M-1’s breach of contract claims, arguing that two of the three agreements at issue […]
Overeem Committed to K-1 Until Early April
Steven Marrocco of MMAWeekly sheds some interesting light on the fighting and contract status of Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem: In January, the promotion secured Overeem to a one-year, three-fight deal, obligating him to a return in lieu of an informal talent-sharing agreement with K-1 that saw him snag the title in November 2007. […]
Fedor Aiding MMA in Russia
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer discusses the impact that Fedor’s last nationally televised fight has had on MMA in Russia: One thing that is legitimate, at least based on a television news report in Russia, is that after the fight aired on television (it was the first MMA fight in history to be broadcast […]
M-1 Global/Strikeforce: Record Numbers for Worldwide “Fedor vs. Rogers”
M-1 Global and Strikeforce announced last week that the worldwide broadcast of Fedor vs. Rogers did record numbers: AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND (November 24, 2009) – M-1 Global and Strikeforce announced today that the international audience reports from broadcasters all over the world revealed an unprecedented number of viewers for the November 7th “Fedor vs. Rogers” MMA event from Chicago, […]