Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times passes along the latest in negotiations:
Another intense contract negotiation between Ultimate Fighting Championship and Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, considered the world’s best mixed martial arts fighter, reached a quiet end Wednesday.
Emelianenko told reporters Wednesday in Orange, “The offer which was made by UFC is not interesting to us.”
UFC President Dana White and company owner Lorenzo Fertitta were unavailable for comment.
On Tuesday, negotiations briefly inspired speculation (even within UFC) that a deal with Fedor would be announced Friday.
“Nyet,” said Vadim Finkelchtein, president of Emelianenko’s promotion company, M-1 Global. […]
“They took a timeout and we took a timeout,” Finkelchtein said. “We will work only on co-promotion conditions.”
On the 28th Pugmire’s source predicted a different outcome:
A long-awaited agreement between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the man considered the world’s best mixed martial arts fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, is expected to be announced by UFC President Dana White on Friday, a source with information about the negotiations told The Times today.
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