M-1 / StrikeForce Pressekonferenz

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Die Highlights gibts hier zu lesen:
http://www.mmanews.com/other/Strikeforce...80%8F.html

Die ganze Konferenz als MP3 hier:
http://rutube.ru/tracks/2227724.html?con...0cf682c114

Die Aussagen von Fedor:

Fedor, a lot of fighters fight well into their 40s. Do you have that in mind to get set financially for the future?

FEDOR: “I don’t think that the age is important. I would like to develop MMA and I would like to also earn some money. If Strikeforce was able to offer the same (a better) deal as the UFC, why should we go to the UFC?”

Fedor, do you feel that you know all the ins and outs to the business of M1 and where your money is going?

FEDOR: “I have full control of all my contracts and my career. I get financial reports all the time. All contracts and all important issues are discussed with me. Everything that I don’t like, Vadim tries to fix for me. I have full control of everything that is going on.”

Fedor, what did you learn from the decision to sign with Affliction instead of UFC?

FEDOR: “From my viewpoint, the UFC does not have the proper attitude to fighters. The UFC attitude towards fighters is not a good one. They don’t treat them like human beings. And I don’t like their policy. The offer that we got was one kind, and then on the Internet they published really different numbers. The offer they gave us was really miserable.”

Do you think in general that M1 has been portrayed accurately in the press?

FEDOR: “There are a lot of people who take the side of the UFC and there a lot of people who take the side of M1. I think that if the numbers that were published on the Internet were real numbers, we would have signed with the UFC. All the numbers that were published were just rumors."

Fedor, a lot of fight fans are angry that you’ve deprived them of a fight with Brock Lesnar. Does that bother you?

FEDOR: “I really feel sorry that the fight could not happen and I feel sorry for my fans. But, I think I also deserve some respect and I also think my personal interests should be taken into consideration.”

CLOSING COMMENTS:

FEDOR: “Thank you very much for the interesting questions. I would like to clear up all of the questions on the Internet. All the decisions regarding my fights are made by me, then Vadim makes the public announcement. I feel really sorry that my fans won’t be able to see the fight with Brock Lesnar in the near future. But, I know that they will be able to see other fights with great opponents. I would like to stress once again that besides my fans’ interests, there is my personal interests that the UFC didn’t want to meet.”

[TheRaven666]

Danke für das Posting.

Sehr interessante Äußerungen, obwohl sie so viel Information nicht preisgeben. Ich denke, dass Fedor mittlerweile wohl auch PR-Berater für die USA an der Seite hat, weil das hört sich nicht so an als würde da ein Fighter sprechen. Das klingt schon fast nach Anwälten in meinen Ohren. ^^

Was ich jetzt nur mit Sicherheit weiß: "Image is everything!". Keiner will schuld sein und die Dreckwäsche wird dann am besten in der Öffentlichkeit gewaschen, je schlechter die Gegenseite dasteht, desto besser. Was haltet ihr von der Falschinformation im Netz mit den Details zu Fedors Vertrag? Ob man bei der UFC wirklich die Diekreditierungskarte spielen würde, weil Fedor oder wer auch immer nicht einschlägt? Ich will ehrlich gesagt keinem in der Diskussion glauben, weil ich dann nie das Gefühl los werden würde, dass man mich zum Narren gehalten hat.

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Was die falsch gestreuten Infos angeht, kann man nur spekulieren. Ich denke entweder wars eine gezielte Promo von der Carmichael Dave Show, oder aber die UFC, die am meisten davon profitierte.
Was das Interwiev zeigt, ist dass Fedor eben nicht nur sportliche sondern auch starke geschäftliche Interessen hat. Für mich hört sich das an, als wäre ihm das Geschäftliche Interesse mit M-1 wichtiger als eine zukünftige Arbeit mit der UFC.
Spezielle PR Berater glaube ich nicht. Er ist einfach viel smarter und mehr Business Mann als es ihm die meisten zutrauen.