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UFC 189: McGregor vs Mendes


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Fedor Emilianenko was making $10,000 a fight in Pride as champ, up until he left and fought for Inoki, He wasn't getting any fight sponsors, sure held him back

I find that hard to believe.

 

That might have been the amount disclosed, but I would wager Fedor was getting some extra cash under the table.

It came from Miro Mijaovic who was basically ran out of Japan by a certain Yakuza gang, he was getting ripped off by both Russian Top Team & Pride, he then signed with Vadim and Red Devil/M1, went back to Pride and made good money.

 

He's told this story on Spike, a book and you can find the article over at fightopinion.com from around 2012. Cro Cop & Sakuraba were their .big money guys at that time, probably Wand as well.

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Fedor doesn't care for the money, look at the guy's training facilities:

 

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I sometimes wonder how wrong Rocky 4 got it with regards to Russian fighters. They listed Drago as the drug-addled super athlete that training in hi-tech facilities, but from my experience of following combat sports Russian combat athletes train in as primitive manner as possible, they are a different breed over in them parts.

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Apparently Fedor has said he wants a rematch with Fabricio Werdum.

Of course he wants a fight with the Champion.  Who doesn't at Heavyweight?  His last 3 fights surely scream "NEXT UFC TITLE CONTENDER"

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