Report: Fedor Emelianenko headed to UFC

July 28, 2009 | Tim | Comments 0

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Last week, UFC president Dana White promised some “crazy” announcements this week. One of them appears to be the signing of the #1 heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emelianenko. The UFC has tenatively scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon, and according to the L.A. Times, Fedor and the UFC are close to a deal:

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.

Additional reports claim that Fedor and UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar are in negotiations to finalize a fight, possibly as early as UFC 103 in September.

Last weekend, Dana White hinted that the announced Rich Franklin/Dan Henderson main event for UFC 103 was not set in stone. This could be the change he was hinting at. UFC 103 goes up against Floyd Mayweather’s fight with Juan Marquez on pay-per-view the same night, so it would be interesting to see the PPV numbers UFC 103 would draw with Fedor/Lesnar in the main event.

Before we jump the gun however, it should be noted that Dana said last week he’d have a press conference this week. I doubt that White knew last week that they’d be close to a deal with Fedor already, so it’s quite possible that White and the UFC may announce something completely different on Friday. This is just one report, we’ll see if we get more info coming out here soon.

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