COUTURE/EMELIANENKO FIGHT A POSSIBILITY?

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Randy/Fedor: Still A UFC Possibility?
Published 3/6/2008 by Michael Rome <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
According to ESPN The Magazine, Fedor Emelianenko is in the process of separating from M-1, and his people are open to re-opening negotiations with The UFC: ...

Fedor vs. Randy still possible in the UFC?
Published 3/7/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
... Apy Echteld, one of Fedor’s agents, told ESPN The Magazine that Fedor could be a free agent as early as next week: ...

Fedor to Become Free Agent, UFC Interested?
Published 3/7/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
... In a recent interview with ESPN the Magazine‘s Ryan Hockensmith, one of Fedor Emelianenko’s agents, Apy Echteld, has revealed that his client is set to become a free agent later this week after his current contract with M-1 Global runs out. ...

Report: Fedor Emelianenko seeks M-1 ‘divorce’ and willing to renegotiate with UFC
Published 3/7/2008 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... ESPN “The Magazine” of all places is running a report that Fedor Emelianenko — considered among many as the top heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts — will be a free agent again within the next week and will entertain offers from the UFC. ...

Fedor Wants Out Of M-1, Dana White “I Would Sign Fedor”
Published 3/7/2008 by CagE at Cage Today - MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... I bet you didn’t see this one coming, ESPN the Magazine has announced that Fedor Emelianenko will be a free agent as of next week. ...

Fedor Emelianenko Officially a Free Agent
Published 3/7/2008 by onepunchko.com at Ultimate MMA News and UFC News
... a year before falling apart amid plenty of name-calling and finger-pointing from both sides. UFC president Dana White was vocal in pinning the blame on Emelianenko's team, saying he never once spoke or met with the fighter. Would the head of the UFC be willing to enter the Fedor fray again? "Absolutely, 100 percent, in a heartbeat," says White. "People think he's the best—I don't, not even close. But if it's somehow possible, I would make it happen." Read the Rest Here ...

Fedor to Become a Free Agent…UFC Here He Comes?
Published 3/7/2008 by Tom Ngo at 5thRound.com - UFC 86 Play-by-Play, UFC News, MMA News, Fighter Interviews, EliteXC, Affliction
... ESPN The Magazine reported late Thursday night that the short lived relationship between M1 and reigning Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko is coming to an end.  Emelianenko, the consensus #1 Ranked Heavyweight in the world, fought only one fight for the organization back on New Years Eve.  Does this once again open the door for the highly anticipated, and highly controversial match up between Emelianenko and Current/Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture? Apy Echteld, one of Emelianenko’s agents, confirmed that M-1 and Emelianenko will part ways some time in ...

Fedor Emelianenko Leaving M-1 Global
Published 3/7/2008 by Todd Yeakle at Red Sweat
... "The Natural" and Fedor Emelianenko would clear up a lot of dispute over whether Fedor is the #1 pound for pound fighter in the world. Fedor has recently been knocked down in many p4p ranking lists including mine due to his inactivity in the past two years and for not facing top level competition. A definitive win over Couture would definitely resolidify his presence as the #1 heavyweight in the world for sure. For more details and to read the original article visit ESPN. ...

Randy Couture vs. Fedor Emelianenko in UFC?
Published 3/7/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Fighting, MMAWell, this is weird. We've been hearing for ages that the top heavyweights in mixed martial arts, Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko, won't fight each other in UFC because they think UFC rips off its fighters, and that they can't fight each other elsewhere because Couture's contract with UFC won't allow it. But now ESPN the Magazine reports that a Couture-Emelianenko fight, under the UFC banner, is a real possibility. According to the report, Emelianenko is about to get out of his M-1 Global ...

Fedor free agency raises host of questions
Published 3/7/2008 by Steve Sievert (cycling.notebook@earthlink.net) at Brawl Sports
... As reported yesterday by ESPN The Magazine, Fedor, recognized by most MMA pundits as the world's top heavyweight, is in the process of leaving M-1 Global. Last fall, the Russian signed a six-fight, $12 million contract and established M-1 Global as an instant player in MMA. ...

Fedor Leaving M-1?
Published 3/7/2008 by Dr J at MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis
... According to Ryan Hockensmith of ESPN The Magazine, Fedor Emelianenko will be released from his M-1 Global contract sometime next week and once again become a free agent. ...

Fedor Emelianenko To Become a Free Agent
Published 3/7/2008 by Eric Shapiro at MMAFrenzy.com
... Heavyweight sensation Fedor Emelianenko will reportedly become a free agent next week, according to a new ESPN Magazine article which discusses the former Pride champion’s departure from M-1 Global: ...

Fact, Fiction, and Fedor
Published 3/9/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
... By now we’ve all read the ESPN.com article that claimed Fedor Emelianenko is on the verge of severing ties with M-1 Global. ...