Billy the Kid
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Post by Billy the Kid on Jan 27, 2013 4:29:13 GMT -5
UFC president Dana White said he was "that close" to making a fight between Brock Lensar and Fedor Emelianenko. "Remember when I met with him and I said it didn't go well?" White asked. "It actually went well. It went well and he wanted to fight Fedor. (Fedor's father died) "And then Fedor was done. He said, 'I'm done, I want to spend the rest of my life with my family.'" You can view the full interview at MMAFighting.com.
White said the plan was for Lesnar to fight Fedor at Cowboys Stadium. White said he went to dinner with Lesnar when he came to the UFC 146 event in Las Vegas on May 26, 2012, but Brock lost interest in once Fedor dropped out of the negotiations.
"He's done," White said of Lesnar. "He's going to do his stint in WWE and then go away. He's got a big farm up in Canada and crap. He loves to farm and he loves to be with his family out in the middle of nowhere." Shortly after UFC 146, White said his meeting with Lesnar did not go well. He indicates in the video that he made that statement to throw the media off track. Even though neither man was a champion at the time, UFC could have built up Lesnar vs. Fedor as a huge fight.
Credit: MMATorch.com
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Post by SteveHulk on Jan 27, 2013 5:06:47 GMT -5
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 27, 2013 5:16:07 GMT -5
Ariel's mind has been blown probably because he thinks he's so buddy-buddy with Dana that he would know.
Shame it didn't happen. I would have totally made the trip to Dallas for that.
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Post by Bartman on Jan 27, 2013 11:22:24 GMT -5
That definitely would have been something. Although I want to see that fight, I question whether that fight would have filled Cowboys Stadium in 2012/13? Perhaps a few years ago when both guys were on top, but I'm not sure if it would now.
To me, the only fights capable of filling Cowboys Stadium right now are GSP/Silva and Silva/Jones.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 27, 2013 17:26:14 GMT -5
I think it would have.
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Post by Kliquid on Jan 29, 2013 5:58:48 GMT -5
LoL yes, Lesnar definitely sells out any arena he wants to in an MMA fight. Especially against Fedor.
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Post by sean™ on Jan 29, 2013 13:41:06 GMT -5
I'd of paid to see it, that's for sure.
I know it will never happen, but I still think there's money in Lesnar/Mir 3. It'd be a short fight either way.
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jjtna
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Post by jjtna on Jan 29, 2013 20:24:11 GMT -5
Im sure its not the popular answer but I always favored Brock in this matchup. Much similiar to how the fight with bigfoot and fedor went. But yea, we'll never know.
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Post by Sonnen on Jan 29, 2013 22:52:03 GMT -5
Im sure its not the popular answer but I always favored Brock in this matchup. Much similiar to how the fight with bigfoot and fedor went. But yea, we'll never know. Prime Brock yes. Post operation Brock... no.
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