Quick Quote: Fedor Emelianenko would love to fight Antonio Silva, if the Werdum negotiations fall through

Originally posted by Anton Gurevich on April 14, 2010, 04:48 AM CDT

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Joined by M-1 Global boss Vadim Finkelstein and the actor Jean Claude Van Damme, Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko has revealed that his management would approach the Brazilian giant Antonio Silva, if the negotiations with Fabricio Werdum fall through. Fedor Emelianenko was "Guest of Honour" at the M-1 Selection: Eastern Europe event, held at the Aquarium Hotel (Crocus City Hall) in Moscow:

"I have no intentions leaving M-1 Global. We have a very good partnership, so I don't see any reasons why I should break-up my current deal with that organization. My next opponent will be Fabricio Werdum. We are currently negotiating with his team, but if something goes wrong we will try to reach an agreement with Antonio Silva."

If Fedor actually fights the 13-2 Antonio Silva, the decision may rairse many eyebrows, especially after contenders like Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett expressed their desire to square-off against "The Last Emperor". Antonio Silva is currently ranked #17 Heavyweight by USA Today, way behind fighters like Cheick Kongo and Gabriel Gonzaga. The fight against Fabricio Werdum it is expected to take place on June 26, at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

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SumHo How many Fedor fights are going to fall through? And I thought Arlovski was set to fight Silva? Not only is all this confusion bad for Strikeforce but having Fedor fight a fighter ranked 17th and just coming off a loss only substantiates all the smack Dana White has been talking about Fedor fighting "cans". Reply 2 years ago

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YouKnow for a minute I thought the headline said fedor wants to fight Anderson Silva, but then I thought no he is not that stupid, I think Reply 2 years ago

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partyboy another great opponent for fedor, why make 1 of the greatest p4p fighters fight decent competition?thats just stupid
THANKS M-1!!! Reply 2 years ago

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mokoko Dana is a can Anderson Chicken Silva is a can Reply 2 years ago

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mokoko Fedor's last 3 fights where all top 10. Gonzaga is not top10 JDS foght him. Kngo is not top10 wuy Mir foght him.ONE UFC HW with 3 top 10 fights and talk after that Reply 2 years ago

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MANOWAR Sorry to say you that , but fedor is not gay. He wont marry you ,even if you lick his balls so well Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony Fedor is fighting girlscouts, the real competition is in the UFC, you can't deny it. Reply 2 years ago

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mokoko Don't wory about me man i like women .Anderson is GAY he start his first fight with kissing a guy on the lips i now his reson strarting to figfht 25 year old Reply 2 years ago

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UrHype One suggestion guys, download a spell checker, your killing me! Reply 2 years ago

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ston3pony Who? Reply 2 years ago

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