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Fedor’s camp announced on Wednesday, that the fighter would be the poster boy, along with Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral, for EA’s mixed martial arts video game due out later this year. The deal, apparently, is still possible.

The UFC made Fedor a nice offer, according to his manager Vadim Finkelchtein, but it was not good enough. Neither side seems willing to budge on the co-promotion issue however. M-1 Global wants to co-promote fights with the UFC, while the UFC just wants Fedor as a fighter. It would be like the NHL co-promoting with a Junior League, for the sake of one player. It’s not going to happen. M-1 is so far beneath them in every aspect of the game, it’s a lost cause for M-1 to hang onto that clause.

M-1 honcho Finkelchtein says he has worked too long and hard to take M-1 world wide, and the UFC can’t be the only game in town. Well, they pretty much are, and M-1 is world wide?! Hopefully this is just a negotiating ploy, and we will see Fedor in the UFC very soon…but as of now, I have a hard time imagining anyone, including Fedor, taking out Brock Lesnar. Fedor usually weighs 236lbs for his fights, while Lesnar weighs 280lbs. That’s a lot of beef going against Fedor; and not Tim Sylvia-type beef. Brock can actually fight. Time will tell, I suppose.

On a side note, Finkelchtein says Fedor will fight soon, but under which banner, as of yet, is unknown.

"The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko

Yes, according to a report from the LA Times.

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

If true, this would be arguably the biggest week in MMA history. Affliction cancels its third event and then folds, then immediately joins the UFC fold. Tito Ortiz is on the brink of coming back to the UFC, and now there’s word that the undisputed (except to UFC folk, and really, it’s their job to dispute it) top heavyweight in the world Fedor Emelianenko is almost signed, sealed and delivered.

The UFC has a press conference scheduled this Friday, to announce a number of things, and MMA fans are crossing their fingers one of those items is about signing Fedor. The Russian Cyborg is the last big-name, big-time fighters out there, and now is the time to bring him on board before the 32yr old gets too old.

UFC President has said Fedor would receive an immediate title shot at Brock Lesnar should he be able to land the Russian; only time and Dana will tell.

Besides, whoever can look menacing while wearing a digital wristwatch is gold in my book. Check out the Fedor highlights, especially the fight against Kevin Randleman at the :51 second mark.