Vadim Finkelstein Says "We Are Interested in Fighting Josh Barnett", Not Alistair Overeem

Quote :

"I personally think that Alistair Overeem did not reach the desired level to challenge Fedor. He beat a lot of no-name opponents in Mixed Martial Arts. Overeem defeated Paul Buentello and then disappeared from the United States for more than two year, which is simply ridiculous. He has nothing to offer for Fedor Emelianenko, except being a steroid bully. Also, pay attention that Werdum beat Overeem when they were fighting in Pride, four years ago."

"We do not fight for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Title. Strikeforce are our partner, and any titles whether it is UFC, Strikeforce, WAMMA, Dream… they are just medals. Fedor is above these things. We are interested in the level of our opponent and his popularity among the audience."

"Exactly. We are more interested in fighting Josh Barnett, who is currently disqualified until September. When he returns from his suspension and if he tests clean, we might consider fighting him."

- http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/3/1/1332408/quote-of-the-day-2-vadim

Barnett still?

If they are looking for top competition then there's only one fight for Fedor in Strikeforce and then they need to get him into the UFC.

So we have to wait until Sept and hopefully Josh is clean?

Just give Fedor Werdum already. Then he can fight Barnett in Sept whever. And finally he can take the SF title from Rogers or Overeem. Finally he can be done with SF and come to the UFC where there should be 2-3 contenders.

This is a bogus sham from Finkelstein. What it means is "We are trying to get out of our agreed contract and will only fight a guy that is suspended until September and SF hopefully won't wait until then on a guy that may pee dirty."

Hah I didn't even read Farmers post.

LOL what a joke.

Sucks if he doesn't fight sometime this spring. I think Fedor has been wanting Josh for a while and his management is using that in some foolish leverage scheme over the orgs. Lot of fighters should be upset with that.

Well, i guess i would consider myself more interested in Fedor vs. Barnett than Fedor vs. Overeem as well.

Yo this fight is way too 2009 to be worthwhile to anyone anymore. This win will be meaningless regardless of how good it may actually be for Fedor and his legacy to some observers.

Finky said serious competition? Well lets bring back HMC or Lindland then? This is so much bogus bullshit, it is not even funny.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Finky said serious competition? Well lets bring back HMC or Lindland then? This is so much bogus bullshit, it is not even funny.

Yeah, completely ignore the fact that his three MOST RECENT fights have been against top 5 HWs. Andrew, you're slippin a little. I saw that one coming a mile away.

Finkelstein wins for the worst manager EVER.

Beats Sores by a hair.