[BGknockout]

As Fedor Emelianenko prepares to make his Strikeforce debut Saturday in Chicago, he still wants a piece of Affliction.

The Russian heavyweight and M-1 have filed suit in California district court against Affliction and its MMA promotional division seeking damages for breach of contract. The lawsuit stems from Affliction's cancellation of its Trilogy show in August.

Under terms of the fighter's agreement with Affliction, Emelianenko was to fight for the promotion three times and earn $300,000, plus travel and accommodation expenses for each bout. Affliction delivered only two of those bouts and, according to the suit, also breached the "covenant of good faith and fair dealing" as it related to its fighter agreement with Emelianenko.

According to the suit, after Josh Barnett failed a drug test and was knocked off the card, Brett Rogers was tapped as a replacement and was willing to fight Emelianenko at Trilogy. However, Emelianenko and M-1 allege that, "Affliction elected to serve its own financial interests at the expense of its partners" by sponsoring the UFC, instead of staging its third show.

Emelianenko and M-1 assert that Affliction didn't inform them about negotiations with the UFC to resurrect its sponsorship agreement, the successful outcome of which would have led to the cancellation of Trilogy.

And, ultimately that's how it played out.

The suit alleges that Affliction was "speaking out of both sides of its mouth" while it was actively involved in discussions with the UFC; at the same time it purportedly was negotiating to obtain a replacement fighter for Trilogy.

In addition, the lawsuit states that Affliction breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing by failing to sign Rogers and canceling the show. M-1 also alleges that Affliction failed to honor a consulting agreement in which M-1 was to provide consulting services to the upstart promotion.

With Emelianenko set to fight Rogers this weekend, the fighter and M-1 are getting the bout they sought last summer. However, that's a secondary matter. Affliction failed to deliver a payday Emelianenko and M-1 believe they rightful deserve.

[big jagr]

Man M-1 Are a bunch of penny pinching Jews

[TheBlairSmithPr]

Originally Posted by big jagr

Man M-1 Are a bunch of penny pinching Jews

hardly pinching pennies. it might be 300 000 for the fight, but how many million from the sponsers??
also you'd be pretty pissed if you trained for however long then got dropped on your ass with no pay

[itchy]

Sorry if i don't have any sympathy for M-1 when it comes to contract negotiations. You reap what you sow.

[wcoastassassin]

M-1 global is the most crooked thing to enter the fight game since Don King. I as a fan have had it with their bullshit. They want to co-promote shows just because they tricked one good fighter into signing with them. Fedor will be an old has been after his contract with these thugs and I really can't feel too sorry for him because he had his chances to speak out against them and has supported them at every turn. Fedor will die pennyless, you heard it from me first.

[StootMonster]

Originally Posted by big jagr

Man M-1 Are a bunch of penny pinching Jews

That's a pretty lame statement.


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But a contract is a contract. They owe Fedor. Not much gray area in that at all. They signed a contract and reneged.

[muushupork]

i'd like to call for an immediate ban of bigjagr for his insanely ignorant and rage-inducing comment.