Is M-1 Global mental?!

That’s the question everyone will be asking if CBS Radio MMA host Carmichael Dave’s report on the terms the UFC have offered Fedor Emelianenko/M-1 Global are accurate.

Here’s what’s (reportedly) on the table:

- a six-fight contract worth $30 million

- an immediate title shot

- a percentage of the pay-per-view revenue for the Fedor/Brock Lesnar fight, which would likely be the biggest UFC PPV ever

- freedom to wear as many M-1-logoed items as he wants into the Octagon

- freedom to compete in combat sambo competitions

Apparently, though, Fedor/M-1 still refuses to sign the deal unless the UFC agrees to co-promote with the company. Whoever is making the decisions over there is out of their fucking tree. This is easily the most lucrative and accommodating contract in UFC history. This is a once-in-a-lifetime deal for a once-in-a-generation fighter.

I think fans will be pissed if Fedor turns this opportunity down. He’s getting buckets of money, freedom to wear any signage he wants (which pretty much accomplishes M-1’s goal of promoting itself) and the ability fight in other competitions, something no other fighter in the UFC has.

This is an Alex Rodriguez-sized contract offer. To turn it down is the depths of stupidity. I mean, he does know he’ll get paid in American dollars and not rubles, right?