(Weight Loss News) Ben Fowlkes: Heavyweight division largely crippled by co-promotional demands (Sports Illustrated)

All Strikeforce needed to do to snare him was agree to a shadowy co-promotional deal with his cronies at M-1 Global, which meant — what? Strikeforce first acquired Emelianenko through a three-fight deal with M-1 Global in August of 2009. Since then, he’s fought for the promotion once, which is exactly as many times as M-1 Global has insisted on renegotiating his contract in the same time span. The UFC may adopt an iron-fisted approach to dealing with employees — just ask Jon Fitch what happens when you have the temerity to bristle at signing away all rights to your own likeness — but the UFC gets what the UFC wants. read more

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