MMA's done a pretty good job of putting together the super matches we've asked for as fans. It's helped that Zuffa purchased most of its competitors, but there are still a few fights we've been denied.It's nothing like what boxing is dealing with in the elusive Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather or even worse competitive eating's quandary with Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.
A squabble between promoter (Major League Eating) and athlete (Kobayashi) is keeping fans from seeing Chestnut-Kobayashi IV, V, VI and so on. It's a damn shame.
Yesterday, while Chestnut was scarfing down 62 hot dogs on Coney Island, Kobayashi tore through 69 on a rooftop in Manhattan.
It's similar to Fedor Emelianenko's battle over the years with the UFC. Fedor and his management team didn't want to sign an exclusive contract that would keep the fighter from competing in Sambo. Kobayashi wants to be able to travel the world and compete in non-sanctioned MLE events, but the promoters, the Shea brothers, won't acquiesce.
Because Fedor and Zuffa couldn't come to terms, we missed out on these dream matchups -Fedor vs. Randy Couture; Fedor vs. Brock Lesnar; Fedor vs. Chuck Liddell; Fedor vs. Anderson Silva and� Fedor vs. Tito Ortiz.
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