Fedor Emelianenko and his M-1 management team have been called every name in the book by frustrated members of the mixed martial arts community, but "bus hoggers" has to be a new one.
As you likely know, Emelianenko was the headlining attraction at DREAM's year-end DREAM: New Year! 2011 event. Fighting in Japan for the first time in four years, "The Last Emperor" needed just two-and-a-half minutes to blast through Satoshi Ishii and warm the hearts of PRIDE fans everywhere.
Apparently, the behind-the-scenes aftermath didn't got as smoothly. HDNet play-by-play announcer Michael Schiavello documented the ugliness with a bizarre ten-tweet rant.
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Michael Schiavello BTW Fedor is SUCH a DIVA! Other fighters & us sat on bus for about 90 min after show because Fedor Apparently needs a bus all to himself!
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Michael SchiavelloEven Bibi Fernandes and his team were booted off the second bus because "that is Fedor's bus", mind you these are like 70 seat tour buses!
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Michael Schiavello seriously, it was just plain RUDE. Fighters want to get to their hotel we ALL HAD TO WAIT & Bibi had to clear off the Fedor bus
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Michael Schiavello No he doesn't. If greats like Hoost, JLB, Sefo, Schilt, Hunt, Hug, Aerts etc can all bus share, Fedor can too
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Michael Schiavello fancy booting Bibi Fernandes & his team off ONE BUS and onto the other more crowded one. Dude just won the B/W GP! #rude
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Michael Schiavello Not to mention sitting there for 90 mins on a bus at 1230am waiting, waiting, waiting...
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Michael Schiavello I get the "special treatment" thing but hey, hire a small private van or a limousine, I'v seen that done before. Don't keep others waiting
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Michael Schiavellosucked that I had to wait but more so guys who had fought their hearts out -- Bibi, Banuelos, Saadulaev etc waiting 90 min!
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Michael Schiavelloyou know as well as I do you are your management. His demand or not it reflects poorly on him.
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HT: MMA Mania
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