“According to our proposal, Vartanyan would become the highest paid fighter in the league, but negotiations have now stopped” – ASA Vice President

The ASA League sent an attractive offer Edouard Vartanian , which would make the athlete the highest paid fighter in the MMA league, but at the moment negotiations between the parties have stopped. ASA Vice President Aslanbek Badaev informed about this.

In June, Vartanyan defeated Kazakhstan’s Artem Reznikov in the final of the ACA Lightweight Grand Prix in the final fight under his league contract. Vartanyan has been competing in ASA (formerly ASV) since spring 2015 (although in 2021 the fighter has only had two fights, both in the Open FC league). In total, Vartanyan, 32, has 25 victories and four defeats.

— Negotiations with Vartanyan are currently interrupted. We made our offer immediately after his last fight and almost immediately began negotiations on an extension. Our offer was good: he would become the highest paid fighter in the organization. He liked this offer, we satisfied his needs. It’s difficult for me to speak for him. But that was the most money he could get. For our part, we did the work. We agreed on a certain deadline because we already have to plan the fights in Grand Prix and not within the Grand Prix. We were just on break waiting for Edik’s response. We waited until the end of August. And he said that the conditions suited him, he wanted it, but now he is not ready to give a definitive and positive answer. If I understand correctly, we are talking about negotiations with another league. As a result, our negotiations ended here and our paths diverged. Edik is not an ASA fighter, he is a free agent. But I do not exclude that we could resume negotiations. But it may already be that these are different conditions, different emphasis will be placed. But at the moment our paths have diverged,” Badaev told .

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