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Very interesting rumors are reported by Nokaut.com.A reliable source has confirmed ProElite, Inc. has offered Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) a four-fight, 18-month contract. A request for confirmation or comment from Jeremy Lappen, ProElite Head of Fight Operations, has been ignored. The contract calls for Emelianenkos first two fights in the promotion to broadcast on American - [Read more]

Chuck Liddell shared his opinion about Fedor Emelianenko a while ago. Now he is in an action again. Lets see what he had to say this time.CHUCK LIDDELL has savaged Fedor Emelianenko following the news the Russian superstar has become a free agent. Widely regarded as the finest mixed martial artist in the world, fans are desperate to see Emelianenko face ex-UFC star Randy Couture in a dream - [Read more]

Sherdog writesDespite the announcement of an agreement last October between Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global, the deal was never signed, a source close to both camps told Sherdog.com. The Russian heavyweights only agreement with the company -- according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity -- came in the form of a letter of intent. The return of a $1.5 million signing bonus - [Read more]

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I received some insiders information from the Russian M-1 camp about the two recent news/rumors: ESPN interviews Apy Echteld; Fedor leaves M-1 Global? and Rumor: Crisis in M-1 Global; Monte Cox wants Vadim Finkelstein out by the buyout. According to the source, there are currently big transformations going on in M-1 Global. Vadim Finkelstein became the president of the company (yes, we are - [Read more]

The will be BodogFIGHTs fightFORCE: RUSSIA vs. WORLD event on 19th April, 2008 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Following fighters will be representedRating Fights 1. Vener Galiev (8-2, Russia) vs. Muhamed Aushev (Russia) 2. Shamil Abdurahimov (Russia) vs. Baga Agaev (7-4, Russia) Main Fights 3. Vladimir Zenin (10-2, Russia) vs. Enrique Palau (Spain) 4. Aleksei Veselovzorov (13-7-1, Russia) vs. - [Read more]

The first event by a new YAMMA Pit Fighting MMA organization will take place April 11 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J, USA. Why am I writing about this new organization? What does it have to offer? What makes it interesting?The YAMMA Pit Fighting organization was founded by the Bob Meyrowitz, a former co-owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) from 1993-2001. Now the - [Read more]

A guy at Sherdogs forum talked with Chuck Liddell on February 7th.(...) Interviewer: Would you ever move up to HW? Chuck Liddell: "I could", I want to fight Fedor [Emelianenko]. Interviewer: I heard this in an interview a while back, and you said you want to fight Cro Cop, how do you match up?" Chuck Liddell: I think I could knock Fedor out. He "lacks standup KO power", and I could keep it on - [Read more]

During the same weekend when the first M-1 Global Challenge event took place, the M-1 Global Challenge press-conference was also organized. They had some bits of information to share. M-1 Global finally gave a list of countries, which are participating in a team format. As you might imagine, this list was different from both the initial and additional information. As of now, the list of - [Read more]

New interview with Fedor Emelianenko at m1mixfight.com .Question: The number one question everyone is wondering, why didnt you sign with the UFC? Fedor: We didnt sign the contract there because we were offered a one-sided contract on unacceptable conditions. Question: You stated Mirko was your toughest fight in Pride, why? And would you give Mirko a rematch? Fedor: I dont think Mirko was the - [Read more]

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The results from M-1 - Slamm, the First M-1 Global Challenge event (winner in bold) which took place March 2, 2008 in Holland (Netherlands). Unfortunately there is no 100% trustworthy results available anywhere, so I had to compile my list from different sources. Nevertheless, dont trust them 100%. The pretty much only reliable thing is that in a team competitions, Red Devil Sports Club (Russian - [Read more]

ESPN reports:Dont consider a UFC fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture dead just yet. With Couture embroiled in a nasty legal dispute with the UFC and Emelianenko tied to M-1 Globals MMA franchise, the heavyweight dream matchup has long seemed to be the worlds best bout that would never happen. Now it could. Apy Echteld, one of Emelianenkos agents, confirmed what a source close - [Read more]

The UFC 82 is finally over. Andrei Arlovski fought there and here is the video of Andrei Arlovski vs Jake OBrien bout."Interesting" commentary, indeed... I dont even want to comment on all the thrown shit, which was intended to undermine Arlovskis skills - thats all regardless of Andrei being (in theory, judging from the fight performance and comparing to other fighters late performance) the - [Read more]

There have been rumors circulating about the Tito Ortiz vs Fedor Emelianenko fight. According to these rumors, the announcement will come right after the Titos last fight, which is supposed to be against Lyoto Machida in May on UFC 84. Is there any basis for that rumor? What else do we know about Tito Ortizs situation with the UFC except the contract issues? Not much. We know that Tito has a - [Read more]

More information on the M-1 Global Challenge events. As we already know, the first M-1 Global Challenge event will be held already this Sunday, on March 2nd in Netherlands. That time four teams will be attending: Russian Red Devil Sports Club will compete against the French Team Amossou and fighters from Holland/Netherlands will be fighting German athletes. While previously there was - [Read more]

Im travelling abroad and there will be no more updates this week. Sorry. :( - [Read more]

Here are a couple of videos of Fedor Emelianenkos bouts from the Russian Presidents Cup 2008 in Sambo. Video of the semi-final Fedor vs Lee Sang Soo. Lee Sang Soo is the champion of the top Korean MMA organization Spirit MC. In the past he had experience fighting both Aleksander Emelianenko and Roman Zentsov. His fight against Aleks (30 November 2007) can be seen here. Below is a video of - [Read more]

Mohammed Osman, the active reader and commenter of RussianMMA.com , has wrote me an e-mail giving some great information to ponder. Here is his message.On todays Sherdog Radio, Savage Dog Show, they mentioned Monte Cox having difficulties working with the Russian managers and possibly looking to head a group to buy out the organization. Have you guys heard of any trouble within the - [Read more]

The Presidents Cup Sambo competition is over and here is the description of the event along with the results. The Presidents Cup was created only a few years ago by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the black-belt judoka himself. It was made to promote the competition among Sambo schools from different countries as well as to work as a tool of cooperation and friendship. The idea is to - [Read more]