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More details on the Zuffa (UFC) vs Randy Couturez suit.Cagepotato posted more details on it. A good review by mma-analyst.com - [Read more]

Randy Couture gives a short video interview. He talks about the poker tournament he organizes, about plans to fight Fedor Emelianenko, gives his opinion on whether Fedor has been ducking the top competition, explains what happened to his injured hand. - [Read more]

Fightlinker.com has an interesting insider documents about Fedor Emelianenkos visit to the USA. Although I dont see how this can interpreted as if Fedor was traveling alone. Its just a precaution. And Fedor speaks a little bit of English anyway. But these are interesting documents nevertheless. - [Read more]

There is some strange things going on with Andrei Arlovski, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion from Belorussia. He has a record of 12-5 and many rankings consider him as one of the top10 MMA fighters. His last fight was against Brazilian Fabricio Werdum on UFC70. This bout was already nine months ago on April 21, 2007, but regardless of this win, Andrei Arlovski hasnt fought since, which started - [Read more]

According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, Zuffa LLC, the UFCs parent company, filed suit alleging that Randy Coutures comments about the UFC and its senior management caused the business irreparable damage and that he is in breach of the contract he signed with the company in December 2006. "We are alleging numerous intentional torts, which have caused Zuffa and the UFC significant harm," attorney - [Read more]

Monte Cox, the CEO of M-1 Global, talked about the reasons behind the Fedor Emelianenkos and Randy Coutures meeting. Here is what he had to say.Fedor and Randy are doing an endorsement deal with Affliction for a TV commercial, and that is the extent of this meeting, except, of course, for the fact that Fedor has been a longtime fan of Randy and he considers it a thrill to meet him. We have - [Read more]

According to the information from http://www.m1mixfight.com, Fedor Emelianenko and Vadim Finkelstein will fly to Los Angeles (USA) on January 17th (Thursday). There they will meet with the representatives of the Affliction Clothing company (a major sponsor of many MMA fighters). Also Fedor plans to meet Randy Couture there to discuss things in person. The site also promises to soon reveal all the - [Read more]

Another Fedors post-fight interview by the Japanese Yahoo (translation taken from here).Q: Happy New Year, Fedor! I imagine that youve started 2008 feeling good. Fedor Emelianenko: Yes. Im feeling very good (smile) Q: After your fight yesterday, it looked like you were more delighted than usual. Was this a special victory for you? Fedor Emelianenko: It was. Actually, friends of mine came all - [Read more]

Fedors official web site has published a new interview with some new (shocking?) details revealed. Some of them.Vasilisa, Fedors second daughter, was born on 29th of December. Height - 46 cm (18.1 inches), weight – 2 kg 600 g (5.7 pounds). Fedors ways with Oksana, his first wife and the mother of his daughter Masha, have separated. It happened two years ago, when Oksana and Masha have moved - [Read more]

An interview with Monte Cox. A few quotes of him.Question: What do you think of the viability of pay-per-views outside the UFC at this point? Monte Cox: I think you have to have big enough names that it works. My company (M-1 Global) has Fedor. He is a big star but we need to match him with another big name for pay-per-view. We wouldn’t take a pay-per-view just on his own. We’re looking at - [Read more]

According to Brazilian tatame.com.br, Antonio "Samuray" Mendes has signed a contract with the M-1 Global MMA organization. Antonio is a Brazilian Light Heavyweight Thai Boxing/Vale Tudo fighter, currently living in Europe. He has a record of 14-2-0 with his last lost being in the beginning of 2004. Antonio Mendess last fight was on July 21st, 2007 in the event organized by the Vadim - [Read more]

Finding Fedor - an excellent article by Evgeni Kogan at Sherdog. I am a true believer in personal touch. I dont think that you can really understand a person and predict his or her actions without first knowing the history of that particular person. You cant know what is going on inside the head if you dont know how the person grew up, what he went through and what is his mindset. Being - [Read more]

New 201 episode of the Inside MMA program at HDNet. They have an interview with Fedor Emelianenko, Monte Cox (President and CEO of M-1 Global) and Joost Raimond (President, M-1 Global Eurasia). Fedors interview doesnt really contain anything not already mentioned in his post-fight interview. Monte Coxs and Joost Raimonds section is more interesting. They talk about the MMA history and - [Read more]

Sam Caplan reports that a much sought (now former) free agent Eddie Alvarez (11-1) has signed a three fight contract with EliteXC, which will also allow him to fight for the M-1 Global organization. - [Read more]

An interview with Vadim Finkelstein (Vadim Finkelchtein) and Sergei Matvienko, president and vice-president of Russian Mixfight M-1. Some interesting quotes(...) Q2. What problems did you come across while organizing this event? Vadim Finkelstein (Vadim Finkelchtein): We had a bunch of problems as it was the first time we made an event of this caliber. Lack of time for instance. Also they gave - [Read more]

Mixfight.ru met Fedor Emelianenko at the Moscow airport. Due to the lack of time Fedor wouldnt provide us with detailed interview. Still we could talk to his trainer, Vladimir Voronov. He said that Roman Zentsovs loss was natural as he wouldnt join the whole team to train to the fullest and he was preparing for another opponent. Moreover Voronov revealed that Chois punches were not that - [Read more]

On the 29th of December, Fedor Emelianenko became a father for the second time. It is already decided to name champions daughter Vasilisa. The origin of the name is in Greek word "Basilissa", which means queen or royal. Vasilisas pronunciation also reminds of Russian word vasilyek (василек, a cornflower). © Fedor Emelianenkos official web siteFedor Emelianenko with his oldest daughter Masha (b - [Read more]

Sherdog released a post-fight press-conference of Fedor Emelianenko after his win over Korean Hong Man Choi. Once again I noticed some problems with the translations. No wonder, if all of his answers are translated two times (Russian --> Japanese --> English) and some of the questions are also translated two times - you just have to have something lost in translation... But dont worry - I - [Read more]

Quote of Tim Sylvia, in his interview to 15rounds.com:Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia was very candid in his response about the man generally regarded as the top heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emelianenko. Sylvia was not pleased about Emelianenko’s recent decision to join the brand new M-1 Global instead of the UFC. "I think he’s being a pussy," said Sylvia. Sylvia went on to say - [Read more]

Mike Russow defeated Roman Zentsov in R1 in 2′58 with a choke hold. Tatsuya Kawajiri defeated Luiz Azeredo after two rounds by judges’ decision. Makoto Takimoto defeated Murilo Bustamante after two rounds by judges’ decision. Mitsuhiro Ishida defeated Gilbert Melendez after two rounds by judges’ decision. Kazuo Misaki defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama in R1 in 8′12 by KO. Fedor Emelianenko defeated Hong - [Read more]