In the first week of November, there were persistent rumors that Fedor Emelianenko – the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in the world by MMAWeekly.com – was trying to secure a fight on New Year’s Eve in Japan.
In a letter to Japanese fans on the Mix-Fight Championship website, he stated, “Your wishes come true when you ask for them come New Year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Eve,” and later continued, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I contacted M-1 Global management and received their complete support in my desire to continue the tradition of fighting in Japan on New Year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Eve.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
That talk was quickly put to rest when M-1’ Global president and CEO, Monte Cox, said, “No. It’s not going to happen. There was an offer. We looked at it. We tried to see if it was possible. But in the end, there just wasn’t enough time to pull it off.
“It wasn’t a bad idea. It was kind of planned to be a sort of goodbye to Pride fans for Fedor.”
Now, on Thursday, the Mix-Fight Championship website announced, “The first M-1 Global event will take place in Japan, Saitama Super Arena on Dec. 31! No one other than four times Pride heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will fight in the main event.”
No other details were forthcoming, but when the fight was first rumored earlier in the month, Brazilian website Tatame.com reported that an offer had been extended to Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Pedro Rizzo to oppose Emelianenko in the bout.
Brian Patton, vice president of M-1 Global, however, denied any knowledge of the fight.
“The team is in Japan right now, but it is in regards to a fight in the spring. To my knowledge, Fedor is not fighting in Japan in December. Unless things have changed since our last conference call, but that was not the goal when the team left for Japan.
“There is the possibility of us doing something in Japan in May or June and that’s what (the team) was headed to Japan for.”
Patton also stated, “(M-1 Global) knows nothing about the MFC M-1 site, meaning we are not in charge of it.
“We are hoping to announce our first fight by Dec. 1.”
He also clarified that Emelianenko, while allowed to fight for other organizations outside of M-1 Global, would have to have any such fights approved by M-1 first.
Так Федор выступает ,или он не выступает 31 Декабря в Японии???
Полное непонимание и серьёзные дебаты происходят ,на многих ММА форумах.
Дело в том что ,после того как
oпубликовал на передней странице новость о том что Федор Емельяненко будет выступать 31 декабря,ета новость разлителась по всему миру и вебсайтам очень быстро.
Повно через 30 минут на
появлятся статья о том что Федор не выступает 31 числа ето всё,ложня информация!!
Информация со слов вице-президента М-1 Глобал Brian Patton ,что ето слухи!
В данный момент ,фанаты Федора немного растроены.У всех возник один и тотже вопрос.
Почему М-1 и М-1Глобал ,два разных вебсайта нисут разную информацию и слухи?
Так чтоже на самом деле,Федор Емельяненко будет выступать в Японии 31 числа или нет?
Brian Patton ТАКЖЕ ДОБАВИЛ ,МЫ ОБСОЛЮТНО НИЧЕГО НЕЗНАЕМ О MFC M-1 ()ВЕБСАЙТЕ ,МЫ НЕ РУКОВОДИМ ИМИ И НЕ НЕСёМ НИКАКОЙ ОТВЕТСВЕННОСТИ.