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Team Korea

November, 21, 2008

Team Korea will have a hard task, come tomorrow evening. Fighting against Red Devil is not the easiest task to succeed in, especially given the fact that this showdown will take place on Russians' home soil in Saint Petersburg. Will the athletes from the East deliver an upset tomorrow? M-1 Challenge 9 will answer this question.

Jerry Millen tells about Fighting Fedor

November, 10, 2008

Jerry Millen tells about the concept of Fighting Fedor and reveals why it's going to be exciting.

The fifth execution

November, 9, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko stars in an action that's being shot now in Thailand. After the process Fedor will return to Russia to prepare for the upcoming World Combat Sambo Tournament held in St.Petersburg. Read the plot of the movie called "Fifth execution" and watch exclusive photos courtesy of m1mixfight.com

M-1 strengthens its positions in MMA

November, 5, 2008

Today, on November, 5-th, M-1 held the press-conference. Present were M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelstein, Fedor Emelianenko's trainers from Red Devil: Vladimir Voronov and Alexander Michkov.

WEC 36 weigh-ins, odds and photos

November, 5, 2008

World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight champion Paulo Filho missed weight for tomorrow night's WEC 36 title fight against Chael Sonnen. He was not the only fighter to miss weight today. Details after the jump.

Sengoku 6: weigh-ins

November, 1, 2008

Today the weigh-ins for tomorrow's Sengoku with the finals of Lightweigh and Middleweight Grand Prix took place in Tokio, Japan. Also some non-tournament bouts are scheduled with among others Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, King Mo and Takanori Gomi.

Strikeforce 'Destruction' line-up

October, 31, 2008

Strikeforce has released a completed line-up of their “Destruction” event that will take place at the HP Pavilion, San Jose on November 21st.

M-1 Challenge 8 announcement

October, 28, 2008

KANSAS CITY (October. XX, 2008) –Titan Entertainment and M-1 Global are proud to announce the return of professional Mixed Martial Arts to Kansas City, Missouri as HDNet and Affliction present the “M-1 Challenge.” After successful events in Holland, Russia, Spain, Korea, and England the Affliction M-1 Challenge will finally take place in the USA.  On October 29th 2008, the M-1 Challenge will come to Kansas City, Missouri for the 8th installment of this new fight series. Harrah’s Casino VooDoo lounge will be the launch pad for this explosive event. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the first bout starting at 8:00 p.m.

ShoXC tonight

October, 11, 2008

ShoXC, a presentation of Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.'s live fight division, EliteXC, showcases young, talented fighters in tough matchups. A springboard for the future stars and champions of EliteXC, ShoXC is patterned after the SHOWTIME boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation.

GLORY 10 "The battle of Arnhem"

October, 10, 2008

November, 9 will be a remarkable day for Arnhem, the Netherlands as Glory will hold its 10-th event there. Stephan Leko, Alistair Overeem, Gary Goodridge and others

TKO 35

October, 2, 2008

The co-main event features Batamweight Champion, ADRIAN "THE BULLY" WOOLEY (5-0-0), making his first title defence against former Ultimate Fighter reality show cast member, NOAH THOMAS (11-5-0).  Another incredible fight will feature five-time UFC veteran, FORREST PETZ (14-5-0), against one of Canada’s best welterweights, TJ GRANT (11-2-0).  Also, recent Ultimate Fighter reality show contestant, LANCE EVANS (2-2-0), returns to TKO to face Montreal’s own, the very popular STEVE BOSSE (3-1-0).

M-1 Challenge. Now in association with Affliction

September, 27, 2008

M-1 Global and Affliction keep stregthening the ties in MMA. Officially from now on all the M-1 Challenge events will be organized in association with Affliction.

Sengoku V weigh-ins and photos

September, 27, 2008

Check the weigh-in's results from today's ceremony in Japan. Every fighter made weight.

Geagrd Mousasi and the future

September, 26, 2008

Fresh off his stellar performance and excellent victory in the DREAM Grand Prix finals Gegard Mousasi has already set a new goal on the horizon. He challenged Yoshihiro Akiyama asking him for a fight at New Year's Eve. Worth to mention Akiyama is the winner of K-1 GERO's Grand Prix 2007.

M-1 Challenge UK in association with Affliction

September, 26, 2008

Here on the photos is the full fight card of the upcoming M-1 Challenge event in Nottingham, England where September, 27 beside 3 superfights team battle will be held between Red Devil - Team USA and Russian Legion - Team Europe.

DREAM GP Champion Gegard Mousasi To Attend M-1 Challenge In Nottingham

September, 24, 2008

The Cage Warriors Middleweight World Champion Gegard Mousasi was victorious yesterday when he won the DREAM Middleweight GP in Tokyo, Japan. Mousasi who won the Cage Warriors Middleweight Title in December 2006; entered the DREAM GP back in April. In his first round tournament bout Mousasi surprised many MMA observers when he defeated the experienced Canadian star Denis Kang by Triangle choke. The Dutch based Armenian then defeated the Korean Judoka Dong Sik Yoon by decision in the Quarter finals in June.

M-1 Challenge UK superfight cancelled

September, 16, 2008

Warrior Promotions are sad to announce the Welterweight bout between “Judo” Jim Wallhead (14-5-0) and the Ultimate Force Welterweight Champion Jason Ball (11-5-0) has been cancelled. That's what cagewarriors.com says about it:

Fight Festival 24

September, 14, 2008

On September 20-th the best Finnish MMA organization is holding its next event. Finland's own best fighter Miko Rupponen returns to action in Helsinki. Also several dutch fighters are scheduled

DREAM 6 fightcard

September, 11, 2008

On September, 23-d the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Finals will be held in Saitama. Among single matches two heavyweight clashes are highly anticipated as Croatian knock-out specialist Mirko CroCop returns to take on Dutch Demolition Man Alistair Overeem while Sergei Kharitonov comes back to face off with Mighty Mo

Strikeforce preliminary card

September, 6, 2008

October, 3-d a regular Strikeforce show will emanate from Denver, Colorado. The following fighters are listed among the participants: Dwayne Ludwig, Frank Trigg, Falaniko Vitale, Phil Baroni etc.

Affliction 2 update

August, 26, 2008

The October Affliction 2: Day of Reckoning fightcard scheduled to emanate from Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas got another bout added

M-1 Challenge Korea

August, 26, 2008

M-1 Challenge hits Korea on August, 29. Below is the full fightcard of Team Korea vs. Team USA, Team Japan vs. Team World and three superfights. Return of Roman Zentsov in one superfight.

Sengoku IV weigh-in results

August, 23, 2008

Photos and weigh-in results from Sengoku. The show will take place tomorrow in Tokio.

Roman Zentsov to fight in Korea

August, 20, 2008

Coming off the long process of healing the injury Roman will leave for Korea where on August, 29-th he's scheduled to face Korean heavyweight Sang Soo Lee in the superfight rematch at M-1 Challenge 6. Roman was victorious in their first clash during M-1 MFC Russia vs. Korea event. Worth mentioning that Lee fought both Emelianenko brothers under Combat Sambo rules in the past.

Middleweight Superfight Confirmed For M-1 Challenge UK

August, 18, 2008

Warrior Promotions are proud to announce another “Superfight” for the September 27th M-1 Challenge show in Nottingham, England. As Cliff Hall (6-3) takes on Christian Smith (5-5) in an intriguing Middleweight match-up between two Nottingham based fighters.

DREAM 6 preliminary fightcard

August, 8, 2008

The eventual brackets for the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix finals have been announced today.

WEC 35 quick results

August, 4, 2008

WEC 35 was hold on August, 3-rd at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,Las Vegas, Nevada. Three belts were on the line

Affliction 2

August, 4, 2008

Affliction 2 dubbed Day of Reckoning, scheduled for October, 11-th has just been officially announced. Moreover the main event clash between two heavyweights has also been revealed.

M-1 Challenge Comes to the UK

July, 31, 2008

The M-1 Challenge is to hit British shores on September 27th for the 7th round of its current 2008 season.
The four teams competing in Nottingham will be; Red Devil vs Team USA & Russia Legion vs Europe. All four teams will be taking part in a total of 10 international super-bouts.
International Fight League veteran Jake Ellenberger , “The Ultimate Fighter” alum Mike Dolce , UFC veteran Jordan Radev and Fedor Emelianenko protégé Kirill Sidelnikov are scheduled to fight. Plus a re-match between Heavyweights: Wayne Buck and Matteo Minonzio.

M-1 Challenge ¹ 9 in St-Petersburg is anounced

July, 29, 2008

The date of next M-1 Global tournament which will take place in Russia is announced. The 9th part of M-1 Challenge
will take place on 21st of November in "Ledoviy" Palace, Saint-Petersburg. Both Russian teams will carry out
their last fights: Red Devil FT faces Team Korea, "Legion" faces Team Holland. There will be some superfights also.
The details will be announced later.

Sengoku 4 updated fightcard

July, 24, 2008

The fourth installment of this popular Japanese promotion will be held on August, 24-th at Saitama Super Arena in Tokio. A load oc hampions is involved.

Final DREAM 5 fightcard

July, 21, 2008

What: DREAM 5 Lightweight GP 2008 Final Round

When: July 21st, 2008

Where: Osaka Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan

M-1 Challenge 5 Japan live results

July, 17, 2008

On-line results of the fifth edition of M-1 Challenge ongoing right now in Tokio, where Team France battlers it out against Team USA and Team Japan defends the home soil against Team Netherlands

Affliction - the day after tomorrow!

July, 17, 2008

Affliction in association with M-1 Global will make Honda Center in Anaheim tremble come July, 19-th. Russian brothers Emelianenko will defend Red Devil's honor. The final fightcard is as follows

Vitor Belfort is back

July, 15, 2008

A few days away from his return to the ring since September 2007 when he defeated James Zikic in the Cage Rage, Vitor Belfort (16-8) is already in the U.S. training hard preparing for his bout at Affliction, which will be hold on July 19, when he will face UFC and WEC veteran in Terry Martin (17-4)

Affliction PR

June, 28, 2008

On the attached photo you can see the quotes of MMA legends talking about the future participants of Affliction: Banned showAffliction PR. The poster is used by Affliction in order to promote the future megacard. Power of words!

M-1 Challenge 4 LIVE

June, 27, 2008

Tonight M-1 Challenge dubbed as Battle on the Neva 2 starts in Saint Petersburg. Here you can follow the fights' course as they go. Among rating fights Red Devil and Legion will take on Finnish and Spanish teams respectively.

Strikeforce fightcard

June, 25, 2008

Strikeforce: “Melendez vs. Thomson” fightcard of the show scheduled for June, 27-th.

Battle on the Neva 2 press-conference

June, 24, 2008

M-1 Global held its press-conference dedicated to the upcoming fourth installment of team tournament M-1 Challenge. Russian media got the details announced by M-1 Global and Mix-Fight M-1 league president Vadim Finkelstein, league vice-president Sergey Matvienko, culture and sports committee of Saint Petersburg chairman deputy Konstantin Zheludkov. Of course Red Devil's Alexander Emelianenko, Roman Zentsov and Mikhail Malyutin were present, too.

Fightcard M-1 Challenge 4 "Battle on Neva"

June, 17, 2008
The complete list of fighters scheduled for the 4-th installment of the M-1 Challenge's "Battle on the Neva" was revealed today.

M-1 Challenge team for Japan

June, 17, 2008

In a separate press conference at East 21 on Monday, Deep President Shigeru Saeki introduced the Japanese M-1 Challenge Team to the media and announced several matchups and structure details for events on the horizon.

M-1 Global press-conferences in Japan and South Korea

June, 15, 2008

On June, 3 and 5 Tokio and Seoul witnessed 2 big conferences dedicated to the new M-1 Global projects. Moreover issue on the Fedor-Randy fight were addressed.

Fedor Emelianenko graduated

June, 15, 2008

According to the fedor.bel.ru May,4 became a very important day for Fedor as he finished his study as a student of chair of physical training at Belgorod State University

ADRENALINE MMA Fightcard

June, 11, 2008

June 14, 2008 @ Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois

EliteXC on CBS results

June, 1, 2008

EliteXC on CBS results

M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria

May, 31, 2008

Most people go to Gran Canaria for a sunny holiday to enjoy the sun, the sea, the beaches and the Spanish food, but not the M-1 Challenge teams.

Fighters from Spain, Finland, the USA and the Netherlands all gathered for the third edition of the already wellknown M-1 Challenge.

EliteXC "Primetime" weigh-ins

May, 31, 2008

The weigh-ins were held today and the first show ever to be televised on a major network like CBS will hit your TV tomorrow evening. In the main event Intrnet sensation turned MMA profighter Kimbo Slice will lock horns with Pride veteran and brawler in James Thompson

Fedor thanks his fans

May, 30, 2008

I was extremely pleased to be nominated on "Sobaka.ru Top-50: prominent citizens of Saint Petersburg" which is great honor for me. It's always nice to know people like and value what you do. I want to thank everyone who voted for me. I know that not only people from St. Petersburg in particluar but Russians in general and international fans like those in the USA, Korea and other countries supported and voted for me all the time. That's what makes this award the most valuable for me personally!

M-1 Global & Affliction "Banned" details.

May, 29, 2008

Tickets, telecast, pay-per-view

DREAM 4 fightcard

May, 23, 2008

The brackets for the DREAM middleweight Grand Prix tournament were revealed today. Check out against who Red Devil's Gegard Mousasi is facing off.

Sengoku news

May, 20, 2008

Shortly before Sengoku II Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi stated he'll return to the ring at Sengoku IV come August. He added that his respective opponent's name will be revealed during Sengoku II.

Kazuo Misaki seeks confrontaion with Jorge Santiago in hopes of revenging the teammate Yuki Sasaki's recent loss. Unfortunately for Misaki, the Brazilian injured his hand and won't be able to compete probably until Sengoku V.

Also the fightcard for the upcoming Sengoku III scheduled for June 8 was revealed recently...

Godz of War fightcard

May, 19, 2008

Kevin "The Monster" Randleman faces Jeff "The Snowman" Monson at 'Godz of war' in Charlotte, NC on June, 21. Also return of Murilo Bustamante

IFL May 16th Weigh Ins

May, 16, 2008

The weigh-ins for the today's IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut took place. Every fighter made weight. Tonight IFL puts three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight.

M-1 Challenge news and the third event

May, 15, 2008

On May, 31 the third installment will hit the sunny shore of Gran Canaria (Spain) in Soiux City (San Augustin). This will be the first M-1 Challenge 2008 open stage event and can be considered the predecessor of prestigious 'on water event' that will take place June 27, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia...

KSW 9 results

May, 11, 2008

May, 9 another instalment of Polish major MMA event KSW 9 - Konfrontacja took place in Warsaw where the eight man tournament was mixed with the single bouts. Results after the jump

DREAM 3 results

May, 11, 2008

Dream 3 is the history now as the event finished just moments ago. Let's take a look at the results of the single bouts as well as the second round of the lightweight Grand Prix

MFC 16: Anger Management Results

May, 11, 2008

MFC 16 was held on May, 9 in River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton Enoch, Alberta, Canada

PFC 8 results

May, 9, 2008
The results of the latest promotion's show in California held on May, 8

Adrenaline MMA 1 fightcard

May, 8, 2008

Adrenaline MMA, a new organization started by Monte Cox officially announced the fightcard for its inaugural show on June, 14 in Chicago, Il.

WEC 34 fightcard

May, 1, 2008

Official fightcard for WEC's 34-th installment scheduled for June, 1 in California

Ultimate Warrior Challenge results

April, 30, 2008

UWC - Invasion was held on April, 26 in George Mason University's Patriot Center, Fairfax, Va. The roster included such well-known fighters as Carlo Prater, Pete Spratt, Jason von Flue è Zach Light.

Dream 2 results

April, 29, 2008

Dream 2 came true just moments ago. Below are the results of Middleweight Grand Prix round 1 and the anticipated rematch between Shinya Aoki and JZ Calvan

K-1 Europe Grand Prix results

April, 27, 2008

Quick results of the K-1 / It's Showtime big event hold yesterday in the Netherlands

IFL fightcard

April, 25, 2008

Below is the fightcard of the next International Fight League event planned for May, 16 in Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville, Connecticut

Fightcard "Fedor Emelianenko CUP"

April, 24, 2008

On May, 15 the first International Mixfight Tournament named after Fedor Emelianenko will hit Nizhny Novgorod. Four teams will collide: Combat Sambo Team (from Nizhny Novgorod) against Team Europe, Red Devil FT (Saint Petersburg) against Team Spain. Winners will face off against each other in the superfinal in October, 2008 that will take place also in Nizhny Novgorod.

EliteXC on CBS

April, 23, 2008

Here is the preliminary fightcard of the first EliteXC show on CBS scheduled to hit the major network station on May, 31. Kimbo Slice will headline the event in Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

KOTC - Fight Nite Results

April, 21, 2008

The results of King of the Cage where Gary Goodridge was originally schedule to fight against Tony Lopez

K-1 2008 / It's showtime

April, 19, 2008

On April, 26-th a night of exciting fights under K-1/MMA rules (including 8-man tournament) will be served to the great Dutch fans. It's Showtime celebrates its first anniversary and will hold a great event at world famous Amsterdam Arena.

K-1 World GP results

April, 13, 2008

The results of K-1 World Grand Prix from Japan where the main event was the clash between the three time Grand Prix winner and reigning heavyweight champion Sem Schilt and 2001 Grand Prix winner Mark Hunt

Yamma Pit Fighting 1 Results

April, 12, 2008

Yamma Pit Fighting 1

Friday, April 11

Trump Taj Mahal

Atlantic City, N.J.

YAMMA fightcard

April, 11, 2008

Full photoreview from M-1 Challenge 2 (part II)

April, 10, 2008

The best photos from the M-1 Challenge show held on April, 3 in Saint Petersburg.

In the second part you will witness: rating fight between Christian Bombay and Viktor Nemkov, superfight Roman Zentsov vs Daniel Tabera, team fights Russia (Legion team) vs Japan, auction where the boxing bag with the fighters' including Fedor Emelianenko autographs was sold and finally the third superfight: Alexander Emelianenko vs Silvao Santos.

Full photoreview from M-1 Challenge 2 (part I)

April, 9, 2008

The best photos from the M-1 Challenge show held on April, 3 in Saint Petersburg.

In the first part you can see the opening of the event, the bout under boxing rules, first rating bout, line-up of the participants, Finland vs South Korea and Amar Suloev vs Jacek Buczko

ShoXC quick results

April, 6, 2008

The results of the ShoXC show held yesterday. Neither of the bouts reached the second round.

IFL New Jersey Results

April, 5, 2008

Below are the results of the last IFL event held on April, 4 in Izod Center,

East Rutherford, New Jersey

M-1 Challenge 2 press-conference and weigh-ins

April, 2, 2008

Just an hour ago St Petersburg Ambassador witnessed the conference dedicated to tomorrow's M-1 Challenge show. To the right: bunch of photos and videoreport broadcast on national NTV channel.

Strikeforce results

March, 30, 2008

Belowe are the results of Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Le held in San Jose, California on March, 29

HCF - Crow's Nest results

March, 30, 2008

The results of Hardcore Championship Fighting "Crow's Nest" that was held on March, 29 in Quebec

Daniel Tabera vs Roman Zentsov

March, 26, 2008

Daniel Tabera ( 9-0-2) is the new opponent for Roman Zentsov at M-1 Challenge that will be held April, 3 in St-Petersburg.

Cage Rage 25 results

March, 9, 2008

March 8, 2008. London, England

Cage Rage 25 "Bring it on" results

WEC 33 fightcard

March, 7, 2008

Paulo Filho will defende his title in a rematch against Chael Sonnen

WEC 33 fightcard planned for Wednesday, March 26
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Sengoku I tomorrow

March, 4, 2008

The weigh-in results from the first Sengoku show scheduled to be held tomorrow, March,5 in National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

M-1 Challenge press-conference

March, 4, 2008

M-1 Challenge press-conference and weigh-ins were held on May,1 in Almere, Holland. Also the rules and principles of the organization were revealed.

Photos from Fedor's seminar in the Netherlands

March, 4, 2008

The seminar was arranged by M-1 Global on the threshold of the inaugural M-1 Challenge show.

Fedor demonstrated the parter game and submission and choke defense. Hegot assistance of his trainer Vladimir Voronov, Gilbert Yvel, Gegard Mousasi. Additionally, Fedor showed some technique on the likes of Ernesto Hoost, Remy Bonjasky and Peter Aerts.

Dream 1 preliminary fightcard

February, 26, 2008

Fights announced for the Lightweight Grand Prix and single bouts participants on Dream 1 scheduled for March,15

Strikeforce results

February, 24, 2008

The results of Strikeforce held on February,23

MFC 15: Rags to Riches results

February, 23, 2008

The results of Maximum Fighting Championship 15 hold on February,22

M-1 Challenge

February, 22, 2008

M-1 Challenge is a series of events planned to be held in different places of the Earth where 10 best MMA clubs compete against each other.The Challenge introduced by Vadim Finkelstein presents an international team competition among young prospective fighters who aspire to gain more experience and prove themselves at the international level. The most talented ones will earn an opportunity to be chosen to partake in major M-1 events. The teams consist of 5 athletes (in every weight class), one trainer and one coach. Every participating country brings two complete teams which then compete against each other. Every team members fights at least 4 times totally. As of yet, 2008 Challenge has been started and the Grand Finale is scheduled for the end of the year.
The teams are split into the two groups:
Group A: 1.Russia (Red Devil), 2.France, 3.Korea, 4.Finland, 5.USA.
Group B: 1.the Netherlands, 2.Spain, 3.Russia (Legion), 4.Japan, 5.World Star Team.

M-1 Challenge schedule will set the teams to compete against every other team put in the same group. The winners of the brackets will collide in the finals and only one team crowned as the M-1 Challenge winner will be awarded with considerable money prizes and, of course, M-1 Global contracts.

EliteXC - Street Certified results

February, 17, 2008

The results of EliteXC 'Street Certified' event held yesterday in Bank United Center in Miami, Florida

EliteXC - "Street Certified"

February, 16, 2008

EliteXC - "Street Certified" weigh-in results

KOTC “Warlords” results

February, 12, 2008

Here are the results of King of the Cage held on Saturday February, 9 in Ute Mountain Casino, Towaoc, Colorado

TKO 32 fightcard

February, 11, 2008

February, 28 - Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Russian Combat Sambo Championship 2008 photos and video

February, 10, 2008

Here are the photos of the both tournament's days + final bout (under 90 kg) of Red Devil's own: Mikhail Zayats vs Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy

Red Devil prepares for the fights and Combat Sambo

February, 6, 2008

Here you can see the video and photos of Red Devil fighters while preparing for the upcoming fights and Combat Sambo Championship.

HCF 'Destiny' Weigh-in Results

February, 1, 2008

Weigh-ins for today's HCF were held in Calgary. All the fighters including such veterans as Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, David Loiseau and Gegard Mousasi made weight.

Russian Combat Sambo Championship 2008

January, 30, 2008

Russian Sambo Federation is holding its next Russian Championship among men on February,7-8 in Saint Petersburg. Representing Red Devil will be Fedor Emelianenko whose last MMA fight was back in December 2007 when he defeated Korean Hong Man Choi

X-1 Events - Champions results

January, 28, 2008

Below are the results of X-1 Events - Champions show, held in Hawaii on January,26. Among single bouts the promotion organized four-men tournament which was conquered by Falaniko Vitale.

European jiu-jitsu Championship results

January, 27, 2008

The 2008 European JJ Championship, which took place this weekend in Lisbon, Portugal is over no. Below are the results

KOTC - Premiere resluts

January, 27, 2008

On the 24-th of January California witnessed the next edition of King of the Cage called 'Premiere'.

Ultimate Glory 7 results

January, 25, 2008

Ultimate Glory, a major Dutch promotion, held its 7-th edition on January,20 in Amersfoort

Is Mirko CroCop back?

January, 24, 2008

CroCop training pictures

Fedor and Randy met in Los Angeles

January, 21, 2008

Considered by the most pundits as the number one heavyweight in the world Fedor Emelianenko and UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture took part in a commercial project of Affliction (clothing company and major MMA-fighters' sponsor). Beside MMA legends there were some show business and sport celebrities. A load of exclusive photos from that meeting can be found here

PFC 6 Results

January, 18, 2008

Palace Fighting Championship 6 Results

Fedor arrived in Russia

January, 5, 2008

Shortly after his New Year confrontation with Korean Hong man Choi, Fedor came back from Japan. He arrived in Moscow on the third of January.

First details about this last bout of Fedor

Photos in publications: 2008

Overview: Aleksander Emelianenko's career

May, 13, 2008

Alexander Emelianenko is a tough as nails fighter out of Russia. He has an extensive background in Sambo, and is a brother of the world class renowned Fedor Emelianenko. Alexander spent time competing in the now defunct Pride Fighting Championship. He is a hard hitter, and has the future ahead of him if he keeps his head in the game.

A big one: Alexander Emelianenko's interview

April, 7, 2008

In his interview to a major Russian newspaper the next day after his latest bout on M-1 Challenge 2 in Saint Petersburg Alexander tells about the victory, reveals the date of his upcoming fight, talks about evolution of sport in Russia and so much more in this huge interview.

Overview: Oleg Taktarov's career

February, 9, 2008

A long time before a certain Fedor Emelianenko made his name as one of the most feared in the world, there has already been a russian sambo-combatant, who caused furore on the international MMA scene, Oleg Taktarov. A multitude of submission-holds, fantastic condition and maybe the most acrobatic takedowns and judo throws of all times made "The Russian Bear" a very dangerous competitor.

Photos in overviews: 2008

M-1 Challenge 9: weigh-ins. The teams

November, 20, 2008

Check the photos from the official weigh-in procedure before tomorrow's war in Saint Petersburg where Red Devil FT will take on Team Korea, Russian Legion will clash Team Holland. Every single athlete was present today including Gilbert Yvel, Aleksander Emelianenko and other participants of tomorrow's superfights, rating bouts and bouts under boxing rules.

M-1 Challenge 9: weigh-ins: Superfights and the rest

November, 20, 2008

Check the photos from the official weigh-in procedure before tomorrow's war in Saint Petersburg where Red Devil FT will take on Team Korea, Russian Legion will clash Team Holland. Every single athlete was present today including Gilbert Yvel, Aleksander Emelianenko and other participants of tomorrow's superfights, rating bouts and bouts under boxing rules.

Team Holland goes Russia

November, 20, 2008

Team Holland left home soil for Saint Petersburg where on November, 21-st the dutch athletes will lock horns with Russian Legion in the context of M-1 Challenge 9. Along with the compatriots went Gilbert Yvel who'll participate in one of the tomorrow's two scheduled superfights. Check the photos from the airport.

M-1 Affliction Challenge 8: Japan vs. Spain

November, 18, 2008

Check out the photos from the M-1 Challenge event's debut on the American soil. France vs. Korea, Japan vs. Spain and the superfights.

Combat Sambo World Championship photoreview

November, 17, 2008

Take a look at the World Cup held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The photos below are from Fedor Emelianenko's bouts as well as the bouts of the new World Champion under 90kg and Red Devil's own - Mikhail Zayats.

M-1 try-outs: Spain

November, 13, 2008

M-1 Global scouts out the world organizaing local events in order to find promising and aspiring athletes and future MMA stars. The next stop of the search was Spain. In Barcelona, in particular, on November, 8-th an elimination show under the M-1 Global banner was arranged. Check the photos from the event.

Evening session in the Russian camp (PHOTO)

November, 11, 2008

Right now Red Devil representatives are training hard for the upcoming M-1 Challenge event planned for November, 21-st at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg. Check the photos of the athletes on the verge of the show. Get to know how they live and train and under what circumstances.

M-1 Affliction Challenge 8: France vs. Korea + Superfights

November, 6, 2008

Check out the photos from the M-1 Challenge event's debut on the American soil. France vs. Korea, Japan vs. Spain and the superfights.

M-1 Affliction Challenge 8: France vs. Korea and Superfights

October, 30, 2008

Let's check the outcome of the clash between Team France and Team Korea and two superfights at M-1 Challenge 8 emanating from Kansas city

M-1 Affliction Challenge 8: Japan vs. Spain

October, 30, 2008

Let's check the outcome of the clash between Team Japan and Team Spain at M-1 Challenge 8 emanating from Kansas city

M-1 Affliction Challenge 8: Intro

October, 30, 2008

The late Chuck Berry sung “I’m going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come” and so did the Spanish, Japanese, Korean and French MMA fighters that participated in the 8th edition of the M-1 Challenge. For this event M-1 teamed up with Affliction Entertainment and will continue to do so in the future.

M-1 Challenge 8: weigh-ins

October, 30, 2008

Check the photos from the weigh-ins before tomorrow M-1 Challenge 8 that will emanate from Kansas city.

Fedor - movie - Thailand

October, 23, 2008

At the moment Fedor is in Thailand starring in an action movie. Photos from the battle theater after the jump.

Affliction M-1 Global Press Conference

October, 19, 2008

Watch the photos from the press conference of M-1 GLobal, Affliction and Donald Trump held recently in Trump Tower in New York, USA

Photo report M-1 Try outs October, 11

October, 12, 2008

On October, 11 a preliminary try-out procedure was held in Amstelveen, just outside Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The main goal is to discover new prospects who would subsequently take part in the 2009 M-1 Challenge season. A bunch of hopefuls comprised of 5 weight classes gathered in the Sports Centrum to train, spar and showcase their overall skills. Beside M-1 bosses present that day were the members of Team Holland and DREAM middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi whose interview you may encounter here shortly.

Tough is not Enough: Spong, Yvel, Breggy, Ignashov, Schrijber

October, 4, 2008

Sunday, October 5th 2008 in Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Lots of excellent fighters are set to perform in front of Dutch audience. Here are the photos from today's press-conference and weigh-in procedure.

Seminar in England

October, 3, 2008

Last week a seminar was held in England with pretty remarkable guest-instructors: Ian Freeman, Aleksander Emelianenko and Gegard Mousasi. Photos after the jump.

Seminar in South Korea

October, 1, 2008

Check the photos from Fedor Emelianenko's combat sambo seminar in Korea held on September, 25

Gegard: "I'm fighting Vitor Belfort, Fedor against Josh Barnett."

September, 30, 2008

DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi expects to face Vitor Belfort on Affliction’s next MMA show in January.

Speaking to Fighters Only this week, he revealed that the US organisation wants him to fight the Brazilian, while Red Devil team mate Fedor Emelianenko may face Josh Barnett.

M-1 Challengers

September, 30, 2008

The victories of Russian Legion and Red Devil made the struggle for the first places in both groups more exciting. Who'll reach the finals? The following three M-1 Challenge events will bring up the answers. Rankings after the jump

Gegard Mousasi @ DREAM

September, 29, 2008

The photos of Gegard Mousasi en route to success at DREAM middleweight Grand Prix.

M-1 Challenge UK photoreview

September, 28, 2008

Watch the photoreview of the yesterday's M-1 Challenge UK event: Legion vs. Team Europe and Red Devil vs. Team USA

M-1 Challenge UK in association with Affliction: weigh-in

September, 26, 2008

Watch the photos of today's weigh-in ceremony for tomorrow's M-1 Challenge event in Nottingham, England

DREAM 6 conference

September, 21, 2008

The conference dedicated to the upcoming DREAM 6 was held today in Tokio, Japan. All the fighters were present.

Mejiro Gym

September, 9, 2008

mixfight.ru / m1mixfight.com in collaboration with our friends from mixfight.nl continues the series of info/photoreviews of the Dutch Martial Arts gyms.

The 9-th review is dedicated to Mejiro Gym

M-1 goes Korea

September, 3, 2008

After successful events in Holland, Russia, Spain, Russia again and Japan on August 29th 2008, the M-1 Challenge was staged in the Korean Capital of Seoul. The Jong Chun Gymnasium, the venue where it took place, was the same as where the Korean K-1 was held before. Participating teams were Japan, The World Team, Korea and the USA.

Fedor at roller coaster in Korea

August, 29, 2008

He's rightfully considered to be the most feared fighter on the planet but in his heart of hearts he's a kind person of ready sympathy who enjoys life. Photo proof of the statement after the jump.

M-1 Challenge Korea weigh-ins

August, 28, 2008

Here are the photos from weigh-ins before tomorrow's M-1 Challenge in Seoul where Team Korea will take on Team USA and Team Japan will face off with Team World. Moreover Red Devil's Roman Zentsov and Radmir Gabdullin will look to win against home crowd favorites Lee Sang Soo and Heo Min Seok respectively.

Team World arrives

August, 28, 2008

On Tuesday Team World left for Seoul where come August, 29-th the athletes will lock horns with Team Japan in the context of M-1 Challenge Korea. First photos of Team World on Korean soil.

M-1's arrival in Korea

August, 28, 2008

On the threshold of the next M-1 Challenge event in South Korea yesterday a delegation of M-1 Global arrived in Seoul. Among the Red Devil athletes (Radmir Gabdullin and Roman Zentsov) who are slated for the tomorrow's superfights were Fedor Emelianenko and Vadim Finkelstein

Aleksander & Ivan Emelianenko in Korea 2

August, 23, 2008

Brothers Emelianenko spent a week in August in South Korea. Some photos of Aleks and his family, his trainer and the youngest of three Ivan Emelianenko from the beautiful country can be found here. Second part.

Aleksander & Ivan Emelianenko in Korea

August, 16, 2008

Brothers Emelianenko spent a week in August in South Korea. Some photos of Aleks and his family, his trainer and the youngest of three Ivan Emelianenko from the beautiful country can be found here.

Ian Butlin and AJ Wenn To Clash At The M-1 Challenge Show

August, 6, 2008

Another superfight for the September 27th M-1 Challenge show in Nottingham, England was announced. As the self-proclaimed UK's number 1 Lightweight Ian "M-16" Butlin returns to action after a 4 month injury layoff to face the top 10 UK ranked Lightweight and CFC British Champion AJ Wenn.

M-1 Challenge 5 Japan photoeview

July, 20, 2008

Watch the photogallery from the M-1 Challenge 5 held in Tokio, Japan on July, 17-th. The second part contains the Netherlands vs. Japan and the closing superfight

M-1 Challenge 5 Japan photoeview

July, 19, 2008

Watch the photogallery from the M-1 Challenge 5 held in Tokio, Japan on July, 17-th. This first part contains France vs. USA and 2 superfights

Affliction photos

July, 19, 2008

Small photo review prior to the upcoming megaevent