M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelstein is sharing his impressions about the past tournament M-1 Global&Affliction:Banned with us and telling us about his future projects and prospects and also about the possibility of dealing with UFC.

Watch the fighters line up bedore weigh-in, the weigh-ins, backstage of Honda Center. Watch Aleksander Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett and Fedor Emelianenko and so many more of the celebrities.

The unique video backstage from Affliction: Banned. You can get to the dressing room to Andrei Arlovski, Fedor Emelianenko and witness what was going on in the coridors of Honda Center

Russia vs. World 2

Patrick de Witte vs. Arslan Amatov

Andrei Semenov vs. Renato Vieira

Russia vs. World 2

Alexei Vezelozorov vs. Dave Dalgliesh

Yka Leino vs. Nikolai Onikienko

Russia vs. World 2

Danila Veselov vs. Ronny Rivano

M-1 Russia vs. World 2

Sergei Bytchkov vs. Jani Lax

Ashot Konstandyan vs. Tony Torres

Aleksander Sokov vs. David Marcina

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

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

Small photo review prior to the upcoming megaevent

In this interview with the coach of Red Devil Team Yuri Sergeevich Razumov he will tell us about club trainings, about his impressions about “Battle on the Neva” and about Alexander Emelyanenko’s preparing to the fight with Paul Buentello.

Fedor Emelianenko, Alexander Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovsky, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Matt Lidland, Antonio Rogerio Noguera, Pedro Rizzo and Ben Rothwell at the press-conference prior to the megaevent.

Today the procedure of weigh-ins took place in Japan before the fifth M-1 Challenge edition hits the stage tomorrow in the land of the rising sun. Team France will lock horns with Team USA and Japanese representatives will face off with always dangerous Team Holland. Photo review of the weigh-ins and staredowns after the jump.

M-1 Russia vs. World 1 

Amar Suloev vs. Pedro Otavio Cesar

Tony Torres vs. Nikolai Kudryashov

Stanislav Nuschik vs. Ian Freeman

Heavyweight representative of Dutch Team at M-1 Challenge Jessie 'The Pressure' Gibbs tells about the preparations for the fight against Katsuhisa Fujii and the future plans

M-1 Challenge 5 is just 2 days away from taking place. Team France will lock horns with Team USA and Japanese representatives will face off with always dangerous Team Holland. Photo review of the arrival and the first day in Japan of Dutch athletes after the jump.

M-1 Russia vs. World 1

Sergey Kaznovsky vs. Dave Vader

Alexei Sitnikov vs. Gerhard Ettl

Viacheslav Datsik vs. Patrick de Witte

M-1 Russia vs. World 1

Andrei Semenov vs. Tulio Palhares

Dave Dalgliesh vs Nikolai Onikienko

Colin Sexton vs. Dmitry Petrov

Drop him on his head. Knock open a nasty gash on his face. Fedor Emelianenko hardly even blinks. The consensus No. 1 heavyweight in mixed martial arts shrugs it off and conquers his opponents.

On July, 17-th Japan will witness the next fifth installment of world's team MMA competition in M-1 Challenge. Team France will lock horns with Team USA and Japanese representatives will face off with dreadful Team Holland. Let's take closer look in the stable of Japan.

Russia vs. World 1

Tomas Hensverger 69 kg. (Austria) vs. Sergei  Bitchkov 72 kg.                

Antonio Rezende   91 kg.  (Brazil)   vs. Alexei Veselovzorov  89 kg.            

Interview with M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelstein where he tells about the last M-1 Challenge in Saint Petersburg, reveals future plans and states where and when Fedor will fight again this year.

We got BETAcam-videocassettes at our disposal with all the M-1 events dating back in 1999. After decoding them in digital format we'll be putting the history of MMA on the site for you free of charge. On a daily basis you'll get the opportunity of watching new fights starting from the day one. For this purpose a new section called Mixfight M-1 Archive was created. The first couple of videos is waiting for you there. Welcome and enjoy.

Mr. Michael Lynch contacted me a few months ago wanting a world class championship belt that a world champion was going to be proud to wear. He also wanted a belt that he was going to be proud to call his. After a few days of talk and different designs we finally agreed to a design that we thought was going to be a killer, and a killer it was. I began the production process like I make most of my belts. I printed out the final copy on paper and laid it out flat.

Interview with the head of “Legion” sports club Armen Danelyan

There are a number of reasons not to miss the mega mixed martial arts extravaganza, “Affliction Banned,” this July 19th at Honda Center in Anaheim, California — not least of which is the unbelievable main event — a dream match-up between heavyweight champs Fedor Emilianenko and Tim Sylvia. But the list of transcendent fight talent doesn’t end there. In one of the biggest cards in the history of the sport the inaugural event will feature a brutal, full contact bout between the two heavyweight powerhouses, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski and “Big” Ben Rothwell.

On May, 15 there was the inaugural mix-fight event held in Nizhniy Novgorod named after Fedor Emelianenko. Here is one bout in the context of Red Devil vs. Team Spain. The fight held under 93 kg. Mikhail Zayats, Red Devil's own , undefeated in 4 encounters. Daniel Tabera hails from the country that took the European football cup a week ago, he is S.H.O.O.T. member who in his 14 bouts has lost just once to Roman Zentsov.

Best photos from M-1 Challenge #4, which took place in Saint Petersburg, June 27, 2008.

Red Devil FT vs. Team Finland

SuperFIGHT

Aleksey Oleinik vs. Aleksander Timonov

+ ring girls' dance

The best photos from the M-1 Challenge 4 "Battle on the Neva" held on June, 27-th. That's how it was!

DREAM official website posted an interview with Ronaldo Jacare on Jun 23. Translated from the japanese by Suki.