Enligt M-1 Globals instagram har den ryska organisationen M-1 Global skrivit på ett avtal med UFC. Avtalet ska ge M-1 Challenge mästarna en chans att kontrakt med UFC och även ge ryska organisationen verktyg att scouta talanger till UFC. Här nedan är i alla fall instagraminlägget.
“The Russian-Chinese investment fund Mubadala Investment Company and the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced foundation of UFC Russia,”
“The new company is going to promote MMA and organize new shows in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). M-1 Global is going to be a partner taking care of finding Russian athletes and preparing them for the fights. M-1 Challenge champions will get a unique opportunity to sign contracts with the UFC.”
“We are looking forward to further cooperation with the UFC and the Russian-Chinese investment fund working on developing young Russian talents and this will benefit our sports very much,”
“MMA is a very popular kind of sports and cooperation of the UFC, investment fund and M-1 Global can take MMA in Russia to new level. Competition in M-1 Global is going to be even tougher and that means we are going to see even more excellent and spectacular fights!”
Om detta kommer innebära att de co-promotar den kommande UFC-galan i Moskva tillsammans och om vi kanske även kommer få se Fedor Emelianenko i UFC, det återstår att se. Att UFC och M-1 Global samarbetar är i vilket fall som helst en stor grej.