NEW YORK — Executives at M-1 Global announced today they have started a new promotion called Adrenaline MMA and will begin promoting major events in the U.S. beginning in June.
Adrenaline will replace M-1 Global in the U.S. immediately. The change also includes the release of Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko, who is free to seek fights [...]

The news surrounding one Fedor Emelianenko seems to never end. Earlier today Nokaut.com reported that Emelianenko was offered a four fight, 18 month contract from EliteXC. MMA Junkie has since learned further details of the proposed deal with the Russian free agent:
“The contract calls for Emelianenko’s first two fights in the promotion to [...]

From Sherdog:
Despite the announcement of an agreement last October between Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global, the deal was never signed, a source close to both camps told Sherdog.com.
The Russian heavyweight’s only agreement with the company — according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity — came in the form of a letter [...]

In a recent interview with M1MixFight, UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture states that a highly-anticipated heavyweight bout against Fedor Emelianenko remains a possibility, but having it take place in the UFC is now absolutely impossible:
“…The UFC recently took Couture to court to bar his involvement with outside fight promotions. The litigation has apparently ruined any [...]

Heavyweight sensation Fedor Emelianenko will reportedly become a free agent next week, according to a new ESPN Magazine article which discusses the former Pride champion’s departure from M-1 Global:
“Apy Echteld, one of Emelianenko’s agents, confirmed what a source close to the situation previously told The Magazine: M-1 Global and Emelianenko will part ways some time [...]

All hopes to have Randy Couture take on Fedor Emelianenko in a co-promoted bout between M-1 Global and the UFC are no more as the UFC has reportedly tuned down M-1’s offer for the fight according to Brawl Sports who got the news directly from Couture:
“We got an official offer from M-1 to the UFC [...]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture made an appearance during last nights HDNet Fights “Reckless Abandon” event in Dallas, Texas. Couture, who was attending the event to back Xtreme Couture fighters Frank Trigg and Jay White, answered questions about his future on the live broadcast.
According to Couture, his fight contract with the UFC will expire in [...]

Earlier this week, Dana White was a guest on the Dave Carmichael show, a sports talk radio show in Sacramento. According to many people in the industry, Dave has a good reputation with Dana White and has been able to get some great interviews for several years from Dana White. A few interesting little tidbits [...]

The UFC’s sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting, will return on December 12th for its first show in more than three months. The stacked card is rumored to include:

WEC Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship: Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla
WEC Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho vs. TBD (possibly Frank Trigg)
WEC Lightweight Championship: [...]

In my travels of listening to almost every interview I could get my hands on and keeping up with the news in the mixed martial arts world, I thought I would write a little rundown of the Fedor Emelianenko rumor mill. Right now, as everybody probably knows, he has all but confirmed that he has [...]

According to a press release making the rounds online highly sought after mixed martial artist Fedor Emelianenko, who is reported to have signed a lucrative contract with M-1 last week, will make his future plans official on Monday in New York City at the headquarters of Marc Ecko Enterprises. Read on for the full press [...]

Some news surfaced today that Mark Cuban had confirmed that he was in discussions regarding a possible business deal with the M-1 MixFight Championship, the promotion that signed Fedor Emelianenko earlier this week. Many fans are taking this news as an indication that he is the possible purchaser of the M-1 MixFight promotion from the [...]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture has quit the UFC according to The Fight Network, citing the promotion’s inability to sign top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko as his primary reason for walking away from the UFC and vacating his heavyweight title:
At the height of its power and popularity, the Ultimate Fighting Championship today lost the man many [...]

Highly coveted and top-ranked mixed martial artist Fedor Emelianenko has signed a deal with M-1 according to a report from The Fight Network:
PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has committed exclusively to the new ownership of M-1 Mix-Fight Championship, which has been purchased outright by an undisclosed American entertainment-related company, according to a source close to [...]

This past week the UFC held yet another round of contract discussions with highly coveted MMA free agent Fedor Emelianenko in hopes of hammering out a deal to bring him to the UFC. Initial reports were mixed but in a recent interview with CBS White discussed the true status of the drawn out talks. Here’s [...]