With the very exciting news of Fedor Emelianenko finally finding a home with M-1 Global, the internet pundits are raving that the real UFC competition has arrived. For the brief time that this information has been available for the MMA public, it appears to be the case.

M-1 Global has made a great choice in President/CEO Monte Cox. Cox is a seasoned fight manager and has enough understanding of the business to make me feel comfortable with his handling of the new organization. After all, Dana White was once manager to some of the biggest names in MMA today. They have the backing of Sibling Entertainment, who…well I guess I have no clue what they have done, but hey, they have the collective cajones to approach an undertaking of this magnitude. M-1 Global even did what the mighty Ultimate Fighting Championships could not- sign the biggest free agent, the aforementioned Fedor Emelianenko.

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