M-1 president keen on UFC deal

M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelstein has admitted that they would like to ‘co-operate with the UFC’.

Finkelstein has admitted that a deal could be reached that would see Fedor Emelianenko fight in the UFC when his contract with Strikeforce expires.

Finkelstein told Five Knuckles: “It [all] depends on UFC. We would like to cooperate with them. Everything depends on them, their diplomacy.

“It would be possible if they are flexible… I don’t want to compete with UFC, I want to co-operate with them. I think it could be a winning solution for everybody – for us, for them, and for MMA fans.”