Fedor Emelianenko's open letter to the fans

Fedor Emelianenko has been fighting every New Year's Eve in Japan during the last four years. Now, when Pride FC is gone and Fedor has signed a contract with a new M-1 Global organization, Japanise fans are worried, because they won't see him in a New Year's ring, like they have used to.

Fedor Emelianenko has received so many mails, that it is virtually impossible for him to answer each of them personally. Therefore he asked to publish his open letter for every MMA and Fedor Emelianenko fan to see. Below you can see the entire letter.

"It's always a pleasure to read fans' mail. And it's a great pleasure to receive it from the Japanese fans. It's them who I used to meet New Year with celebrating my victories. They've always inspired me through the toughest moments, hardest bouts of my entire career. Last years I thought a lot about the proverb saying "New Year's Eve defines the whole coming year."

Being in that country is a holiday itself. Exciting culture, one of the richest histories, wonderful traditions. We'd experienced it every year and now me and my team miss it a lot.

Still if you wish something really bad, the main thing is not to give up half way through, but to continue to pursue the goal. On my behalf, I contacted M-1 Global direction asking them to continue this tradition. You know what? They fully understood me in my wish to keep fighting in Japan on the New Year's Eve.

Now it all depends whether it's possible to organise such kind of event we all got used to. That's why I address all of you fans out there. Me and M-1 Global will do our best to give you one more Championship in this New Year's Eve taking place in Japan. I would be extremely happy if our wishes come true.

Yours faithfully, Fedor Emelianenko.

This is such a huge news if it will really happen!

This information is also interesting because of some news and gossips this site has previously told you. Let's review them:

• On October 16th, a week before the M-1 press-conference, we told you about Fedor Emelianenko's interview, where he said that he will probably fight in December of this year. This information contradicted the information about Fedor Emelianenko's first M-1 Global fight taking place in February.
  
• Ricardo Arona denied the previous information about signing with M-1 Global. But he still said that he wants to fight in December "I've gotten a few offers from the US, Canada and Japan, but I'm still weighing in my options before I sign. I'll probably have a contract to fight in December."
  
• The source from the M-1 camp previously told us: "There was an opportunity to make an event in Saitama, Japan for this New Year's Eve, but the decision was made not to do it, because American partners weren't sure that they were able to make everything "right" on time." At that time the information from the source made me realize that M-1 Global already has an access to the huge Japanese Fuji TV, either independently or through the local partner organization (K-1 or World Victory Road?)

For people who don't know it: showing MMA bouts on a New Year's Eve is a very popular Japanese tradition, which can perhaps be compared to showing New Year celebration on a New York's Times Square. And demise of Pride FC, the Japanese MMA organization, which has shown these highly popular New Year's Eve fights on a Fuji TV, was therefore a huge blow for the Japanese MMA fans.

So here is my wild guess: we will see Fedor Emelianenko fighting in Japan at the end of this year. The event will not necessarily be the first M-1 Global event, but can be organized by a Japanese partner of M-1 (K-1 or World Victory Road?) and will be shown on a Japan's national TV channel (Fuji TV?). Fedor Emelianenko might be fighting Ricardo Arona.

From comments: If the fight is part of the NYE K1 event the opponent could be Sergei Kharitonov.