Interview: M-1 Global lost Monte Cox and Mitchell Maxwell

Monte Cox appeared on a Savage Dog Show with Monte Cox (beginning from 1:06:35) telling about the end of the M-1 Global story. At least Monte Cox and other Americans will not be part of it. They will stay together though and will try to make their own MMA promotion with unknown name and with the first show scheduled for 14th June (another delay, yeah!). He also kinda confirmed that Fedor Emelianenko was never under contract with M-1. M-1 Global didn't have a contract, but they were controlling him. Which is practically the same thing. Sherdog has a small overview about Monte's appearance in the show, but you should definitely listen everything yourself! I won't post any transcript and will concentrate on analyzing the situation, considering that you all have listened to him before reading my small-scale analysis. I am very good with analyzing and reading between the lines, so here I go. :)

• First of all I must notice that everything of the insider's information I reported earlier turned out to be correct! Well done, me, RussianMMA and my source! :)
  
• I don't know if you noticed, but Monte Cox bragged that he saved a lot of money for the other (non-American) side (I will continue calling this side M-1 Global) and that they can continue making efforts with their show. This brings us once again to the talks about Secret Investor of M-1 Global... M-1 Global guys still seem to have that investor with them and they can continue what they were trying to do before.
  
• I think that this whole situation showed how bad manager Monte Cox really is. I mean, being excited about M-1 Global and Fedor Emelianenko's salary at the press-conference and gladly taking the position of CEO, and only afterwards to whine about how huge and unbearable Fedor's pay is? Maybe he should have thought about it before signing in? Reading between the lines I believe the source from the Russian M-1 about Americans slowing everything down. I mean, what have Monte and other Americans accomplished? Nothing specific comes to my mind, really. What Finkelstein&Co have made? Well, at least they have invented and organized the M-1 Global Challenge 1 event, the next M-1 Global Challenge 2 will be next week and more is coming.
  
  

  © M-1 Global Monte Cox, Fedor Emelianenko, Vadim Finkelstein and Mitchell Maxwell

  
  
• The public (well, at least me) opinion about Monte Cox gets even worse if we think about his behavior. As we all remember he said that Fedor not fighting on New Year's Eve, which turned to be a lie. Then he says that he wants Vadim Finkelstein out by the buyout; that was said at a time when Vadim Finkelstein already became the head of M-1 Global. I'm pretty sure that Monte Cox also knew that their ways separated. Monte Cox also told about difficulties with "Russian managers", when in reality it meant "everybody except Monte Cox, Mitchell Maxwell and few other Americans". Quite a difference, huh? And I don't even want to recall all these numerous promises to reveal something important "in a few weeks". :)
  
• To get the best view of the difference between "Americans" and "Russians" you only need to look at the web sites they control. Russians post different news and are active in all other aspects as well. The Americans have almost nothing on their site and I am yet to receive my first M-1 Global Newsletter (despite signing up the first week they opened that option)...
  
• It will be very interesting to see, what the status of Fedor Emelianenko is and who actually lied reporting that Fedor leaves M-1 Global...
  
• The future of Fighting Fedor - new MMA reality TV show also interests me. Of course, there will be no such program if Fedor becomes free agent. My personal view (just a gut feeling) is that he won't - at least not permanently. Maybe will be "borrowed" for some fights (Fedor vs Randy on HDNet Fights of EliteXC?), but that's all.
  
• The important point we should all remember when reading American side of the story, is that they somehow still think of themselves as M-1 Global. I mean, there was M-1 Global and at some point the roads of managers separated and the minor part of the founders left. No big deal. But now that small team tells that it was Russian part which left and when asking about the future of M-1 Global they say that "we will continue working on American market". And the word "we" actually means the separated part of the old management and not the current M-1 Global (with Vadim Finkelstein as a head). I don't know if they do it intentionally, but be careful with that!