FiveKnuckles.com: Is it true that Fedor owns 20% of M-1?

Vadim Finkelstein: Fedor has a share in the company but I don't want to disclose the numbers. Fedor is one of shareholders of M-1 Global.

FiveKnuckles.com: You have done an excellent job of bringing quality fighters to the forefront of MMA with Fedor, Aleks, Gegard Mousasi and others, can you tell us who are some future stars that we may see coming out of M-1 next?

Vadim Finkelstein: I always look attentively after the fights and can name some future stars. There are a lot of talented fighters but I won't name them, because I don't want to offend anybody if forget some. You will see them all at M-1 Breakthrough tournaments this year.

FiveKnuckles.com: At one time, M-1 announced that they were planning a show called "Fighting Fedor," in which the winner of the a tournament would earn a chance to fight Fedor with the show being broadcast in a reality show format. What is the status of this show? Has it been cancelled, or is it something that you are still considering?

Vadim Finkelstein: We tried to find TV partner for this show, but haven't found it yet, it's a big show. But we would still like to do it.

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*Special thanks to Natalya Bulanova for the excellent translation.