Recently on the popular MMA radio show No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Donovan Craig, the editor-in-chief of Fight! Magazine. They discussed Craig’s recent trip to Russia, where he covered the M-1 Selection 2010 – Eastern and Western Europe Finals, on July 22 in Moscow, Russia, and interviewed the legendary mixed martial arts fighter, Fedor Emelianenko.
In the in depth discussion the pair discussed the high level of mixed martial arts fighters in these M-1 events in Europe, including the unbeaten Magomed Shikhshabekov, who won the super fight at the event . The pair went on to discuss the potential for the next great wave of mixed martial arts fighters to come from Eastern Europe, and why that is. The pair also delved a bit into the history, politics, and economics of the collapse of the old Soviet Union, and how that affects the combat sports.
