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From Russia with love, here’s Fedor’s official open letter to the UFC president Dana White, posted at the M1 website:

Numerous times have I read Mr. White’s statements on Internet concerning myself. In my opinion, allowing yourself to say those things is not a sign of a gentleman or a grown man at all! If he candidly wants to prove himself right then let my fight with Randy happen or let me face the reigning UFC champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. In the future I wouldn’t want to hear those statements in my address ever again and I won’t tolerate that.

My last fight in Japan proved that I’m ready to fight anybody with any height advantage, skillset or experience. I have fought and still wish to fight the best athletes. The Randy fight is my goal number one right now, he’s a great fighter and this is a very unfortunate situation when too strict and one-sided UFC contracts don’t let this fight happen.

The whole world is eager to see me fight your champions, people don’t want to listen to your press-conferences. I’m signed with M-1 Global and this promotion is ready to organize such fights under our banner or in co-promoted events.

A site called MMA Ninja has a nice report about Fedor’s first day at the Russian Combat SAMBO championships.

It’s been a slow MMA news day. Yesterday, I picked up a copy of Black Belt magazine for the first time since these guys were popular, and it’s about what you’d expect: a feature called “Karo Parisyan on Winning” shortly after “Insights Into Ten No Kata.” I didn’t expect Jimmy Pedro, the most successful US judoka ever, to contribute “Five Things Every Mixed Martial Artist Needs To Know.” Pedro, who has begun offering MMA classes at his training center, offers at #3: “You Should Always Train in a Gi.” I don’t know about “always”, but a quick look at Fedor’s background, not to mention nearly every current UFC champion (that’s BJJ black belts Rodrigo Nogueira, Anderson Silva, Matt Serra, and BJ Penn), and it sure seems useful.