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Official open letter from Fedor Emelianenko to UFC President Dana White

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From M1MixFight.com:

"Numerous times have I read mister 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."

(Thanks to MMAmania.com reader "Carlos" for the assist.)

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