While U.S. mixed martial arts fans may not be extremely familiar with
the figures involved, the rivalry between M-1 Global president Vadim
Finkelchtein and Golden Glory co-owner Bas Boon is nothing new.
Quite the contrary, the two have traded verbal jabs since the heyday of
PRIDE, and neither is much a fan of the other.
But recently those jabs turned into knockout punches as Boon took to the
Internet with an open letter that accused M-1 Global of ties to
organized crime, death threats and patently avoiding a fight for its
chief client, Fedor Emelianenko.