This transcribed translation of this Fedor’s interview would probably have been easier to understand if it were left in Russian, even if you don’t speak Russian. To most, a paragraph written in the Russian alphabet would look like a well-placed combination of hieroglyphics, but you assume it makes sense because, well, why would someone write a paragraph that doesn’t make sense? If you actually forced me to answer that question, I couldn’t possibly justify 85% of the articles I’ve written in the past four years with MiddleEasy. That being said, this translation of Fedor’s words from Sports.ru still makes very little sense, but here’s what he had to say with regards to the UFC wanting to hold an event in Russia.

Next year at the UFC have a desire to hold the competition in Russia. Once the UFC was in decline - then roared Pride. Now there are no more Pride, UFC has gained momentum. There was a time when the M-1 just developed and existed only through the efforts of Vadim Finkelstein. Today, this organization is one of the strongest in the world. Of course, the UFC is too early to compete, but the M-1 occupies a prominent position in the rating organizations. I will say that the UFC and M-1 at the moment - two strongest organization in the world.

Presumably, you could copy/paste that paragraph back into google translator and get the same block of text back in Russian.

В следующем году на UFC есть желание провести соревнования в России. После UFC была в упадке - то ревела Pride. Теперь больше нет Pride, UFC набрала обороты. Был момент, когда M-1 только что разработали и существовал только благодаря усилиям Вадима Финкельштейна. Сегодня эта организация является одной из сильнейших в мире. Конечно, UFC еще слишком рано, чтобы конкурировать, но M-1 занимает видное место в рейтинге организации. Я скажу, что UFC и M-1 на данный момент - две сильнейшие организации в мире.

Not only does it look cooler, but according to Google, it makes sense (to someone) too.

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0 # TDM 2012-12-06 14:48

Alright, I'll get this out of the way. The paragraph that was translated back makes no sense, Google Translate only works in one direction once. But most importantly, don't listen to Fedor. He's an official M-1 spokesperson, he's the only face for the company, he's promoting M-1 in this (that's obvious to anyone), and I would not take UFC coming to Russia seriously. Not from Fedor.
The thing is, the Russian government has a vested interest in Fedor and M-1. Which means that they will never allow, or at least make it difficult, for the UFC to do a show in Russia. Also, the UFC will not be able to pull numbers at the gate in Russia and the time difference will be hard as hell to deal with for the U.S. broadcast.

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0 # Speaker of all fans 2012-12-06 15:52

Fuck you don't ruin this for us. If this plan falls through it will be because you didn't believe

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0 # Epsilon 2013-02-02 04:00

Government... I don't think members of the Russian government even know what UFC or Dana White is, and wouldn't give 2 shits about MMA or Finkelstain (one of the reasons MMA is so small in Russia).

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0 # ur wrong 2013-02-03 14:48

ufc is going to russia in 2013, so haha u dont know shit

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0 # UFC Fan 2012-12-06 16:03

If fedor gonna run from real competition, real competition will come after fedor

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+10 # red rocket...yummm! 2012-12-06 16:13

never invade russia in the winter,dana.

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0 # literally hitler 2012-12-06 20:48

what could possibly go wrong?

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+5 # Sambro 2012-12-06 17:11

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