With the UFC and Bellator putting on great cards this weekend, the once proclaimed great heavyweight in the world fought to relatively little fanfare. Headlining the M-1 Global early this morning, Fedor Emelianenko made his first appearance since losing three in a row which resulted in his Strikeforce release.

Fedor took on another the veteran submission specialist Jeff Monson in Moscow, Russia inside the Olympic Stadium. In front of 22,000 plus fans, “The Last Emperor” got back in the win column with a unanimous decision win. Fedor dropped Monson multiple times during the fight but made his opponent get back up and stand with him each time.

M-1 Global: Battle of the Legends Results:

Fedor Emelianenko defeated Jeff Monson by Unanimous Decision

Daniel Weichel defeated Jose Figueroa by 1^st rd. KO (Becomes new M-1 lightweight champion)

Alexander Yakovlev defeated Juan Manuel Suarez by 2^nd rd. TKO

Yuri Ivlev defeated Jerome Bouisson by 1^st rd. TKO

Mairbek Taisumov defeated Joshua Thorpe by 2^nd rd. KO

Mikhail Malyutin defeated Seydina Seck by 1^st rd. KO

Albert Duraev defeated Xavier Foupa-Pokam by 2^nd rd. Submission (triangle choke)

Salim Davidov defeated Sergey Kornev by Unanimous Decision

Before Fedor stepped into the Olympic Stadium M-1 Global held their 29^th M-1 Challenge event on Saturday from the Ufa Arena in Ufa, Russia. The event was headlined by the former UFC fighter Mario Miranda, taking on the Russian Dmitry Samoilov.

M-1 Challenge XXIX: Dmitry Samoilov vs. Mario Miranda Results:

Mario Miranda defeated Dmitry Samoilov by 2^nd rd. Submission (Kimura)

Eric Oganov defeated Daniel Madrid by 2^nd rd. Submission (Heel Hook)

Artem Damkovsky defeated Antun Rachich by 1^st rd. KO

Marat Gafurov defeated Sheikh-Magomed Arophanov by Decision

Arsen Temirhanov defeated Christian Ekkerlin by 1^st rd. Submission (Armbar)

Ramazan Emeev defeated Ruslan Nadzhafaliev by 2^nd rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

Julio Cesar dе Almeyda defeated Bahtijar Arzumanov by Decision

Mikhail Istomin defeated Timur Shikhmagomedov by 2^nd rd. TKO

Denis Komkin defeated Ruslan Stepanyan by 1^st rd. KO

Denis Goltsov defeated Teymur Aslanov by 1^st rd. Submission (Mounted Triangle)

Ahmet Sultanov defeated Vladimir Kuchenko by 1^st rd. Submission (Strikes)