Josh Gross: MMA will blow up in Russia

MMA has state support in Russia. It's going to blow up there under the M-1 banner. That is pretty clear. Good-sized crowd watched the fight.

https://twitter.com/#!/JoshGrossESPN/status/138328810658594817

Big meaning if a guy from ESPN (home of zuffa and childporn) admits this?

Josh Gross is not friendly with Zuffa, regardless of who he works for. Hopefully he's correct about this.

ok didn't knew...my bad

People talked about the JDS v Cain bout being significant. Well this Fedor v Monson bought was far more significant.

**Sold out venue with 22K in attendance
**Expensive seats
**Broadcast on the big free to air Network channels prime time
**The Russian President in attendance
**The Russian Prime Minister and his family in attendance

Hollywood Dang wrote:ok didn't knew...my bad

I believe he was offered a job by the UFC, to write for the UFC site and he turned it down.

Hes also been critical of White and the Ufc. As you know, any hint of criticism makes you an enemy.

I don't know any numbers yet, but it looks like this event was bigger than Zuffa on Fox. Imagine if Obama and Hillary had gone to it, and they showed several hours of fights.

nhbnews wrote:I don't know any numbers yet, but it looks like this event was bigger than Zuffa on Fox. Imagine if Obama and Hillary had gone to it, and they showed several hours of fights.

But their isn't any of the best-in-the-world fighters, athletes or WRESTLERS in the former-USSR and eastern bloc.

Great news for the fans and the sport. The future looks bright.