Filed under: M-1 Global
Hours after I wrote that M-1 Global was closing its Netherlands office and that officials with the organization were panicking in the wake of Fedor Emelianenko‘s loss, I spoke with M-1 Global Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan, who said the story was not true.
Kogan acknowledged that four employees of the promotion’s Netherlands office have been “made redundant” in a “restructuring” of the company that took place over the last 10 days, but Kogan claims it’s pure coincidence that M-1 chose to restructure after Emelianenko’s loss. He said he himself is still at the Netherlands office, but he refused to name any other employees who remain there.
Despite Kogan’s denials, one of the original sources has reiterated that in the days following Fedor’s loss, Kogan told multiple employees of M-1’s Netherlands office that they are losing their jobs because the office is closing. Told that Kogan had denied the original story, the source said Kogan was “lying.”