Never in my life have I encountered a managing agency capable of such manipulation (and) tricks. And in the end, it doesn't work. You can see Fedor's image has been tarnished. It's not working. It's bad karma. I mean, Fedor is a nice guy. I know Fedor personally from the PRIDE days, and we even worked out a couple of times together. He came down to Holland. He was a nice, humble guy. Nothing bad to be said about him. But the management – ugh. They're just hard people to deal with. Ask (UFC president) Dana White. Ask (Strikeforce CEO) Scott Coker. They don't like to deal with the Russians

Fedor, you are a great fighter and like many other great Russian fighters in history you do your talking in a ring or cage. Leave this M-1 circus and start fighting the best. It's okay to lose sometimes but hiding makes you look like a coward, which Fedor is not, Vadim is!

As for Fedor, Overeem candidly stated that, "The reason Fedor called me out is to distract a possible match with Antonio Silva." It should be clear, though, that Overeem adamantly said that Fedor is not to blame for this; only his management is at fault