M-1 President Vadim Finkelchtein was interviewed at the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva post fight press conference about Fedor’s loss to Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva:

“I couldnt believe my eyes, that the fight was stopped. And that Fedor was going to lose the fight.

“I don’t consider it a loss in the sense that the first round Fedor clearly won, and in the second round Silva clearly won. We don’t know what would have happened in the third round.

“Silva wa a very big guy. He outweighted fedor by about 60 pounds. But at the same time, we don’t know what would have happend. Clearly the eye came into play and as a result it is a loss.”

“I hope that he doesn’t retire. I am going to see what I can do and talk to him and convince him not to, because I don’t beleive he lost the fight in terms of he showed a lot of heart, he survived that second round, he could have comne back and won that fight, and I believe he has enough strength to continue to fight…”

“It’s ultimately Fedor’s decision.”

“I believe the doctor made the right decision because the fighter’s health is the utmost priority …

if that i s what the doctor felt was right, then I agree with that.”