Magalhaes finally free from M-1; door open to UFC return
Champions generally don’t leave their promotions while in the midst of a title reign, but that’s exactly the route that…
Champions generally don’t leave their promotions while in the midst of a title reign, but that’s exactly the route that Vinny Magalhaes is planning to take. As he tells it, the decision to part ways with M-1 has been a foregone conclusion for months, and the impetus came smack in the middle of his last match.
Last October, Magalhaes was in the midst of successfully defending his light-heavyweight championship against Mikhail Zayats at an M-1 show in Phoenix when his manager Juan Sanchez heard M-1’s director of operations Evgeni Kogan openly rooting for and instructing Zayats.
“Once that happens, I don’t know how you can trust somebody,” Magalhaes told MMA Fighting.