OFFICIAL STATEMENT

In response to M-1 Global claims directed towards KSW Federation and fighter Mansour Barnaoui, KSW Federation declares as follows:

On April 6th 2016 KSW Federation signed the promotional agreement with fighter Mansour Barnaoui regulating his participation in the MMA events organized by KSW. The agreement was concluded on the initiative of the fighter, who expressed his desire to participate in events organized by KSW. According to Mr. Barnaoui, he is not bound to promotional agreement or any other agreement with M-1 Global, or with any other MMA promotion. KSW Federation finds no factual or legal basis to challenge the truthfulness of fighter’s statement.
 
It is not true that KSW Federation allegedly did not respond to M-Global position in this situation or avoided contact. The negotiations between KSW Federation and M-1 Global took place, but during them M-1 Global failed to provide legitimate evidence to challenge fighter’s statement. In the course of negotiations, KSW Federation presented an offer of a conciliatory solution to the dispute, which was not accepted by M-1 Global.
 
Consequently, all M-1 Global claims directed towards KSW and Mr. Mansour Barnaoui have to be considered as having no factual or legal basis and as such will not affect the scheduled bout between Mateusz Gamrot and Mansour Barnaoui on May 27th 2016.