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MMA Payout is reporting that Affliction has filed a motion of dismissal with regards to M-1's lawsuit against the clothing company.

Tom Atencio voices his opinion on what the motion of dismissal means,

"Affliction landed a serious blow to the Fedor and M-1 lawsuit by filing a motion to dismiss in federal court in response to the Russians' complaint only eight days after being served. . . . The counter by Affliction goes to show Affliction does not intend to rollover and be extorted by the Russian visitors and how frivolous and meritless Affliction considers the allegations of their complaint."

WKR is fairly confident that MMA fans will gravitate towards the language of extortion when describing M-1 Global and their management. While this may be a popular sentiment within the MMA community it doesn't deal with the nuts and bolts of the lawsuit.

Basically the dispute revolves around Fedor's contract, which, M-1 alleges, was not fulfilled in good faith by Affliction when they chose to close shop and become a UFC sponsor. Affliction counters that there was an early date of expiration for Fedor's contract that takes precedence over the third fight in the contract.

For a closer look at the contractual issues behind the legal maneuvering head over to MMA Payout.