Vadim Finkelchtein crushes any rumors of ongoing talks between M-1 and the UFC via the M-1 website:
Today I heard the rumors of me allegedly stating on my twitter account that we are negotiating with the UFC. I want to state that there are no talks with the UFC whatsoever. Our partner in the USA is STRIKEFORCE, we are happy to cooperate with STRIKEFORCE. Fedor (Emelianenko) and Gegard (Mousasi) fight there and they are quite happy with the conditions and how they are treated with respect there. Finally, I don’t have any account on Twitter. The account that ignited the rumors is false. Our attorneys are already aware of the situation and shortly this fake account will be deleted.
The story was always highly unlikely based on Fedor and Mousasi both being under exclusive U.S. contracts which could have resulted in tampering charges being filed against the UFC. I assume that knowing that later this year Fedor will be able to negotiate a new deal has led to the increase of positive talk by Dana White, but for now we have been told that there are no current talks underway.