ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Novembro 9, 2016) – The already loaded M-1 Desafío 73: Batalla de Narts card has been bolstered by the M-1 Global announcement that two American fighters, Sotavento “American Bulldog” Morrison e “The Finisher” Josh Rectificación Casa, have been added to the 2016 season-ending event December 9th na Ingusetia, Rusia.

A super showdown between M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev(14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) and KO artist specialist Anatoly Tokov (24-2-0, M-1: 9-1-0) será a atracción principal M-1 Desafío 73: Batalla de Narts in a battle of elite Russian fighters.

Na co-metragem, M-1 Challenge campión dos penas Baño “Esta é a” Buchinger (31-4-0, M-1: 6-0-0), loitando fóra de Eslovaquia, defends his title belt against undefeated Russian challenger Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0).

M-1 Desafío 73 will be streamed live from Ingushetia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Os espectadores van poder asistir as loitas preliminares e card principal, rexistrándose se rexistrar en www.M1Global.TV. Os fans poden asistir a toda a acción nos seus ordenadores, así como sobre Android e Apple smartphones e tabletas.

Morrison (15-7-0, M-1: 2-4-0) and Rettinghouse (13-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) are both fighting out of the state of Washington.

Morrison faces undefeated Russian prospect Moysar Evoloev (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0) in a fight contested at a 140-pounds (63.5 quilogramos) catchweight. Morrison is a grappler (see photo below with him in top position) who defeated current M-1 Challenge bantamweight title-holder Pavel Vitruk by decision at M-1 Desafío 58.

Fighting at home in Ingushetia, Evloev is also a grappler who is coming off a first-round knockout of Alexander Krupenkin this past May at M-1 Desafío 66 (pictured below).

Rettinghouse, o King of the Cage campión, asume Sergey Morozov (6-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) in a bantamweight with future title implications for the winner.

A submission master who has a strong Brazilian Ju-Jitsu background, Rettinghouse is coming off his successful M-1 Global debut this past May at M-1 Desafío 66, in which Rettinghouse stopped Vadim Zhloboch in the opening round due to an injury.

Morozov, fighting out of Kazakhstan, is an outstanding striker and well-rounded MMA fighter. He was on the wrong end of the M-1 Desafío 68 Fight of the Night last July in a loss by decision to Rafael Dias.

En M-1 Desafío 59, Morozov (pictured below) was awarded the Knockout of the Night award for his demolishing of Andy Young a year ago July.

An impressive victory will position the Rettinghouse-Morozov winner for a potential M-1 Challenge bantamweight title fight with defending champion Vitruk.

Novembro. 18 – M-1 Desafío 72: Kunchenko vs. Abdulaev in Moscow, Rusia

Decembro. 9 – M-1 Desafío 73: Emeev vs. Tokov in Ingushetia, Rusia