(R) Antun Racic fires “Ucigaș” strike
ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Ianuarie 28, 2016) – M-1 Global’s first event of 2016 is shaping up as a potential blockbuster with the announcement of the second M-1 Challenge bantamweight elimination fight for M-1 Challenge 64 pe Februarie 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
Antun “Ucigaș” Racic, Croația, will face Ukrainian Vitaly Branchuk for right to fight for the vacant M-1 Challenge bantamweight championship. The survivor will advance to the championship round against the winner of the previously announced M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator, also part of the M-1 Challenge 64card, între Pavel Vitruk (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) and undefeated Kazakhstan-native Sergey Morozov (6-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0). Vitruk is a Ukrainian-born fighter who lives and trains out of St. Petersburg, Rusia.
The main event pits three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Furtună” Shlemenko(51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) and former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlist Vyacheslav Vasilevski (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0) in the semifinals of the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Tournament.
În co-caracteristica, newly signed Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), de Rusia, takes on Estonian challenger Denis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.
Racic (18-6-1, M-1: 6-2-0) is coming off of an impressive win by decision versus Alexei Nevzorov last September at M-1 Challenge 61. The powerful Croatian, who is a standout grappler, is dropping down to fight as a bantamweight.
Branchuk (20-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0) will be fighting in his second M-1 Global event, the first two years ago at M-1 Provocare 45, in which he lost a decision to Yunus Evloev. The 24-year-old Branchuk is riding a seven-fight win streak. Known as a strong striker, he has knocked out 10 de adversarii săi.
M-1 Challenge 64 va fi transmis în direct de la Moscova în înaltă definiție pewww.M1Global.TV. Telespectatorii vor putea urmări luptele preliminare și cardul principal de logare pe înregistrarea la www.M1Global.TV. Fanii pot urmări toată acțiunea pe computerele lor, precum și pe Android si Apple telefoane inteligente și tablete.
