(R) Antun Racic fires “Щоттил” strike
ҲА. ПЕТЕРБУРГ, Русия (Январ 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 даъвати 64 ба Феврал 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
Antun “Щоттил” Racic, Хорватия, 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 даъвати 64корт, миёни Павел Vitruk (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) and undefeated Kazakhstan-native Сергей Морозов (6-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0). Vitruk is a Ukrainian-born fighter who lives and trains out of St. Петербург, Русия.
The main event pits three-time Bellator champion Александр “Тӯфони” Шлеменко(51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) and former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlist Вячеслав Vasilevsky (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0) in the semifinals of the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Tournament.
Дар ҳамкорӣ хусусияти, newly signed Александр “Морозов” Волков (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), Русия, 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 даъвати 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 Даъват 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 аз рақибони худ.
M-1 даъвати 64 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Тамошобинон хоҳад тавонист ба тамошои ин задухурдҳо пешакӣ ва корти асосӣ тавассути ворид оид ба қайд www.M1Global.TV. Мухлисони метавонад ҳамаи чорабиниҳо доир ба компютерҳои худ бедор, инчунин оид ба Android ва Apple телефонҳои смарт ва планшети.
