ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Diciembre 15, 2015) – M-1 Global has announced its signing of Russian heavyweight sensation Alejandro “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0) en un contrato promocional exclusivo.
Volkov will battle Denis Smoldarev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) Febrero 19 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship at M-1 Desafío 64 en Moscú, Rusia.
The 27-year-old puncher from Moscow returns to the organization in which he made his professional mixed-martial-arts debut April 19, 2009, needing only 80-seconds to stop Nikolay Pleshokov in the second stage of the M-1 Challenge 2009. Volkov went on to capture top honors in the finals of the M-1 Desafío 2009, derrotando Ibragim Magomedov for the Russian Team Championships.
El 6′ 7″, 235-pound Volkov fought under the M-1 Global banner for the next two years, highlighted November 20, 2011 by his opening round punch-out of delante de 20,000 fans at M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson.
A este punto, Volkov had won 14 de 17 pro MMA fights and the popular Russian fighter opened 2012 with an impressive decision win over former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodríguez.
Volkov had another victory before heading to the United States in order to test himself in Bellator competition. He won his inaugural Bellator fight against powerful Brett Rogers, por decisión en Bellator 75, in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.
Two Bellator fights later, Volkov had extended his win streak to 10 in a row, improving overall to 19-3-0 via five-round decision over Richard Hale to capture the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship, as well as finish first in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament in Hammond, Indiana, EE.UU..
In his first fight of 2013, Volkov lost his Bellator heavyweight title in his first defense, as fellow countryman Vitaly Minakov recorded a first-round knockout in Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey, EE.UU..
Sin embargo, Volkov rebounded with three straight wins in the Bellator Season 10 Heavyweight Tournament, defeating Bulgarian great Blaygoy Ivanov in the final by way of a second-round rear-naked choke hold. Ivanov is best known, quizás, for defeating living legend Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinals on his way to winning the 2008 Campeonato Mundial de Sambo.
Feared as one of the most prolific strikers in MMA today, 17 of Volkov’s 24 overall victims to date were knocked out.
Volkov (pictured above to left) makes his M-1 Global return against Smoldarev, de Estonia, whose only loss as a professional was to Marcin Tybura (13-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0), who abdicated his M-1 Challenge heavyweight title to reportedly continue his career in the UFC. Tybura made his first successful M-1 Challenge heavyweight title defense November 24, 2014, defeating Smoldarev by third-round submission (estrangulación), en M-1 Desafío 54 en Beijing, China.
The 25-year-old Smoldarev (shown above in the black trunks) has impressive victories against Ante Delia, Maro Perak, Ahmed Sultanov y Shaban Ka. Smoldarev is also a physical specimen, de pie 6′ 5″ and weighing close to 270 libra.
M-1 Desafío 64 será transmitido en vivo desde Moscú en alta definición enwww.M1Global.TV. Los espectadores podrán ver las peleas preliminares y la tarjeta principal, conectándose a registrarse en www.M1Global.TV. Los aficionados pueden ver toda la acción en sus equipos, así como en Android y Apple teléfonos inteligentes y tabletas.
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MAURO RANALLO SE UNE A WWE® COMO LA NUEVA VOZ DE SMACKDOWN®
STAMFORD, Conn., Diciembre 14, 2015 - WWE (Bolsa de Nueva York: WWE) anunció hoy que el veterano locutor Mauro Ranallo será la nueva voz de Bofetada comienzo Jueves, Enero 7 cuando el programa se muda a su nuevo hogar en USA Network en 8 pm ET. Ranallo trae casi 30 años de experiencia en radiodifusión, y actualmente es el locutor de Championship Boxing en Showtime y ex locutor principal de la promoción Strikeforce MMA.
A principios de este año, Ranallo llamó a la alimentación internacional para el histórico Mayweather vs.. Pelea de Pacquiao. Ranallo es la única emisora de deportes que llama a todos los deportes de combate importantes en la televisión nacional, incluido el boxeo, kickboxing y MMA, además de ayudar a lanzar New Japan Pro Wrestling en AXS TV.
"Unirme a la WWE siempre ha sido un sueño mío de toda la vida.,"Dijo Ranallo. “Estoy encantado de sumar mi voz al Bofetada se transmite a medida que el programa se traslada a su nuevo hogar en USA Network ".
With more than 800 episodios originales, Bofetada es el segundo programa episódico semanal de mayor duración en EE. UU.. historia de la televisión, solo detrás Monday Night Raw®. Sobre el pasado 15 año, Bofetada ha sido transmitido desde 170 diferentes lugares, en 148 ciudades, en siete países diferentes, incluido Estados Unidos, Canadá, Reino Unido, Irak, Japón, Italia y mexico. Ahora el cable exclusivo para los programas insignia de WWE, USA Network se transmitirá Bofetada cada Juevescomienzo de la noche Enero 7. USA también se transmite Monday Night Raw vivir 52 semanas al año.
Antes de unirse a Showtime, Ranallo fue la voz del Pride Fighting Championships, y pasó seis años en Toronto, donde presentó el primer programa de televisión de Canadá dedicado a las artes marciales mixtas y también presentó un programa de radio de deportes de combate diario..
Ranallo vive en Los Ángeles, donde es un defensor social de la salud mental., un ávido excursionista y artista de voz para comerciales, libros y cine.
Sobre WWE
WWE, una empresa que cotiza en bolsa (Bolsa de Nueva York: WWE), es una organización de medios integrada y líder reconocido en entretenimiento global. La empresa consta de una cartera de negocios que crean y entregan contenido original. 52 semanas al año para una audiencia global. WWE está comprometida con el entretenimiento familiar en su programación de televisión., Paga por ver, medios digitales y plataformas de publicación. La programación de WWE llega a más de 650 millones de hogares en todo el mundo en 25 idiomas. WWE Network, la primera vez 24/7 red premium superior que incluye todos los pagos por visión en vivo, programación programada y una enorme biblioteca de videos a pedido, actualmente está disponible en más de 175 países. La empresa tiene su sede en Stamford, Conn., con oficinas en Nueva York, Los Angeles, Londres, Ciudad de México, Mumbai, Llevar a la fuerza, Singapur, Dubai, Munich y Tokio.
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Corito Stops Ellis as Gelder Outpoints Bogdanovic In Malta
El Viernes noche, at the Aria Complex in San Gwann, Malta’s own Heavyweight King Billy Corito scored yet another emphatic victory, this time over late replacement, Great Britain’s Matt Ellis.
Originally Corito was lined up to face Lee Kellett, who unfortunately was unable to make it through the floods in Cumbria to compete against the local star on this special Stephen Vaughan promoted Malta versus UK charity event, Fight For Life in aid of Caritas.
In front of a packed house, both fighters started hard and fast, Ellis utilising his jab to good effect to stop the local hero getting in too close, however as the bout progressed nothing Ellis could do could stop Corito getting in close and letting rip with big rights to the body of the Englishman.
The first two rounds were very close, but the third was a different matter altogether, Corito started fast and backed the Englishman onto the ropes with some superb combinations, once there Corito proceeded to target the body and then around the thirty second mark let rip with a powerful body shot that sent Ellis to the canvas, then as referee Lee Murtagh began the count the Englishman’s corner threw the towel in, which was ignored and the referee continued to count Ellis out.
The official time of the stoppage was thirty three seconds of the third round.
Following his victory Corito was informed by Stephen Vaughan that his next fight will be in the United Kingdom, where he will fight in a six rounder on the undercard of Tasif Khan versus Isaac Quaye WBU Super Flyweight World Championship bout in Bradford on February 6º.
Prior to Corito-Ellis, local Light Heavyweight Goran Bogdanovic made his professional debut against Bilston, West Midlands, UK’s Jamie Gelder.
Gelder started hard and fast, taking the fight to Bogdanovic, and then continued to keep up the high pace of attack for the entire four rounds, forcing Bogdanovic to be defensive throughout.
Bogdanovic did have some success, backing the Englishman onto the ropes and letting rip with fast and furious combinations of his own, however not enough to capture any of the rounds.
After four sensational rounds of boxing Judges Nick Aish and Stephen Farrugia both scored it 36-40, whilst Judge Gwayn Bonsfield scored the bout 37-39, all in favour of Jamie Gelder.
Supporting the two professional bouts were a number of Malta vs UK Novice Pro bouts as well as two exhibition bouts featuring local fighters.
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