CHELYABINSK, Russie (Juin 1, 2018) – poids moyen brésilien Bruno Silva shocked Alexander Shlemenko with an opening round stoppage to set-up a potential showdown with M-1 Challenge champion Artiom Frolov, who defeated American challenger Joe “Diesel” Riggs earlier this evening (VEN.) à M-1 Défi 93 à Chelyabinsk, Russie.

To say the least, Silva (18-6-0) was impressive in his M-1 Global debut, knocking out the former Bellator champion Shlemenko (56-11-1), au 2:54 de la première ronde. Russian star Shlemenko, who was the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion, had been 6-0-0 in M-1 Global competition going into The Rage to take on Silva in the main event.

Silva trapped Shlemenko on the ropes and unloaded a powerful barrage of punches to the head and body, as well as one well-executed knee to the face, leaving the Russian star out cold on his feet and the stunned crowed silent.

Dans le cas de co-vedette, Frolov improved his perfect MMA pro record to 11-0-0, 8-0-0 in M-1 fights, when the doctor stopped the fight in the second round due to a knee injury suffered by Riggs, the former UFC fighter.

Ukrainian flyweight Alexander Pletenko (14-4-0), also fighting for the first time in an M-1 Global event, won a third-round unanimous decision over Chris Kelades (12-4-0), the native of Greece who lives in Canada.

Russie léger Alexey Makhno (18-6-0) a pris une décision unanime en trois tours deRogerio Karranza (13-4-0), du Brésil, while Finnish flyweight Mikael Silander (18-6-0) choked Nureles Aidarov (3-1-0), du Kirghizistan, dans une présentation au premier tour.

Sur la carte préliminaire, Russian heavyweights Yuriy Fedorov (1-0-0) in his pro debut andNikolaï Savilov (12-3-0) both used ground-and-pound attacks to defeat, respectivement, French heavyweight Charles-Henri Lucien (0-2-0) in round one and nikolay Rachek (7-6-0), de la Russie, in the third frame.

In a battle of Russian middleweights, Vladimir Migovich (1-2-0) a remporté une décision unanime ronde au-dessus de trois Nikita Novikoov (5-3-0), South African middleweight Mark Hulme (6-2-0) submitted his Russian opponent, Vadim Shabadash (7-3-0), via a rear naked choke in the opening round.

Russie léger Magomed Magomedov (9-2-0) won a three-round split decision over his countryman, Nikita Podkovalnikov (2-1-0), Coq russe Sergey Klyuev'S (6-1-0) kimura forced previously undefeated Ilya Karetnikov (4-1-0), de la Russie, into first-round submission, et Pierre Ludet (4-0-0), de France, locked a rear naked choke on Russian flyweight Egor Filidov (0-1-0) pour une victoire au premier tour par la soumission.

Silva celebrated after his shocking vicrory over Shlemenko

STILL THE CHAMP: Artiom Frolov has his hand raised in victory

(L) Alexander Pletenko won his M-1 Global debut

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