CHELYABINSK, Rusija (Birželis 1, 2018) – Brazilian middleweight Bruno Silva shocked Aleksandras Shlemenko with an opening round stoppage to set-up a potential showdown with M-1 Challenge champion Artiomas Frolovas, who defeated American challenger Džo “Dyzelinas” Riggsas earlier this evening (Pn) į M-1 Iššūkis 93 Čeliabinske, Rusija.

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), ne 2:54 pirmojo turo. 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.

Be bendro funkcionalus atveju, 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.

Rusų lengvas Aleksejus Machno (18-6-0) priėmė trijų raundų vieningą sprendimą išRogerio Karranza (13-4-0), Brazilijos, while Finnish flyweight Mikael Silander (18-6-0) choked Nureles Aidarov (3-1-0), Kirgizijos, į pirmajame ture pateikimo.

Dėl preliminaraus kortelės, Russian heavyweights Jurijus Fiodorovas (1-0-0) in his pro debut andNikolay Savilov (12-3-0) both used ground-and-pound attacks to defeat, atitinkamai, French heavyweight Charles-Henri Lucien (0-2-0) in round one and Nikolay Rachek (7-6-0), Rusijos, in the third frame.

In a battle of Russian middleweights, Vladimir Migovich (1-2-0) laimėjo trijų apvalios vieningą sprendimą per 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.

Rusų lengvas Magomedas Magomedovas (9-2-0) won a three-round split decision over his countryman, Nikita Podkovalnikov (2-1-0), Rusijos Gaidys Sergey Klyuev"S (6-1-0) kimura forced previously undefeated Ilya Karetnikov (4-1-0), Rusijos, into first-round submission, ir Pierre Ludet (4-0-0), Prancūzijos, locked a rear naked choke on Russian flyweight Egor Filidov (0-1-0) už pirmajame ture pergalę pateikimo.

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

INFORMACIJA:

@ M1GlobalNews

@ M1Global