CHELYABINSK, ОХУ- (Оны зургадугаар сар 1, 2018) – Brazilian middleweight Bruno Silva shocked Александр Shlemenko with an opening round stoppage to set-up a potential showdown with M-1 Challenge champion Artiom Frolov, who defeated American challenger Жо “Diesel” Riggs earlier this evening (Fri.) үед M-1 Challenge 93 Челябинск нь, ОХУ-.

To say the least, Силва (18-6-0) was impressive in his M-1 Global debut, knocking out the former Bellator champion Shlemenko (56-11-1), үед 2:54 Эхний шатанд нь. 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.

Хамтран боломжуудтай тохиолдолд, 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.

ОХУ-ын хөнгөн Алексей Makhno (18-6-0) took a three-round unanimous decision fromRogerio Karranza (13-4-0), Бразилийн, while Finnish flyweight Mikael Silander (18-6-0) choked Nureles Aidarov (3-1-0), Киргизстаны, эхний дугуй хүлээн оруулах.

Урьдчилсан карт дээр, Russian heavyweights Yuriy Fedorov (1-0-0) in his pro debut andNikolay Savilov (12-3-0) both used ground-and-pound attacks to defeat, тус тус, French heavyweight Charles-Henri Lucien (0-2-0) in round one and Nikolay Rachek (7-6-0), ОХУ-, in the third frame.

In a battle of Russian middleweights, Vladimir Migovich (1-2-0) дээр нь гурван дугуй санал нэгтэйгээр шийдвэр ялалт 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.

ОХУ-ын хөнгөн Magomed Magomedov (9-2-0) won a three-round split decision over his countryman, Nikita Podkovalnikov (2-1-0), ОХУ-ын bantamweight Sergey KlyuevИйн (6-1-0) kimura forced previously undefeated Ilya Karetnikov (4-1-0), ОХУ-, into first-round submission, болон Pierre Ludet (4-0-0), Францын, locked a rear naked choke on Russian flyweight Egor Filidov (0-1-0) хүлээн гэхэд эхний дугуй ялалт.

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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