CHELYABINSK, Русија (Јун 1, 2018) – Brazilian middleweight Bruno Silva shocked Александр Шлеменко with an opening round stoppage to set-up a potential showdown with M-1 Challenge champion Артјом Фролов, who defeated American challenger Џо “Diesel” Riggs earlier this evening (Пет) у М-1 Цхалленге 93 у Чељабинск, Русија.

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), у 2:54 првог кола. 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.

У сарадњи-феатуред догађај, 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.

Руски лаган Алексеј Махно (18-6-0) took a three-round unanimous decision fromRogerio Karranza (13-4-0), Бразил, while Finnish flyweight Mikael Silander (18-6-0) choked Nureles Aidarov (3-1-0), Киргистана, у првом кругу подношења.

На прелиминарном картице, Russian heavyweights Yuriy Fedorov (1-0-0) in his pro debut andНиколај Савилов (12-3-0) both used ground-and-pound attacks to defeat, односно, French heavyweight Charles-Henri Lucien (0-2-0) in round one and Nikolay Rachek (7-6-0), Русије, in the third frame.

In a battle of Russian middleweights, Vladimir Migovich (1-2-0) освојио три округли једногласну одлуку у 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.

Руски лаган Magomed Magomedov (9-2-0) won a three-round split decision over his countryman, Nikita Podkovalnikov (2-1-0), Руски Хеавивеигхт Sergey Klyuev'А (6-1-0) kimura forced previously undefeated Ilya Karetnikov (4-1-0), Русије, into first-round submission, и Pierre Ludet (4-0-0), Француске, locked a rear naked choke on Russian flyweight Egor Filidov (0-1-0) за првом кругу победе достављањем.

Silva celebrated after his shocking vicrory over Shlemenko

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

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

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