CHELYABINSK, Russia (Juni 1, 2018) – Brazilian middleweight 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 (Iju) katika M-1 Challenge 93 katika Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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), katika 2:54 ya raundi ya kwanza. 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.

Katika ushirikiano featured tukio, 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.

Urusi nyepesi Alexey Makhno (18-6-0) took a three-round unanimous decision fromRogerio Karranza (13-4-0), ya Brazili, while Finnish flyweight Mikael Silander (18-6-0) choked Nureles Aidarov (3-1-0), ya Kyrgyzstan, wakubali raundi ya kwanza.

Kwenye kadi ya awali, Russian heavyweights Yuriy Fedorov (1-0-0) in his pro debut andNikolay Savilov (12-3-0) both used ground-and-pound attacks to defeat, mtiririko, French heavyweight Charles-Henri Lucien (0-2-0) in round one and Nikolay Rachek (7-6-0), ya Russia, in the third frame.

In a battle of Russian middleweights, Vladimir Migovich (1-2-0) mshindi wa tatu mzima usiojulikana uamuzi juu ya 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.

Urusi nyepesi Magomed Magomedov (9-2-0) won a three-round split decision over his countryman, Nikita Podkovalnikov (2-1-0), Urusi bantamweight Sergey Klyuev'S (6-1-0) kimura forced previously undefeated Ilya Karetnikov (4-1-0), ya Russia, into first-round submission, na Pierre Ludet (4-0-0), ya Ufaransa, locked a rear naked choke on Russian flyweight Egor Filidov (0-1-0) kwa ushindi wa kwanza wa raundi ya kuwasilisha na.

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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