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M-1 GLOBAL NOTEBOOK
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Alexander Shlemenko Sergei Kharitonov
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Kia 5, 2017) – M-1 Global action will be fast and furious as the Russia-based MMA promotional company will present four major M-1 Challenge events, starting May 19. in less than a four-week period.
All four events will be streamed live in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Ka taea ki te mataara i te whawhai tuatahi, me te kāri matua i te takiuru ki runga ki ki te rēhita i Viewers www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, me te i runga i te waea atamai, me papa Android me Apple.
M-1 Challenge 77 – Kia 19 – Sochi, Russia
Former two-time M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Viktor Nemkov(24-6-0, M-1: 17-5-0) will take on M-1 Global-debuting Ronny Markes (16-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), o Brazil, i roto i te hui matua.
Undefeated Russian middleweight prospect Artiom Frolov (8-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0) vs. Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafzade (4-1-1 (M-1: 2-1-0), Tekau mā Russian Viktor Kolesnik (9-2-1, M-1: 0-0-0) vs. Brazlian Felipe Rego (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Audrey “Iron” Lezhnev(11-7-0, M-1: 3-3-0) vs. Russian Ko te rbanali Abdusalamov are also scheduled to be in action.
M-1 Challenge 78 – Kia 26 – Orenburg, Russia
Former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (13-2-0, M-1: 7-2-0), o Ukraine, and Kazakhstan native Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), whawhai i roto i Russia, will square off in the main event for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title.
German heavyweight Frank “Tattoo” Kortz (4-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0) kanohi Nikolay Savilov (4-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0).
M-1 Challenge 79 – Pipiri 1 – St. Petersburg, Russia
Former Bellator champions, Russian great Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko(55-7-0, M-1: 5-0-0) and M-1 Global debuting Brandon “Bull” Halsey (9-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0) throw-down in the main event of a rematch originally won by the American.
Whitu Russian Valery “The Russian Hammer” Myasnikon (11-1-2, M-1: 2-1-2) meets veteran Solves Enoc Torres (19-9-1, M-1: 5-6-1), o Spain.
M-1 Challenge 80 – Pipiri 15 – Harbin, China
Russian heavyweight star Sergei “Ko te hōia heketau” Kharitonov (23-6-0, M-1: 3-0-0) returns to M-1 Global against Brazilian invader Marcus Vinicius “Montanha” Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0). I roto i te hui matua. Toa mā M-1 Challenge John “Ko tenei te” Buchinger (31-5-0, M-1:6-1-0), of Slovania, will defend his crown against Russian challenger Timur Nagibin (9-2-0, M-1: 5-1-0).
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M-1 CHALLENGE EVENT CALENDAR:
M-1 Challenge 77: Nemkov vs. Markes – Kia 19, 2017 Sochi, Russia
M-1 Challenge 78: Divnich vs. Ismagulov – Kia 26, 2017 i roto i te Orenburg, Russia
M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey – Pipiri 1, 2017 i roto i te St. Petersburg, Russia
M-1 Challenge 80: Kharitonov vs/ Lopes – Pipiri 15, 2017 in Harbin, China
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M-1 CHALLENGE 76 MAIN CARD SET
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Tenei Rāhoroi night in Ingushetia, Russia
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MOSCOW (April 18, 2017) – Te M-1 Challenge 76 main card is set, headlined by an Interim M-1 Challenge bantamweight title fight, between top contenders Alexey Nevzorov a Movsar Evloev, hoki tenei Rāhoroi po (April 22) i roto i te Ingushetia, Russia.
Nevzorov (12-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0) and Evloev (6-0-0, M-1: 6-0-0), both representing Russia, are fighting for the Interim M0-1 Challenge bantamweight championships due to a long-term injury to the reigning champion, Pavel Vitruk,
Te Davella brothers from Brazil, whā Heliton (15-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0) me te mā whitu Diego (18-5-0), will be in action against a pair of Russian opponents, aua, Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M-1: 5-0-0) a Timur Nagibin (8-2-0, M-1: 4-1-0).
Another Brazilian fighter, Fabricio “Bill” Sarraff (22-9-0, M-1: 0-0-0), meets Kazakhstan bantamweight Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), while German Rene Hoppe (6-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0-) tutaki Ike Bochkov (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), o Russia.
Preliminary card match-ups include Ukrainian featherweight Elnur Valiev (6-0-1, M-1: 0-0-0) vs. Zalimbeg Omarov (7-2-1, M-1: 4-1-1), o Russia, Javier Fuentas (9-4-0, M-1: 2-1-0), o Spain, vs. Khamzat Sakalov (5-1-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Evgeni Goncharov (5-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), o Spain, vs. Daniil Arepyev (7-1-0), M-1: 0-0-1) i te pakanga o nga taumaha taumaha Ruhia, and Ukrainian welterweight Alexey Valivakhin (8-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0) vs. Ingiskhan Ozdoev (2-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0), o Russia.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (March 31, 2017) – Peresideni M-1 Global Vadim Finkelchtein (pictured above) has announced five M-1 Challenge events to be held this May and June.
Below is a Q & A with the veteran MMA promoter:
Can you tell us about plans for upcoming M-1 Global events?
VF: “In the next 2-3 months we will promote an extremely full schedule of events. Through the middle of Ko e Si'íe, we will promote five – I’m not afraid to use these words – grandiose tournaments. April 22nd there’s an event being held in Nazran, which was arranged with the support of the local government, and dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Ingushetia. I Kia 19th, in collaboration with Rostec and Rosoboronexport corporations, we will hold a truly spectacular event in Sochi. Our traditional tournament in Orenburg is set for May 26th, which regularly takes place at the highest level with a crowded venue. I Ko e Si'íe 1st, we will hold another event in St. Petersburg as part of the International Naconomic Forum program. And already on Ko e Si'íe 15 – A major tournament will be held June 15th in Harbin, China, during the program of the Russian-Chinese Naxpo. Both in St. Petersburg and China, we are included in the official program, so we will be participating in truly large-scale events.”
Fans are interested in fighters whose performances will decorate these tournaments. Can you reveal some of the competing fighters?
VF: “We will really surprise the audience at these events. A lot of negotiations are ongoing, including those with fighters who are the TopP-20 ranked fighters in the world. There will also be fights involving new fighters. O te akoranga, we intend to make fights that fans have been waiting for a long time. One is the is the Idrisov vs. Buchinger rematch and, o te akoranga, probably the most anticipated fight in Russian MMA today, Shlemenko vs Nameev.”
The fight between Alexander Shlemenko and Ramazan Nameev had already been postponed twice. What prevents this fight from being canceled for the third time?
VF: “The desire of the two fighters can play the major role here. Naverything has been done on our side. Alexander Shlemenko is ready for this fight. We’re waiting word back from Ramazan Nameev. This fight is interesting for fans and we will try to make it happen. People are starting to understand more and more about MMA and we are making fights that our fans want to happen. Not only does this apply to Shlemenko a Nameev. but for other popular fighters as well, including undefeated M-1 welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko, top lightweight Artiom Damkovsky, Damir Ismagulov, Sergey Romanov and many others. We try to sign contracts with only fighters who want to be in spectacular fights. Look at the last events in Moscow. Were any of the 11 fights boring? Kaua e! Naven in undercard matches we have fighters who deliver exciting fights and often early finishes. This is the hallmark of our promotion. We do not hold uninteresting events or boring fights.”
I teie mahana,, many promotions sign fighters who were fired from UFC. Why are you not doing this?
VF: “Certainly in that way. If fighters are interesting to the Russian public and well known, we will sign him. Te kore, I believe that it is wrong to sign, ka pera ki te korero, cast-off fighters. This will not add credibility and strengthen our organization in the MMA world. We do that a different way. We build stars that UFC chases. It may be more difficult but M-1 is more respected by the West for doing it this way. Titiro, those fighters who leave M-1 for the UFC leave because they’ve been developed through serious schooling, as we do not feed them “tomato cans” hoariri. We do not make easy fights for anybody. Marcin Tybura, Rashid Magomedov, Mairbek Taisumov, Alexey Oleinik, Islam Makhachev, Alexander Volkov, aha. All of them are our former fighters. They were not known at the beginning of their careers but now they are all doing excellent. Fighters of the other promoters who moved in UFC are often fired after a while because, here in Russia, they did not face tough opposition.”
How do you fight the departure of your fighters to the West?
VF: “Here, I disagree with you. It used to be that way. Na, to the contrary, many fighters want to perform in M-1 because it is no less prestigious than performing for Bellator, where the emphasis is on the show. Example of this are Alexander Shlemenko, Sergei Kharitonov, and others. These warriors gladly come to us and agree to fight here because the opposition in M-1 is not weak. O te akoranga, regarding the departure of the fighters to the West, money plays a great role. But there are fighters who are grateful to M-1 for fame they gained. We paved the road to a greatness for them and, consequently, they do not rush to leave M-1 anywhere.”
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