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M-en UTFORDRING 75 OFFISIELLE VEKTER

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Hovedkortet

MAIN EVENT – MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

(L) ALEXANDER SHLEMENKO (54-9-0, 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), Russland 184 1/2 lbs. (83.9 kg)

vs.

(R) PAUL BRADLEY (23-7-0, 2 NC, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 184 lbs. (83.6 kg)

M-1 CHALLENGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5

(L) ALEXEY KUNCHENKO (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), Champion, Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (77 kg)

vs.

(R) MAKSIM GRABOVICH (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Challenger, Russland 164 1/2 lbs. (74.8 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

SERGEY ROMANOV (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (77 kg)

MAGOMED SULTANAKHMEDOV (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0), Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (77.1 kg)

Lettvektere — 3 X 5

MAKSIM DIVNICH (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Russland 154 lbs. (70.1 kg)

vs.

KEON CALDWELL (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 154 lbs. (70.1 kg)

LIGHT tungvektere – 3 X 5

BORIS POLEZHAY (15-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraina 204 1/2 lbs. (92.9 kg)

vs.

CARLOS EDUARDO (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brasil 205 lbs. (93 kg)

FORELØPIG CARD

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

VALERY MYASINIKOV (10-1-2, M-1: 1-2-2), Russland. 187 lbs. (84.9 kg)

vs.

AMILCAR ALVES (15-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brasil 187 lbs. (84.9 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

NIKO SAMSONIDSE (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 154 lbs. (70 kg)

vs.

ABUBAKAR MESTOEV (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russland 154 1/2 lbs. (70.2 kg)

ARDA “Boma Ye” ADAS (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 176 lbs. (80.0 kg)

vs.

DANILA PRIKAZA (5-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russland 173 1/2 lbs. (78.9 kg)

Lettvektere – 3 X 5

ALEKSEY SOTNIKOV (4-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ukraina 149 lbs. (67.8 kg)

vs.

ROMAN BOGATOV (0-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russland 149 lbs. (67.9 kg)

BOK KIL YOUNG (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Sør-Korea 145 lbs. (65.8 kg)

vs.

VIKTOR KOLESNIK (9-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russland 145 lbs. (65.8 kg)

MOHAMED GRABINSKI (14-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 158 lbs. (71.9 kg)

Vs.

RAUL TUTARAULI (7-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Georgia 158 1/2 lbs. (72.0 kg)

NÅR: Fredag, Mars 3, 2017

HVOR: Moskva, Russland

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Rashid Yusupov defeats Stephan Puetz To retrain M-1 Challenge light heavyweight crown

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Abukar Yandiev destroys Alexander Butenko

To become new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion

M-en UTFORDRING 74 Offisielle resultatene

Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), bekjempelse av Russland, remained undefeated with a brutal, bloody victory over former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-3-0, 6-2-), Tyskland, whose corner stopped the fight during the third round.

Wildly popular Russian fighter Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) immediately opened his title fight challenge with a powerful right-handed punch that floored defending champion

Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0). Yankiev relentlessly attacked veteran Butenko, firing more than 60 unanswered strikes on the fallen Ukranian veteran, until the referee mercifully halted the fight at 1:65 fra den første runden.

Kazakhstan-native Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), bekjempelse av Russland, stopped French welterweight Morgan Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) on punches in the third round. Belarussian lightweight Artium Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0) and Ukrianian bantamweight Vitaly Branchuk (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0) won three-round unanimous decisions, henholdsvis, over Brazilian Erivan “Negao” Pear (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Frenchman Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0).

In the soccer club fans match, Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) locked a guillotine choke on fellow Russian light heavyweight Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) for a submission victory in the first round.

På den foreløpige kortet, Swiss welterweight Pablo Ortman (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) remained undefeated with a first-round submission win (trekant choke) over Ukrainian Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brazilian welterweight Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) innsendt (bakre naken choke) Russian Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i tredje runde, Brazilian heavyweight Marcus Vinicius “Montanah” Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0) decisioned Russian Evgeni Myakinkin (14-8-1, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukrainian bantamweight Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) defeated Russian Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0) ved hjelp av en andre runde innlevering (trekant choke), Russian bantamweight Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 0-2-1) knocked out Brazilian Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i tredje runde.

Fullstendige resultater og bildegalleri nedenfor:

Hovedkortet

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Rashid Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0), Russland

WTKO3 (corner stoppage – 3:26)

Stephan Puetz (15-3-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Tyskland

(Yusupov M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title)

M-1 UTFORDRING LETT MESTERSKAP

Abukar Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russland

WTKO1 (punches – 1:65)

Alexander Botenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0), Ukraina

WELTERWEIGHTS

Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan

WTKO3 – (punches — 1:31)

Morgam Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Frankrike

Lettvektere

Artiom Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0), Hviterussland

WDEC3

Erivan Pereira (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Vitalay Branchuck (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukraina

WDEC3

Moktar Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Frankrike

SOCCER CLUB FANS

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russland

WSUB1 (giljotin choke – 1:59)

Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russland

FORELØPIG CARD

Tungvektere

Marcus Vinicius Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Brasil

WDEC3

Evgeni Myakikkin (14-2-7, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Russland

WELTERWEIGHTS

Urs Pablo Ortmann (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Sveits

WSUB1 (trekant choke – 1:26)

Vyacheslav Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Ukraina

Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Brasil

WSUB3 (bakre naken choke – 2:40)

Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russland

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraina

WSUB2 (trekant choke – 1:36)

Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Russland

Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 1-1-1), Russland

WKO3 (punches – 0:45)

Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

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MMA fighters & fans of rival Russian soccer teams Added to M-1 Challenge 74 kort

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Februar 18 i St. Petersburg, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Februar 2, 2017) – The February 18^th M-en utfordring 74 card in St. Petersburg got even more interesting with M-1Global’s announcement that a fight between fans of arch-rival Russian soccer (non-American football) teams will square-off in full team colors.

I hovedturneringen, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), av Russland, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Tyskland.

M-1 Challenge lette mester Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) ansikter challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) iM-en utfordring 74 co-feature.

Billed as the first MMA fight part of a major event to feature MMA fighters who are also fans of two of the top soccer clubs in Russia, CSKA and Spartak, battling between the ropes to determine the strongest soccer fan under MMA rules, not in the street.

Lett tungvekt Dmitry Tebekin (4-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), representing CSKA, will throw-down against Spartak fan Arthur Reig Tjul’parov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0). Tebekin was the St. Petersburg Cup winner and vice-champion of St. Petersburg, while Tjul’parov was also vice-champion of St. Petersburg as well as the third-place finisher in the All-Russian Grand Prix

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Also fighting on the M-en utfordring 74 hovedkortet, in addition to Yusupov-Puetz and Butenko-Yandiev, is former M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion Vitaly Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), i Ukraina, vs. Frenchman Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), Hviterussland, vs. ubeseiretBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pear (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. ubeseiretPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), of Switzerland.

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American middleweight Paul Bradley Steps up to challenge “Storm” Alexander Shlemenko in main event

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M-en utfordring 75, Mars 3, i Moskva, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 27, 2017) – American MMA veteran Paul “The Gentleman” Bradley has stepped up to meet the awesome challenge presented by 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko in the March 3^rd M-en utfordring 75 hovedarrangement i Moskva.

M-en utfordring 75 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

A three-time Bellator champion, Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0) beseiret tidligere M-1 Challenge mester Vyacheslav Vasilevsky last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, henholdsvis, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (choke). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky I & II were also the M-en utfordring 68 & 64 Fights of the Night.

Former Ring of Combat champion Bradley (23-7-0, M-1: 0-0-0) will be making his M-1 Challenge debut, men, he’s a seasoned MMA veteran having fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator og World Series of Fighting.

The 33-year-old Bradley, fighting out of San Diego (California), was a standout wrestler at the powerhouse University of Iowa. He is known for his physical strength, tremendous endurance, and balanced stand-up and ground skills.

Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), av Russland, will defend his title in the co-feature against Maksin Grabovich (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), av Russland, who replaced injured Kazakh challenger Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0).

Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) meets Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0), while another American fighter, lette Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), will make his M-1 Global debut against former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0), i Ukraina.

Rounding out a loaded M-en utfordring 75 main card is a middleweight clash between Russian favorite Valery “Den russiske hammeren” Myasinikov (10-1-2, M-1: 1-1-2) and Spaniard Enoc Løser Torres (19-9-1, M-1: 5-6-1).

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Maksim Grabovich new opponent for M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko

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M-en utfordring 75, Mars 3, i Moskva, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 23, 2017) – Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko will now be challenged by fellow Russian Maksim Grabovich, who has replaced injured Shavkat Rakhmonov, Mars 3, ved M-en utfordring 75 i Moskva.

M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0),the three-time Bellator champion, vilje overskrift M-en utfordring 75 against an opponent to soon be announced.

Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0), fighting out of Tyumen, Russland, is a Muay Thai specialist who captured his M-1 Challenge welterweight title belt last April at M-en utfordring 65, when defending titlist Murad Abdulaev retired during the fourth round.

In a non-title fight, Kunchenko won a three-round unanimous decision over Eduardo Ramon at M-1 Challenge at M-en utfordring 70 last September. His first title defense was Desember 5 ved M-en utfordring 72, in which Kunchenko won a 5-round unanimous decision over Abdulaev in a rematch.

Grabovich (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), fighting out of famed Stary Oskol in Russia, has won his last three fights in addition to being undefeated in four M-1 Global matches. His signature victory to date was last June at M-en utfordring 68, in which Grabovich won a three-round unanimous decision in the Fight of the Night.

In other announced main card fights, American lightweight Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0) makes his M-1 Global debut against former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (12-2-0 (M-1: 6-2-0), while Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0).

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“Storm” Warning! Alexander Shlemenko to headline M-1 Challenge 75

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Keon Caldwell added to loaded card

Mars 3 i Moskva, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko vilje overskrift M-en utfordring 75 i Moskva.

It has also been announced that American lightweight Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell will make his M-1 Global debut versus former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich.

Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), a three-time Bellator champion, beseiret tidligere M-1 Challenge mester Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, henholdsvis, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (choke). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky I & II were the M-1 Challenge 68 & 64 Fights of the Night.

In a much-anticipated All-Russian middleweight showdown, Shlemenko was supposed to fight reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.

I sin siste handling, Shlemenko stopped Kendall Grove in the second round of their main event fight on Bellator 162 last October in Memphis, Tennessee.

“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein sa, “as he is a true legend of Russian MMA. His fights always sellout arenas, no matter who his opponent. We all know that the story we started last year at M<-1 Grand Prix 2016 isn’t over, ennå. The whole country is waiting for the fight between Russia’s two best middleweights – Alexander Shlemenko and Ramazan Emeev.

“Ramazan was injured and Shlemenko had contractual obligations with Bellator. Så, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Nå, we have arranged for him to fight on M-en utfordring 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, denne gang, we will be able to complete this exciting story.”

Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), av Russland, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, ubeseiret Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.

Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) på M-en utfordring 75 kort.

Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), fighting out of Georgia, is the US-based Island Fights champion. A powerful puncher who has nine knockouts in his 11 pro victories, Caldwell was supposed to compete in the 13^th season of The Ultimate Fighter, but he withdrew due to personal reasons. He has had several fights in World Series of Fighting.

A Ukrainian fighting out of Moscow, Divnich captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title in 2014 ved M-en utfordring 54, stoppe Dzhambulat KURBANOV in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. I 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui ved M-en utfordring 57. I sin siste kamp, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-en utfordring 70.

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M-1 Challenge lightweight title fight Butenko vs. Yandiev added to M-1 Challenge 74

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Februar 18 i St. Petersburg, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 16, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko will take on challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) i M-en utfordring 74 co-feature on Februar 18, i St. Petersburg, Russland.

The previously announced main event pits undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), av Russland, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Tyskland.

M-en utfordring 74 vil bli streamet live fra St. Petersburg i HD på www.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan se alt som skjer på sine datamaskiner, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

Also announced is a fight between top bantamweights Vitaly Branchuk ogMoktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci will also be in action with the winner positioning himself for a potential title shot with M-1 Challenge bantamweight championPavel Vitruk in the not-too-distant future.

A strong Ukrainian with superior wrestling skills, Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) is an eight-year MMA veteran who has found a welcomed home in M-1 Challenge competition and he has taken advantage of the opportunity. Riding a six-fight win streak, the 29-year-old Butenko captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title belt last June at M-1 Challenge 67, when he took a five-round unanimous decision over Artiom Damkovsky.

I sin siste handling, på M-1 Challenge 71 i oktober, Butenko won a unanimous three-round decision against Rubenilton Pereira in a non-title fight.

Butenko’s first title defense will be against one of the most popular MMA fighters in Russia, the fighting powerhouse Yandiev, who also is a strong wrestler, plus a solid Judo background. The rising lightweight star will be a certain fan favor because of his nationality as well as his style of fighting, resulting in first-round endings in all his pro fights to date.

Last June at M-en utfordring 68, Yandiev used an armlock for a first-round submission of Tony Christodoulou, fought at a 177 ½ kg. catchweight.

Like Butenko, Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0) also fights out of Ukraine. The 25-year-old fighter is a former M-1 Challenge bantamweight title challenger, who was riding an eight-fight into his last fight, in which he lost by fourth-round submission (choke) to the aforementioned Vitruk (see accompanying picture to left). In M-1 Challenge competition, Branchuk defeated Antun Racicone year ago, by way of a three-round split decision at M-en utfordring 64.

Benkaci (13-7-0, (M-1: 2-1-0) is a grappling specialist from France. Known and highly respected for his great conditioning and endurance, he lost a disputed three-round decision in his M-1 Challenge debut to Nikita Chistyakov 1-For ½ år siden, but the talented Frenchman bounced back to knockout his last two opponents, Vadim Malygin ogAlexey Naumov, henholdsvis, by knee and punch.

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Injured Shavkat Rakhmonov pulls out of Welterweight title fight vs. Alexey Kunchenko

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M-en utfordring 75, Mars 3 i Moskva, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 9, 2017) – A serious knee injury requiring surgery has forced undefeated Kazakhstan challenger Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) to withdraw from his first title fight, Mars 3 against unbeaten M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), av Russland, ved M-en utfordring 75 i Moskva.

“I wanted this fight badly and put a lot of effort into preparation for it,” a dejected Rakhmonov explained. “Dessverre, I tore ligaments in my knee and, based on my medical exam, I will need surgery soon. I apologize to all the MMA fans who were anticipating this fight. I’ll do my best to return stronger than ever.”

Weltervekt prospektet Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) takes on Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) på M-en utfordring 75 kort.

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Sergey Romanov preparing to ruin Magomed Sultanakhmedov’s comeback party

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M-en utfordring 75, Mars 3 i Moskva, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 5, 2017) – Hot welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov is training hard to ruin the comeback of Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov in an interesting match-up Mars 3 på M-1 Challenge 75 i Russland.

Den M-en utfordring 75 main event, featuring a battle of undefeated welterweights between defending champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), av Russland, takes on Kazakhstan challenger Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0),was previously announced.

Due to a series of injuries, Sulktanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) has been inactive for the past five years, since he knocked out Tyson Jeffries in the second round of their 2011 kjempe på M-1 Challenge 24.

A former M-1 Selection champion, Sultanakhmedov is dropping down one weight class from middleweight to fight Romanov. During his MMA career, feared striker Sultanakhmedov has knocked out the likes of Dmitri Samoilov, Victor Nemkov, Pavel Kusch og Pliinio Cruz, Blant de mer kjente som.

His tremendous flair and style makes him a fan favorite, especially his “one-shoot, one-kill” attack. The 32-year-old has fought outside of his native Russia, in the United States and Japan, and during his fighting hiatus he served as referee.

Although he isn’t looking past Sultanakhmedov, fellow Russian fighter Romanov hopes that an impressive victory over Sultankhmedov will position him for his first M-1 Challenge title shot against the Kunchenkp-Rakhmonov winner.

Romanov has had impressive victories in M-1 Challenge competition, including a decision over against Brazilian foe Carlos Pereira last October at M-en utfordring 71, as well as a first-round stoppage via punches of Andreas Birgels this past June at M-en utfordring 68.

“I’ve been working on my strength,” Romanov said from his training camp, “because the champion in my weight class, Alexey Kunchenko, is physically strong. I need to catch up. Not that I’m looking forward to a title fight, but I always have grandiose plans, så, we’ll see how that goes. Akkurat nå, I’m focused on Sultanakhmedov, and I think my fight with him would be no harder than a possible fight with Kunchenko.

“I started training camp with two workouts a day, but I felt sick and decided to cutback to only one workout a day until I soon return to full mode. I’ve been training at home (St. Petersburg) but will soon go to Ryazan to wrestling training camp. Deretter, I will go back to St. Petersburg to prepare at camp, and go to Borovaya for boxing. My opponent is left-handed, so I need appropriate sparring partners, but the guys in my camp are a great help.

“I know my opponent well having watched his fights as a youngster when he was champion. Nå, we need to reevaluate him. He was a good fighter who trains at ‘Gorets’ where there is, in principle, guys there who are top level. It’s difficult to say what form he has now because he hasn’t fought in so long. Nå, he is at the peak age for a fighter, 32, so we’ll see. I don’t think I’ll be favored in this fight, but I will go forward despite being the underdog.”

Romanov (R) is a solid all-around MMA fighter

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