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Frar. 9 – M 1 Isfida 87: Silander vs. Ashimov, M-1 Arena, San Pietruburgu, Russja

Frar. 22 – M 1 Isfida 88: Ismagulov vs. Tutaraul l, Stadju Olimpiku, Moska, Russja

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Stars coming out for M-1 Challenge 88

Frar 1, 2018 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

Two M-1 Challenge title fights

Damir Ismagulov vs. Raul Tutarauli

Movsar Evloev vs. Sergey Morozov

Frar. 22 f'Moska

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Jannar 31, 2018) – A pair of M-1 Challenge title fights, along with the return of a former champion, are shock-and-awe fights on M 1 Isfida 88, Frar 22 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russja.

M 1 Isfida 88 will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Telespettaturi se tkun kapaċi li tara l-ġlied preliminari u karta ewlenija billi jidħlu fuq biex jirreġistraw fuq www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, kif ukoll fuq Android u Apple smart phones u pilloli.

M-1 Isfida champion ħfief Damir Ismaguluv (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), the Kazakhstan native fighting out of Russia, defends his title against Georgian challenger Raul Tutarauli (18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0) fil-każ prinċipali.

Il Ismagulov 26-il sena huwa riding ta 'disa' ġlieda win Streak, li tmur lura aktar minn 2 ½ snin, inkluż eliminatorja-tielet rawnd ta 'Tutarauli fuq Mejju 27, 2016 fil- M 1 Isfida 66 Ġlieda tal-Lejl. Ismagulov rebħu wkoll il- M 1 Isfida 72 Ġlieda tas-Sena, permezz ta 'deċiżjoni unanima-tielet rawnd ta' Novembru 18, 2016.

Tutaraul l, 25, tkun imkebbin off tmien rebħiet konsekuttivi peress li huwa tilef l Ismagulov, inklużi deċiżjonijiet jirbaħ aħħar sena fuq Artur Lemos fi M 1 Isfida 77 u vladimir Kanunnikov fi M 1 Isfida 83.

Fil-każ ta 'ko-prinċipali, ilu ma jitlef M-1 Isfida detentur titolu bantamweight Movsar Evloev (8-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0) tpoġġi perfetta reġistrazzjoni tiegħu MMA professjonali fuq il-linja kontra isfidant Każak tiegħu, Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0).

Evloev has been unbeatable since his M-1 Global and professional debut on November 25, 2014, when the gifted Russian choked Jianwei Ha into a second-round submission fil M-1 Isfida 53. Fil M 1 Isfida 76, Evloev captured the Interim M-1 Challenge bantamweight title, iħabbtu Alexey Nevzorov with a powerful kick last April, followed by an impressive five-round decision over veteran Pavel Vitruk this past July at M 1 Isfida 81 to capture the outright title.

Morozov earned his first title shot with back-to-back victories in 2017 against veteran Brazilian fighters, taking a three-round decision from Fabricio Sarraff fi M 1 Isfida 76, and a second-round knockout by punches of Luan Fernandez fi M 1 Isfida 83.

Also fighting on the main card is former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-3-0, M-1: 6-2-0), tal-Ġermanja, vs. Russian foe Khadis Ibragimov (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazilian bantamweight Helton dos Santos Davella(15-5-1, M-1: 0-1-1) vs. Bair Shtepin (5-2-0, M-1: 2-2-0), tar-Russja, and American middleweight Joseph “Leonidas” Henle (10-3-1, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. Valery “Il-Martell Russu” Myasnikov (11-1-2, M-1: 2-1-2).

The preliminary card is loaded, kif ukoll, with unbeaten prospects Alexander Osetrov(3-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) u Sergey Klyuev (5-0-0) in a battle of Russian bantamweights, former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (13-4-0, M-1: 7-4-0), of Russia by way of Ukraine, vs. Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (9-2-1, M-1: 1-0-1) , tal Kirgistan, German heavyweight Frank Tattoo” Kortz (4-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. unbeaten Russian Maxim Yakobyuk (7-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafadze (6-2-1, M-1: 2-1-1) vs. Middleweight Russu Vitaliy Slipenko (9-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), and Brazilian lightweight Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (18-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) vs. Erlan Ulukbekov (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), tal Kirgistan.

All fighters and fights are subject to change.

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Frar. 9 – M 1 Isfida 87: Silander vs. Ashimov, M-1 Arena, San Pietruburgu, Russja

Frar. 22 – M 1 Isfida 88: Ismagulov vs. Tutaraul l, Stadju Olimpiku, Moska, Russja

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M 1 Isfida 87: Mikael Silander-Arman Ashimov Interim M-1 Challenge Flyweight title fight headliner

Jannar 26, 2018 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

Grand Opening of M-1 Arena, Frar. 9

San Pietruburgu, Russja

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Jannar 25, 2018) – The Interim M-1 Challenge flyweight title will be on the line Frar 9, meta Mikael “Hulk” Silander u Arman Ashimov square off in the M 1 Isfida 87 avveniment prinċipali, in the grand opening of M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russja.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Telespettaturi se tkun kapaċi li tara l-ġlied preliminari u karta ewlenija billi jidħlu fuq biex jirreġistraw fuqwww.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, kif ukoll fuq Android u Apple smart phones u pilloli.

One of Scandinavia’s all-time best MMA fighters, the 32-year-old Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) earned his title shot by winning a three-round majority decision over Vitaliy Branchuk (23-6-0), f'Awwissu li għadda fi M 1 Isfida 82 in his native Finland.

Ashimov (7-2-1, M-1: 2-0-0), fighting out of Almaty, Każakstan, is unbeaten in M-1 Global fights having knocked out Rodrigo Melonio this past November at M 1 Isfida 85, u Gadzhimurad Aliev last July at M 1 Isfida 81.

A loaded main card also features undefeated Kazakh welterweight Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0) versus his Russian opponent, Levan Solodovnik (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0) Juho Valamma (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Heavyweight dawl Brażiljan Kleiber Raimundo “Orgugho” Silva (14-7-0, M-1: 1-0-0) vs. Dmitry Mikutsa (7-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), ta 'l-Ukraina, Featherweight russian Timur Nagibin (13-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0) vs. Jadison Dimitry “Tita” Silva (23-8-0, M-1: 0-0-0), tal-Brażil, u Pavel Gordeev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), tar-Russja, TBA.

The preliminary card has undefeated Swiss welterweight prospect Pablo Ortmann (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) vs. Ingiskhan Ozdoev (5-3-0, M-1: 4-3-0), tar-Russja, unbeaten Russian heavyweight Adam Bogatyrev (5-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) vs. Jose “Agus” Augustine Jimenez (5-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), French welterweight Charles-Henri Tchoungui (9-7-1, M-1: 0-1-0), vs. Artem Nenakov (6-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), tar-Russja, and Georgian welterweight Amiran Gogoladze (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) vs. Stanislav “Stas” Podolsky (5-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0).

All fighters and fights are subject to change.

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2017 M-1 Global Prospect of the Year Rising flyweight star Arman Ashimov

Jannar 20, 2018 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

Arman Ashimov is shown above putting Rodrigo Melonio to sleep

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Jannar 18, 2018) – Rising flyweight Arman Ashimov has been named the 2017 M-1 Global Prospect of the Year.

Ashimov (7-2-1, M-1: 2-0-0), 26, made his M-1 Global debut last July in M 1 Isfida 81, in which he stopped previously undefeated Gadzhimurad Aliev (6-0-0), tar-Russja, with one punch in round two.

Last November, Ashimov positioned himself for a title shot with an impressive opening-round knockout via punches of Brazilian veteran Rodrigo Melonio (16-3-0) fi M 1 Isfida 85.

Five of Ashimov’s seven victories to date have ended by knockout, the other two by decision.

The gifted Kazakh fighter headlines his first M-1 Global event on Frar 9 against Finnish invader Mikael “Hulk” Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) għall-interim M-1 titolu flyweight Globali, jiċċelebra l-ftuħ tal-beautiful, State-of-the-art M-1 Arena f'San Pietruburgu, Russja.

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Frar. 9 – M 1 Isfida 87: Silander vs. Ashimov, M-1 Arena, San Pietruburgu, Russja

Frar. 22 – M 1 Isfida 88: Ismagulov vs. Tutaraul l, Stadju Olimpiku, Moska, Russja

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2017 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

Jannar 17, 2018 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Jannar 16, 2018) — M-1 Isfida champion ħfief Damir Ismagulov ġiet magħżula permezz ta 'fannijiet mħallta marzjali-arti madwar id-dinja bħala l 2017 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year.

Il-ġlieda kontra minn Orenburg, Russja, l Ismagulov 26-il sena qodma (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0) kien 3-0-0 fil 2017, kollha fil M-1 azzjoni globali, inklużi M-1 Isfida prestazzjoni tiegħu rebbieħa-titolu ħfief, segwit mid-difiża titlu wieħed ta 'suċċess.

Ismagulov, nattiv tal-Każakstan, beda 2017 fl-istil grand, iħabbtu Morgan Heraod ta 'Franza, fit-tielet rawnd fi Frar li għadda fil M 1 Isfida 74.

f'Mejju li għadda, Ismagulov faced former M-1 Challenge champion Maxim Divnich (13-2-0), fid-dar, fl Orenburg, għall-vakanti M-1 Isfida kampjonat ħfief.

ġlieda titolu tagħhom beda bil- “proċess tat-sentiment barra” skambji ta 'sempliċi ta' daqqa bil Ismagulov b'ħidma aktar b'saqajh, iżda l-ftuħ tond ntemmet bl-favoriti Hometown azjenda vantaġġ żgħir.

Ismagulov, madankollu, iddominat it-tliet rawnds li jmiss u Divnich, li serjament ħsara, wiċċ imdemmi wera l-effetti ħżiena ta 'attakk kontinwu Ismagulov tal, ma setgħetx jduru madwar l-affarijiet fil-ħames. Peress li l-finitura neared, Ismagulov naqas milli jissottometti logħba avversarju tiegħu sakemm muntanja ta 'mhux imwieġba ippanċjati rained fuq Divnich difiża. Ir-referee waqqaf azzjoni bi 13-il sekonda li jifdal fuq l-arloġġ għal hard-ġġieldu win Ismagulov mill eliminatorja tekniċi.

Wara l-ġlieda 5,000 fannijiet ċċelebrat, roaring approvazzjoni tagħhom għall Ismagulov, li qal, “Jien mir-reġjun Orenburg. I rebaħ il-ċinturin! Grazzi għall ġejjin. Irrid nirringrazzja lill Orenburg MMA, kowċ tiegħi,victor Frolov, li raw lili bħala talent, u Alexander Shlemenko biex wieħed jemmen fija. Nirringrazzja coaches tiegħi, familja tiegħi, u fannijiet tagħna.

“Stajt ppruvat li Guy sempliċi minn raħal żgħir mingħajr l-Internet jista 'jsir champion. Kieku nista, tista. Iċ-ċinturin huwa Orenburg, meta dan għandu jkun.”

Ismagulov huwa muri hawn f'attakk-art u libbra vs. Rogero Matias da Conceição

Ismagulov rebaħ battalja hard-ġġieldu avveniment prinċipali kontra taqlib moħħom Rogero “Karranca” Matias da Conceição, tal-Brażil, permezz ta 'nuqqas ta' titolu, deċiżjoni unanima fuq M 1 Isfida 85.

Ismagulov tiddefendi M 1 Isfida titolu ħfief tiegħu Frar 22, meta hu jieħu fuq isfidant Ġorġjan tiegħu, Raul Tuturauli (18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0), fil- M 1 Isfida 88 avveniment prinċipali fil Olimpiku Stadium f'Moska.

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Frar. 9 – M 1 Isfida 87: Silander vs. Ashimov, M-1 Arena, San Pietruburgu, Russja

Frar. 22 – M 1 Isfida 88: Ismagulov vs. Tutaraul l, Stadju Olimpiku, Moska, Russja

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M-1 Global kicks-off 2018 in February with M-1 Challenge 87 & 88

Jannar 8, 2018 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Jannar 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M 1 Isfida 87 u M 1 Isfida 88, rispettivament, Frar. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Frar. 22 f'Moska.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Telespettaturi se tkun kapaċi li tara l-ġlied preliminari u karta ewlenija billi jidħlu fuq biex jirreġistraw fuq www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, kif ukoll fuq Android u Apple smart phones u pilloli.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “Hulk” Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) takes on Kazakh fighter Ariman Ashimov (10-2-1, M-1: 2-0-0) in the lone fight announced this far for M 1 Isfida 87, which will feature the grand opening of M-1 Arena. The Silander-Ashimov winner will be positioned for a potential title shot against M-1 Challenge flyweight champion Aleksander Doskalchuk, ta 'l-Ukraina.

Mikael Silander (R) will be making his Russian MMA debut Frar. 9 in Saint Petersburg

Ariman Ashimov hopes to improve to 3-0-0 in M-1 Challenge competition on Frar. 9

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M 1 Isfida 88 co-main events on Frar. 22 f'Moska.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), tar-Russja, defends his belt against his dangerous Georgian challenger, Raul Tutarauli(18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0), while M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion Movsar Evloev (8-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0) puts his perfect pro record on the line against Kazakhstan-native Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0), who also fights out of Russia.

Damir Ismagulov (fuq nett) makes his second title defense Frar. 22

Raul Tutarauli (fuq nett) gets his first title shot Frar. 22

Movsar Evloev (L) plans to keep his prefect record intact

Sergey Morozov is hoping to upset Movar Evloev to become M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion

Kollha ġlied u ġellieda huma soġġetti għal bidla. Additional matches for M 1 Isfida 87u M 1 Isfida 88 will soon be announced.

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M-1 Arena grand opening and M-1 Challenge 100 to highlight 21st season for M-1 Global

Diċembru 30, 2017 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

In January the new M-1 Arena is scheduled to open in Saint Petersburg

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Diċembru 29, 2017) — The grand opening of the state-of-the-art M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburgh, in addition to the celebration of M-1 Challenge 100 later in 2018, will highlight M-1 Global’s 21^st istaġun.

Plans in 2018 also include more events, expansion into new countries and, as the No. 2 MMA organization in the world, to keep giving its fans world-class competition, entertaining match-ups, innovative developments and even a few surprises.

President M-1 Global Vadim Finkelchtein discussed a few of these subjects (ara hawn taħt) prior to the holidays.

Can you tell us about the new M-1 Arena?

VF: “M-1 Arena is an absolutely unique structure seating a maximum of 3000. It is built in the form of the Colosseum, stone and wood, with an incredible dome made of glulam, which gives the place perfect acoustics. Not only can we promote sporting events, but also music concerts. M-1 Arena allows us to have even more events and realize new ideas like, for example, a reality show. M-1 Arena will be multifunctional but martial arts will be the main form of entertainment held there.”

M-1 Challenge was more international last year in terms of showcasing more fighters from different countries like USA, Portugall, UK, Kanada, Korea t'Isfel, Ċina, eċċ. Do you plan to expand your fighter base even more this year and, if so, what countries are you targeting for fighters?

VF: “Usually, we hire fighters from countries where our events are being broadcasted. If we have new contracts with the countries from where we don’t have representative fighters, or only have a few of them, we are going to increase their number. The same for countries where we’ve held events because fans desire to see the local athletes fighting in the Rage. We give them an opportunity to see that.”

With the success of female MMA stars around the world do you plan to add a female division in 2018?

VF: “One day we will probably create a female division in M-1 Global. Dritt issa, għalkemm, we don’t have enough strong female fighters to do it, għadhom. As soon as we are ready to make this happen, it will be done, but we don’t want to open a new division just to check the box. We want the best fighters to compete at the highest level.”

M-1 Global is closing in on your 100th M-1 Challenge event. Do you plan to promote your 100th event in 2018? If so can you provide any additional information about when, fejn, special plans, eċċ.

VF: M-1 Global has already promoted more than 200 avvenimenti, Inklużi 85 M-1 Challenges, which was created in 2008. I think that this event will happen either in Saint-Petersburg or in Moscow, but we still have a lot of time left and a dozen other events before it. We are going to take care of it a bit later.”

M-1 has developed fighters who’ve moved on to the UFC and other organizations. How do you feel about that trend? Does it frustrate you that you to spend time building a fighter and then have him move on, or do you look at it as a compliment that M-1 Global develops fighters who can compete in the UFC and any other organization?

VF: “We can consider this situation from different perspectives. I’m not happy to let my best fighters go, tal-kors, iżda huwa dak li hu, and we are not ready to compete with UFC yet. Sometimes our fighters leave us. From another perspective, we are happy that our fighters who leave keep winning fights and become the top competitors in other promotions. It proves that the level of M-1 Global fighters is equal to the level of UFC fighters. The top athletes who left M-1 Global for UFC are in top positions there and other promotions don’t have such results. Other organization may make their fighters popular but, as soon as they move to UFC, they start losing and get released.

“Our company is probably the second MMA promotion in the world and when some fighters move to the strongest league on the planet, they take a step forward, which I like much better than when they move to weaker promotions than M-1 Global just to make more money.”

Any plans to do anything different this year than in the past, outside of the grand opening of the M-1 arena and possible 100th event?

VF: “The main difference will be that we are going to have our own home, M-1 Arena, which means we will be able to hold even more events. We’d like to have two events each month, 24 events a year. We opened our own TV channel (M1global.tv) and next year, MMA fans from former Soviet Republics will have an opportunity to watch all the fights. Using our iOS and Android App, viewers from all over the world can watch old and new fights right now, and next year we are going to make it even better. We are also going to create our own studio to produce different content, probably a new reality show with fighters from different countries.”

Will you have showcase M-1 Medieval fights this coming year?

VF: “Apparently, we will have some medieval fights in 2018, but the only issue is that we have a lot of fighters under contract, so it is not easy to find a place for M-1 Medieval fights on our cards. We make knight fights in regions where they are popular, like in Ingushetia and Finland in 2017, because fans demonstrated to us that they want to see them. I hope one day we’ll have more resources for them.”

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M-1 Global’s 20th anniversary a smashing success in 2017

Diċembru 27, 2017 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Diċembru 27, 2017) — M-1 Global celebrated its 20^thanniversary in style this past year, reestablishing itself as the preeminent mixed-martial-arts organization in Europe and Russia.

M-1 promoted 13 Challenges in 2017, 11 across Russia, as well as one each in China and Finland. Fighters from around the world competed including MMA superstars such as Sergey Kharitonov u Alexander Shlemenko, as well as rising stars Alexey Kunchenko u Artem Frolov.

M-1 Global founder and president Vadim Finkelchtein reviewed the 2017 istaġun, answering a series of questions below:

B'mod ġenerali, how do you evaluate the 2017 M-1 Challenge season in terms of achievements and accomplishments as a promotional company?

VF: “L-ewwelnett, we increased the number of events. Some were even rated among top 5 monthly sporting events on television, which is really an incredible achievement. We’ve almost finished building our new M-1 Arena and produced our own M-1 Be Strong Protein milkshake.”

You promoted events in different countries this past year like Finland. Was M-1 embraced by those fans and, if so, why do you think so?

VF: “We held our first event in Finland and it was really successful. M 1 Isfida 82took place in Hartwall Arena, one of the largest venues in Finland, located in the capital of Helsinki. Many fans came to watch our promotion’s debut in that country and it became one of the biggest MMA events in Finland history. Scandinavia is a very interesting region for us. We have many fighters from Finland and next year we are going to hold another event there.

“We also had a big event in Harbin, Ċina, which was a part of cultural program of Economic Forum. Many VIP visitors and thousands of fans gathered to watch the fights and it was a superb event. China is a prospective MMA market and we are going to work further, featuring more fighters from this country, and promote one or two event a year there.

“Sena d-dieħla, we are going to promote even more events in other countries, planning to hold M-1 Challenge shows in Georgia, Ażerbajġan, Każakstan, Turkey, Ċina, Finland, Germany and the USA.”

What was the M-1 highlight of the year?

VF: “This past year we had a lot of remarkable events and fights, so it’s very difficult to choose just one highlight. If I had to choose, the rematch between Alexander Shlemenko and Brandon Halsey was the highlight of the year. Thousands of people in Saint Petersburg on June 1^st came to see the rematch and that liver-kick Alexander delivered made the crowd go crazy. In the first fight, Brandon won in 35 sekondi, so Alexander wanted to revenge fast and it took him just 25 sekondi. That was unbelievable and unforgettable!”

Compared to past years in what areas did M-1 improve in 2017?

VF: “Each year we have more high-level fighters and that is the main difference. MMA has been developing around the world and the competition is always getting tougher. Only the best fighters receive an opportunity to sign a contract with M-1 Global. We have an opportunity to choose the best fighters, increasing the level of fights, to make it impossible to predict the winners in advance. Barra minn hekk, we increased the number of events and TV coverage with some new TV contracts worldwide.”

This was your 20th year. When you started 20 years ago did you envision the success M-1 has had in MMA?

VF: “I could not imagine MMA would become so popular. I went through the entire MMA evolution and the past 20 years I’ve been working on the promotion to make it better each year. The path was not easy because many years ago this kind of sport was considered criminal. Many called it fights without rules and I had to work hard to make people think about it as a legitimate sport.”

M-1 added the flyweight division this past year. Why and was it successful in the eyes of fans?

VF: “Flyweight fighters can produce incredible performances. It was necessary for us to create this division because we knew that there were lot of good flyweight fighters. They wanted to fight in M-1 and we made it happen. We already have the first champion and a several tough contenders. Fl 2018, the flyweight division will be very interesting.”

M-1 CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS

Heavyweight (265 lbs., 120,2 kg)

VACANT

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (205 lbs., 93,0 kg)

VACANT

MIDDLEWEIGHT (185 lbs., 83,9 kg)

Artem Frolov (10-0-0 (M-1: 7-0-0), Russja

WELTERWEIGHT (170 lbs., 77,1 kg)

Alexey Kunchenko (17-0-0 (M-1: 9-0-0), Russja

LIGHTWEIGHT (155 lbs., 70,3 kg)

Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0 (M-1: 9-1-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan

Featherweight (145 lbs., 65,8 kg)

Khamzat Dalgiev (10-1-0 (M-1: 7-1-0), Russja

BANTAMWEIGHT (135 lbs., 61,2 kg)

Movsar Evloev (8-0-0 (M-1: 8-0-0), Russja

FLYWEIGHT (125 lbs., 56,7 kg)

Aleksander Doskalchuk (8-1-0 (M-1: 3-4-1), Ukraina

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M 1 CHALLENGE 86 RIŻULTATI UFFIĊJALI

Novembru 27, 2017 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

Khamzat Dalgiev stops defending champion

Ivan Buchinger in opening round to capture

M-1 Challenge featherweight title

And the new M-1 Challenge featherweight champion…..Khamzat Dalgiev

Inguxezja, Russja (Novembru 25, 2017) — Russian challenge Khamzat Dalgievended the three-year plus reign of John “Dan huwa l-” Bunchinger as M-1 Challenge featherweight champion, knocking the Slovakian in the opening round in last night’s M-1 Challenge 86: Battle of the Narts” avveniment prinċipali, fl-Ingushetia, Russja.

M 1 Isfida 86 showcased MMA fighters from a dozen different countries: Russja, USA, Slovakkja, Finland, Kanada, Franza, Brażil, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraina, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

BUCHINGER (32-6-0, M-1: 7-2-0) originally captured his M-1 Challenge featherweight title more than three years ago, meta hu knocked out Rali Nizami in the fourth round of their M 1 Isfida 52 Ġlieda tal-Lejl, also held in Ingushetia. Buchinger had made two title defenses, winning a five-round unanimous decision over Mansour Barnaoui fiM 1 Isfida 62 Ottubru 10, 2016, as well as in his last action this past June atM 1 Isfida 80 Ċina, at which he locked in a choke to defeat Timor Nagibin by fourth-round submission this past June.

The newly crowned M-1 Challenge featherweight champion, Dalgiev (10-1-0, M-1: 6-2-0), extended his win streak to 10 consecutive victories since he lost his pro debut.

Russu Mikhail Ragozin (9-3-0), M-1: 2-1-0) knocked out American Joseph “Leonidas” Henle (10-3-1, M-1: 1-1-0), who made his M-1 Global debut, on punches in the third round of the co-featured event that was contested at a 196-pound catchweight.

Finnish lightweight Aleksi Mantykivi (11-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) and Canadian bantamweightChris “The Greek Assassin” Kelades (12-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) both made strong statements against their Russian opponents in their M-1 Global debuts with submission victories. Mantykivi used a Guillotine choke to defeat Bashier Gagiev (5-3-0, M-1: 2-1-0), tar-Russja, fit-tieni rawnd, while Kelades employed a Kimura for his win over Russian Oleg Lichkovakha (8-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) in the third frame.

In the main card opener, Kyrgyzstan featherweight) Busurmankut Abdibait Uulu (9-2-1, M-1: 1-0-1) punched out his Brazilian foe, veteran Diego Davella (18-7-1, M-1: 1-2-1), fir-rawnd ftuħ.

Fuq il-karta preliminari, Ukrainian welterweight Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko(45-12-3, M-1: 11-2-1) registered the 45^th win of his professional MMA career, when the doctor halted the action after one round versus Elerzhan Narmurzaev (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), tal Kirgistan. Georgian featherweight Soso “Stechkin” Nizharadze (5-4-0, M-1: 2-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision over Russian Adam Gagiev (3-3-1, M-1: 2-2-0), Azerbaijan heavyweight Zaur Gadzhibabyev (6-1-0, M-1: 4-0-0) knocked outNikolay Savilov, tar-Russja, fl-ewwel rawnd fuq puntelli, and Brazilian lightweightRubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) put Russian Lom Al-Nalgiev (14-6-0, M-1: 5-1-0) to sleep via punches in the opening round.

In a pair of pre-undercard fights, Russian bantamweight prospect Selem Evloev (4-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) żamm ir-rekord perfett tiegħu intatti, unloading a bevy of punches on UkrainianDmitry Orlov (2-4-1, M-1: 1-1-0) for a first-round technical knockout, filwaqt UkrainaYuri Chobuka (8-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0) mtejba rekord tiegħu biex 8-1-1 with a first-round submission triumph by way of Guillotine choke versus Akhmadkhan Bokov (2-3-0, M-1: 2-1-0), tar-Russja, at a 150-pound catchweight.

Complete results, video of each fight, and more pictures below:

CARD MAIN

AVVENIMENT MAIN – M-1 CHALLENGE featherweight kampjonat

Khamzat Dalgiev (10-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0), Russja

WKO1 (Puntelli – 2:35)

Ivan BUCHINGER(32-6-0, M-1: 7-2-0), Slovakkja

(Dalgiev won M-1 Challenge featherweight title)

CO-FEATURE – 196 LBS. CATCHWEIGHT

Mikhail Ragozin (9-3-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russja

WKO3 (Puntelli – 4:59)

Joseph Henle (10-3-1, M-1: 0-1-0), USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UajGzP1XyC4&feature=youtu.be

Lightweights

Aleksi Mantykivi, Finland

WSUB2 (Ċowk giljottina – 1:06)

Bashir Gagiev (5-3-0, M-1: 2-1-), Russja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDhfRSX1ip8&t=87s

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Chris Kelades 12-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Kanada

WSUB3 (Kimura – 1:37)

Oleg Lichkovakha (8-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEgZcQS7XVA&t=1352s

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Busurmankut Abdibait Uulu (9-2-1, M-1: 1-0-1), Kyrgyzstan

WTKO (Puntelli – 4:12)

Diego Davella (18-6-1, M-1: 1-2-1), Brażil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihi9O3medhA&t=15s

CARD PRELIMINARI

Lightweights

Arnaud Kherfallakh (5-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Franza

WSUB1 (Ċowk giljottina – 1:48)

Vaha Shankhoev (5-4-0, M-1: 4-3-0), Russja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxPgRYFsz4&feature=youtu.be

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Ibgħat Nizharadze (5-4-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Georgia

WDEC3

Adam Gagiev (3-3-1, M-1: 2-2-0), Russja

https://youtu.be/j9v-JLfd43w

Heavyweights

Zaur Gadzhibabyev (6-1-0, 4-0-0), Ażerbajġan

WKO1 (Punch – 4:33)

Nikolay Savilov (10-3-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russja

https://youtu.be/w9-YwpQN-io

WELTERWEIGHTS

Alexander Butenko (45-12-3, M-1: 11-2-1), Russja

WSUB1 (Arm-bar – 5:00)

Elerzhan Narmurzaev (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kyrgyzstan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gV7Sxk1cc&feature=youtu.be

Lightweights

Rubenilton Pereira (18-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0)

WKO1 (Punch – 3:08)

Lom-Ali Nalgiev (14-6-0, M-1: 5-1-0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqqwDv9lwU&list=PLlD4KIpFff2vTo3a7KlYQvjZ7R7uv7HAL&index=11&t=41s

PRE – UNDERCARD

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Selem Evloev (3-0-0, M-1 3-0-0), Russja

WTKO1 (Puntelli 4:36)

Dmitry Orlov (2-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0) , Ukraina

https://youtu.be/OvnzrG00dW4

150 LBS. CATCHWEIGHT

Yuri Chobuka (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraina

WSUB1 (Ċowk giljottina – 2:14)

Akhmadkhan Bokov (2-3-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russja

https://youtu.be/0uMcF5mYiZk

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Ivan Buchinger defends M-1 Challenge featherweight title vs. Khamzat Dalgiev to headline M-1 Challenge 86

Novembru 20, 2017 FNU47 Ħalli kumment

Dan il-ġimgħa fl-Ingushetia, Russja

Ivan BUCHINGER (R) has been the M-1 Challenge featherweight champion for 3 snin

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russja (Novembru 20, 2017) – M-1 Global holds one of its final events of the year nhar il-Ġimgħa lejl, featuring M-1 Challenge featherweight champion John “Dan huwa l-” BUCHINGER in his title defense against challenger Khamzat Dalgiev in the M-1 Challenge 86: Battle of the Narts in Ingushetia, Russja.

M 1 Isfida 86 will be streamed live from Ingushetia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Telespettaturi se tkun kapaċi li tara l-ġlied preliminari u karta ewlenija billi jidħlu fuq biex jirreġistraw fuq www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, kif ukoll fuq Android u Apple smart phones u pilloli.

M 1 Isfida 86 will showcase MMA fighters from 12 different countries: Russja, USA, Slovakkja, Finland, Kanada, Franza, Brażil, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraina, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

BUCHINGER (32-5-0, M-1: 7-1-0), ġlieda kontra l tas-Slovakkja, captured his M-1 Challenge featherweight title more than three years ago, meta hu knocked out Rali Nizami in the fourth round of their M 1 Isfida 52 Ġlieda tal-Lejl, also held in Ingushetia. Buchinger has made two title defenses, winning a five-round unanimous decision over Mansour Barnaoui fi M 1 Isfida 62 Ottubru 10, 2016, as well as in his last action this past June at M 1 Isfida 80 Ċina, at which he locked in a choke to defeat Timor Nagibin by fourth-round submission this past June.

After losing his pro debut, Dalgiev (9-1-0, M-1: 6-1-0), tar-Russja, has reeled-off nine consecutive victories to position himself as the top M-1 Global featherweight contender. In his last fight Dalgiev submitted Dragan Pesic fi M 1 Isfida 79 with a heel hook and before that at M 1 Isfida 73, he earned a bonus Submission of the Night, using a choke to force Christian Holley into a second-round submission (see picture below).

Fil-każ ko dehru, to be contested at a 196-pound catch-weight, Russian favorite Mikhail Ragozin (8-3-0, M-1: 2-1-0) takes on debuting M-1 Global American, Joseph “Leonidas” Henle (10-2-1, M-1: 0-0-0).

Also scheduled to fight on the M-1 Challenge 86 main card are Finnish lightweight Aleksi Mantykivi (10-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0) vs. Russu Bashir Gagiev (5-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Canadian bantamweight Chris “The Greek Assassin” Kelades (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), also making his M-1 Global debut, vs. Russu Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), and Brazilian featherweight Diego Davella (18-6-1, M-1: 1-1-1) vs. Busurmankut Abdibait Uulu (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), tal Kirgistan.

The loaded preliminary card has Russian lightweight Lom-Ali Nalgiev (14-5-0, M-1: 5-0-0) vs. Brażiljan Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0), veteran Ukrainian welterweight Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-1-1) vs. Kiamrian “Brazen” Abbasov (18-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), tal Kirgistan, Azerbaijan heavyweight Zaur Gadzhibabyev (5-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) vs. Russu Nikolay Savilov (10-2-0, M-1: 3-0-0), u featherweight Russu Adam Gagiev (3-2-1, M-1: 2-1-0) vs. Soso “Stechkin” Nizharadze (4-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0), tal-Ġeorġja.

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