ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Mai 14, 2016) – An elbow injury has forced M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev (avbildet til venstre) to withdraw from his June 16thoppgjør med Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko på M-1 Challenge 68 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russland.
Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) suffered a torn ligament in his elbow during training camp, postponing his M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship fight against Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0) to a future date pending Emeev’s recovery period.
M-1 Challenge tungvekt Alexander “Drago” Volkov (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0) will make his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh (29-6-2, M-1: 0-0-0) på M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “Den russiske hammeren” Myasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc Løser Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16th kort.
“This is a tough blow for our organization because there is only one month before M-1 Challenge 68 and we have lost one of our main event fighters,” M-1 Global presidentVadim Finkelchtein sa. “It was the most anticipated fights for fans. We still have a great heavyweight title fight between defending champion Alexander Volkov and challenger Attila Vegh and we’re looking for a suitable replacement for Emeev to fight Shlemenko. M-1 Global has been working under a lot of pressure recently but, never-the-less, we continue to promote great events for our loyal fans. We will do everything possible to keep our fans happy.”
M-en utfordring 68 vil bli streamet live fra St. Petersburg i HD påwww.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.
Kommende M-1 Global Hendelser:
Mai 27 – M-en utfordring 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Russland
Juni 4 – M-en utfordring 67: Buchinger vs. Idrisov, Baku, Aserbajdsjan
