Ivan Buchingers (R) has been the M-1 Challenge featherweight champion for 3 år

SANKT PETERSBURG, Ryssland (November 20, 2017) – M-1 Global holds one of its final events of the year på fredag natt, featuring M-1 Challenge featherweight champion John “Detta är den” Buchingers in his title defense against challenger Khamzat Dalgiev in the M-1 Challenge 86: Battle of the Narts in Ingushetia, Ryssland.

M-1 Challenge 86 will be streamed live from Ingushetia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor.

M-1 Challenge 86 will showcase MMA fighters from 12 olika länder: Ryssland, USA, Slovakien, Finland, Kanada, Frankrike, Brasilien, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraina, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

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Buchingers (32-5-0, M-1: 7-1-0), slåss av Slovakien, captured his M-1 Challenge featherweight title more than three years ago, när han slog ut Tural Nizami in the fourth round of their M-1 Challenge 52 Fight of the Night, also held in Ingushetia. Buchinger has made two title defenses, winning a five-round unanimous decision over Mansour Barnaoui vid M-1 Challenge 62 på oktober 10, 2016, as well as in his last action this past June at M-1 Challenge 80 i Kina, 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), Rysslands, 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 vid M-1 Challenge 79 with a heel hook and before that at M-1 Challenge 73, he earned a bonus Submission of the Night, using a choke to force Christian Holley into a second-round submission (see picture below).

I co-featured händelse, 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. ryska 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. ryska 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), Kirgizistans.

The loaded preliminary card has Russian lightweight Lom-Ali Nalgiev (14-5-0, M-1: 5-0-0) vs. Brasilianska Rubenilton “Rubinho” Päron (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), Kirgizistans, Azerbaijan heavyweight Zaur Gadzhibabyev (5-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) vs. ryska Nikolay Savilov (10-2-0, M-1: 3-0-0), och ryska fjäder Adam Gagiev (3-2-1, M-1: 2-1-0) vs. Soso “Stechkin” Nizharadze (4-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Georgiens.

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M-1 Challenge 86: November. 24, 2017 i Ingusjien, Ryssland