M-1 Challenge 57 Imiphumela & izithombe – Puetz defeats Tybura, Barnaoui upsets Divnich

Presents

M-1 INSELELE 57: IN THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT

Marcin Tybura, M-1 Challenge sosondonzima Champion

vs.

Stephan PUETZ, M-1 Light Heavyweight Champion

MAXIM DIVNICH vs. MANSOUR ‘Tarzan’ BARNAOUI

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Championship

May 2, 2015 ● Novoorsk, Russia

ISITATIMENDE SEPHEPHANDABA

For Eliseduze Release

M-1 Challenge 57: Battle in the Heart of the Continent

Puetz stops Tybura in Heavyweight Superfight

Barnaoui takes Divnich’s title belt

IMIPHUMELA OFFICIAL

Stephan Puetz defeated Marcin Tybura in Heavyweight Super Fight

ORENBURG, Russia (May 2, 2015) – M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title holder Stephan “T-800” Puetz defeated previously undefeated M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Marcin “Tybur” Tubura in kusihlwa heavyweight super fight that headlined M-1 Challenge 57: Battle in the Heart of the Continent in Novoorsk, Russia.

In the co-feature, inselele Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui upset defending champion Max Divnich to capture the M-1 Challenge lightweight championship.

Puetz (13-1-0, 6 KO / TKO, 4 SUB) established himself as a genuine MMA star by defeating the larger Tybura (12-1-0, 3 KO / TKO, 4 SUB). The ultra-talented German won his fourth straight M-1 Challenge fight with a third-round technical knockout of the Polish heavyweight, who was unbeaten in six previous M-1 Challenge bouts, resulting from the doctor’s stoppage.

Barnaoui (12-2-0, 4 KO / TKO, 7 SUB), fighting out of France, stopped previously undefeated champion Divnich (11-1-0, 6 KO / TKO, 1 SUB), of Russia, in the second round via punches.

Ukulwa Futhi ekhadini main, Welterweight Russian Alexei Kunchenko (9-0-0, 6 KO / TKO, 2 SUB) knocked out British challenger Dez “The Arm Collector” Parker (4-2-0, 1 KO / TKO, 3 SUB) e nxazonke kuvulwa, Featherweight Russian Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0, 2 KO / TKO, 0 SUB) won a three-round decision over German invader Max Coga (11-4-0, 2 KO / TKO, SUB), futhi featherweight Russian Nikita “Piranha” Chistyakov (4-1-0, 0 KO / TKO, 1 SUB) took a hard fought three-round decision from Frenchman Moktar “Le Benkaci” Benkaci (11-6-0, 3 KO / TKO, 7 SUB).

In preliminary bouts, engasindi Murad Mirzabekov (2-1-0, 0 SUB) knocked out fellow Russian Fabrice Dato (6-2-0, 2 KO / TKO, 2 SUB) e emzuliswaneni wokuqala, Russian heavyweight Kurban Ibragimov (3-2-0, 2 KO / TKO, 0 SUB) punched his way to a second-round victory over Spaniard David Trallero (1-2-0, 1 KO / TKO), Russian ukukhanya sosondonzima Rashid Yusupov (5-1-0, 1 KO / TKO, 2 SUB) registered an impressive first-round KO of Russian Mitry Medvedev (7-5-0, 3 KO / TKO, 3 SUB), Adam “Beard” Yandiev (6-0-0, 3 KO / TKO, 3 SUB) remained undefeated with an opening-round submission (binda guillotine) win against Dmitriy Adeev (1-2-0, 1 KO / TKO) in a battle of Russian light heavyweights, Damir Ismagulov (2-1-0, 1 KO / TKO, 0 SUB) took a three-round unanimous decision from fellow Russian lightweight Sergey Andreev (5-4-0, 2 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Kazakhstan welterweight Shaukat Rakhmonov (2-0-0, 1 KO / TKO, 1 SUB) punched out Bartos “Hulk” Chyrek (4-2-0, 4 SUB) e emzuliswaneni wokuqala, futhi featherweight Russian Timur Nagibin (7-1-0, 2 KO / TKO, 0 SUB) akhishwe Akhmandjon Mamurov (0-1-0), of Tajikistan, kwelinye round.