M-I provocare 66 Viktor Nemkov vs. Rashid Yusopov M-1 Challenge Light Heavyweight Championship May 27, 2016 * Orenburg City, Russia


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Yusopov upsets Nemkov to become new
M-I provocare lux Heavyweight Champion
Puetz decisions Seledtsov
M-I CHALLENGE 66 LICTOR RESULTS
New M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusopov
ORENBURG CITY, Russia (May 28, 2016) – Last night’s M-I provocare 66 event had its share of upsets, leading with a main event split decision victory by Rashid Yusopov over defending M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Nemkov Viktor, in Orenburg City, Russia.
Priores M-I Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan “T-DCCC” Puetz took a unanimous 3-round decision from Andrey Seledtsov in co-pluma.
Russian challenger Yusopov (7-2-0, M, I: 4-1-0) won a hard fought 5-round split decision over defending champion Nemkov (23-6-0, M, I: 14-5-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Kazakhstan, who was making his initial title defense.
Nemkov had captured the coveted M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title this past December, taking a 5-round decision from defending champion Puetz, who had won a 5-round split decision April, 2014 against Nemkov for the title. Nemkov is a two-time M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion having defeated Vasily Babich (WSUB3 – umeri in cincinno) for the vacant title that he then lost in his first title defense to Puetz.
The 23-year-old Yusupov was riding a 4-fight win streak going into his fight with Nemkov. A former Russian, European and World Amateur MMA champion, Yusupov is known as a dangerous striker whose signature moves are powerful kicks.
Puetz vs. Seledtsov was billed asTerminator” vs. “Spetsnevand it lived up to its name as Puetz won a unanimous 3-round decision. Puetz, Germaniae, had successfully defended his M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title twice, after beating Nemkov in their original championship match, adversum Luis Fernando Miranda (Sub2 – suffocat) August 15, 2014 atM-I provocare 50, atque Valery Myasnikov (KO/TKO2 – pugnis) December 17, 2014 atM-I provocare 54. In a non-title fight this past May, Puetz stopped then-M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Marcin Tybura in the third round due to a severely damaged broken nose.
Seledtsov, 28, is a former Spetsnev solider known for his powerful boxing, combat samba and MMA background. A local White-Rex promotion champion, the Russian was making his M-1 Global debut.
In other M-I provocare 66 pugnat, Damir Ismagulov (7-2-0, M, I: 4-1-0) stopped Georgian lightweight Raul Tutarauli (6-3-0, M, I: 3-1-1) near the end of the third round on punches, American bantamweight Josh “The FinisherRettinghouse (13-4-0, M, I: 1-0-0) made an impressive M-1 Global debut when the doctor stopped his fight against BelarussianVadim Zhlobich (4-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0) in foramen rotundum, Timur Nagibin (8-1-0, M, I: 3-0-0) won a 3-round decision over fellow Russian countryman Mikhail Korobkov (9-1-1, M, I: 0-1-1), et Russian featherweight Movsar Evloev (3-0-0, M, I: 3-0-0) punched outAlexander Krupemkin (1-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0), pugnatorum de Ucraina.
Complete results & photo inferius:
CARD PRINCEPS
M-I CHALLENGE LUX HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
RASHID YUSOPOV (7-2-0, M, I: 4-1-0), Russia
WDEC5
Viktor NEMKOV (23-6-0, M, I: 14-5-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan
(Yusopov M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title)
LUX heavyweights – 3 X 5
STEPHAN PUETZ (14-2-0, M, I: 5-1-0), Germania
WDEC3
ANDREY SELEDTSOV (5-2-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Russia
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
DAMIR ISMAGULOV (7-2-0, M, I: 3-2-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan
WKO / TKO3 (Vapulet – 3:49)
Raul TUTARAULI (6-3-0, M, I: 3-1-0), Georgia
BANTWAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
JOSH RETTINGHOUSE (13-4-0, M, I: 1-0-0), United States
WKO / TKO1 (Doctor Stoppage3:10)
VADIM ZHLOBICH (4-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Belarus
FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
TIMUR NAGIBIN (8-1-0, M, I: 3-0-0), Russia
WDEC3
Mikhail KOROBKOV (9-1-1, M, I: 0-1-1), Russia
MOVSAR EVLOEV (3-0-0, M, I: 3-0-0)
WKO / TKO1 (Vapulet – 4:09)
ALEXANDER KRUPEMKIN (0-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Ucraina

Yusopov strikes Nemkov

(L-R) – Yusopov & Nemkov

(L-R) — Yusopov & Nemkov

(L-R) — Puetz & Seledtsov

Vadim Zhlobich fight vs. Josh Rettinghouse was stopped by the doctor due to these cuts

Nagibin & Korobkov
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