ST. بطرسبرج, روسيا (يناير 16, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that M-1 Challenge lightweight champion الكسندر “Iron Capture” Butenko will take on challenger أبو بكر Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) في M-1 التحدي 74 co-feature on فبراير 18, في سانت. بطرسبرج, روسيا.

The previously announced main event pits undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion راشد يوسوبوف (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), روسيا, defends his title against former titlist ستيفان “T-800” بيتز (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), ألمانيا.

M-1 التحدي 74 سيتم بث على الهواء مباشرة من سانت. بطرسبورغ في عالية الوضوح على www.M1Global.TV. سيتمكن المشاهدون لمشاهدة المعارك الأولية وبطاقة الرئيسية عن طريق تسجيل الدخول للتسجيل في www.M1Global.TV. المشجعين قد يشاهد كل من عمل على أجهزة الكمبيوتر الخاصة بهم, فضلا عن الروبوت وابل الهواتف الذكية والأجهزة اللوحية.

Also announced is a fight between top bantamweights فيتالي برانشوك ومختار “Le Kabyle” Benkaci will also be in action with the winner positioning himself for a potential title shot with M-1 Challenge bantamweight championبافل Vitruk in the not-too-distant future.

A strong Ukrainian with superior wrestling skills, Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) is an eight-year MMA veteran who has found a welcomed home in M-1 Challenge competition and he has taken advantage of the opportunity. Riding a six-fight win streak, the 29-year-old Butenko captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title belt last June at M-1 Challenge 67, when he took a five-round unanimous decision over Artiom Damkovsky.

في العمل الأخير, في M-1 التحدي 71 في أكتوبر, Butenko won a unanimous three-round decision against Rubenilton Pereira in a non-title fight.

Butenko’s first title defense will be against one of the most popular MMA fighters in Russia, the fighting powerhouse Yandiev, who also is a strong wrestler, plus a solid Judo background. The rising lightweight star will be a certain fan favor because of his nationality as well as his style of fighting, resulting in first-round endings in all his pro fights to date.

Last June at M-1 التحدي 68, Yandiev used an armlock for a first-round submission of Tony Christodoulou, fought at a 177 ½ باوند. catchweight.

Like Butenko, برانشوك (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0) also fights out of Ukraine. The 25-year-old fighter is a former M-1 Challenge bantamweight title challenger, who was riding an eight-fight into his last fight, in which he lost by fourth-round submission (خنق) to the aforementioned Vitruk (see accompanying picture to left). In M-1 Challenge competition, Branchuk defeated أنطون راكيكone year ago, by way of a three-round split decision at M-1 التحدي 64.

Benkaci (13-7-0, (M-1: 2-1-0) is a grappling specialist from France. Known and highly respected for his great conditioning and endurance, he lost a disputed three-round decision in his M-1 Challenge debut to نيكيتا Chistyakov 1-منذ ½ سنوات, but the talented Frenchman bounced back to knockout his last two opponents, فاديم Malygin وAlexey Naumov, على التوالي, by knee and punch.

معلومات

www.M1Global.tv

@ M1GlobalNews

VFinkelchtein

@ M1Global