ST. پیٹرزبرگ, روس (جنوری 16, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that M-1 Challenge lightweight champion الیگزینڈر “Iron Capture” Butenko will take on challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) میں M-1 چیلنج 74 co-feature on فروری 18, سینٹ میں. پیٹرزبرگ, روس.

The previously announced main event pits undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion راشد یوسپوف (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), روس کے, defends his title against former titlist سٹیفن “T 800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), جرمنی کے.

M-1 چیلنج 74 سینٹ سے لائیو سلسلہ بند کیا جائے گا. پر ہائی ڈیفی میں پیٹرز برگ www.M1Global.TV. ناظرین میں رجسٹر پر لاگ ان کی طرف سے ابتدائی لڑائی اور مرکزی کارڈ کو دیکھنے کے لئے قابل ہو جائے گا www.M1Global.TV. شائقین کارروائی کی سب ان کے کمپیوٹر پر دیکھ سکتے ہیں, اس کے ساتھ ساتھ لوڈ، اتارنا Android اور ایپل سمارٹ فونز اور گولیاں پر.

Also announced is a fight between top bantamweights Vitaly Branchuk اورMoktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci will also be in action with the winner positioning himself for a potential title shot with M-1 Challenge bantamweight championپیول 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.

ان کی آخری کارروائی میں, M-1 چیلنج میں 71 اکتوبر میں, 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 چیلنج 68, Yandiev used an armlock for a first-round submission of Tony Christodoulou, fought at a 177 ½ پونڈ. catchweight.

Like Butenko, Branchuk (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 (گلا گھونٹنا) to the aforementioned Vitruk (see accompanying picture to left). In M-1 Challenge competition, Branchuk defeated Antun Racicone year ago, by way of a three-round split decision at M-1 چیلنج 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 نکتا chistyakov کی 1-½ years ago, but the talented Frenchman bounced back to knockout his last two opponents, Vadim Malygin اورAlexey Naumov, بالترتیب, by knee and punch.

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