Saint Petersburg, Rusija (Listopad 4, 2017) – Neporaženi M-1 Challenge prvak u poluteškoj kategoriji Aleksej Kunchenko will make his third title defense in the M-1 Challenge 84 main event against once-beaten challenger Sergej Romanov na Listopad 27at Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Rusija.

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In a battle of Russian welterweight fighters, Kunchenko (16-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0) is a Muay Thai specialist who captured his title on April 9, 2016, na M-1 Challenge 65, kada Murad Abdulaev retired in the fourth round.

Kunchenko has made two successful title defenses, both won by way of unanimous decisions, against Abdulaev in a rematch and this past March in his last action versusMaksim Grabovich.

Kunchenko unloaded on Grabovich

Romanov (11-1-0, M-1: 5-0-0), who is also unbeaten in M-1 Global competition, pobijedivši Spali adas, Magomed Sultanakhmedov, Carlos Pereira, Andreas Birgels a Sergio de Fatima. Romanov is a strong striker with eight knockouts on his impressive resume.

Undefeated Russian middleweight prospect Artiom Frolov (9-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0) steps up in terms of quality opposition against dangerous Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhães (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) in a fight that has future title implications. Frolov is coming off back-to-back victories in M-1 main card fights against Talekh Nadzhafzade and veteran American fighter Luigi Fioravanti. Magalhaes has fought professionally in the UFC and in his M-1 Global debut at M-1 Challenge 78 last May, he choked Dmitrij Voitov into an opening-round submission.

Američki srednjoj Joe “Diesel” Riggs (45-17-1, M-1: 1-0-0) poprima Oleg Olenichev (9-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) in an intriguing match-up. Another former UFC fighter, Riggs has also had success fighting in Bellator and Strikeforce. The battle-tested Riggs, who was born in Maine and fights out of Arizona, is riding a five-fight win streak. Olenichev made his M-1 Global debut in his last fight, prošlog lipnja u M-1 Challenge 79, winning a three-round unanimous decision over ENOC Rješava Torres (19-9-1), Španjolske.

In other main card match-ups, Finnish bantamweight Janne “Jamba” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 1-0-1) throws-down with Bair kući (4-2-0, M-1: 1-2-0), and Russian welterweight Temirlan Sharipov (3-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) takes on fellow countryman Maksim Grabovich (5-3-0, M-1: 4-3-0).

Two preliminary bouts are set as American heavyweight Philip “F-11” De Fries (12-6-0, M-1: 0-0-0) i ruski Anton Vyazigin (7-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) square-off and Finnish lightweight Jani Salmi (9-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0) suočava ruski Roman Bogatov (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0).

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