SÃO PETERSBURGO, Rússia (Outubro 4, 2017) – Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko will make his third title defense in the M-1 Desafio 84 main event against once-beaten challenger Sergey Romanov em Outubro 27at Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Rússia.

M-1 Desafio 84 will be streamed live from Saint Petersburg in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Os telespectadores vão poder assistir as lutas preliminares e card principal, registando-se registrar emwww.M1Global.TV. Os fãs podem assistir a toda a acção em seus computadores, bem como sobre Android e da Apple smartphones e tablets.

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, no M-1 Challenge 65, quando 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, derrotando Arda Adas, Magomed Sultanakhmedov, Carlos pereira, Andreas Birgels e 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 “Rapaz do inferno” Magalhaes (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 Desafio 78 last May, he choked Dmitry Voitov into an opening-round submission.

Médios americana Joe “Diesel” Riggs (45-17-1, M-1: 1-0-0) assume 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, está em uma seqüência de cinco vitórias. Olenichev made his M-1 Global debut in his last fight, em junho passado em M-1 Desafio 79, winning a three-round unanimous decision over Enoc Resolve Torres (19-9-1), da Espanha.

In other main card match-ups, Finnish bantamweight Janne “Jamba” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 1-0-1) joga-se com Bair House (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) e russo 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) enfrenta russo Bogatov Roman (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0).

Ataques adicionais em breve será anunciado. Todas as lutas e os lutadores estão sujeitos a alteração.

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