SAINT PETERSBURG, Rusland (Januarie 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 Challenge 87 en M-1 Challenge 88, onderskeidelik, Februarie. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Februarie. 22 in Moskou.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Kykers sal in staat wees om die voorlopige gevegte en belangrikste kaart te kyk deur aan te teken op by te registreer www.M1Global.TV. Aanhangers kan al die aksie te sien op hul rekenaars, sowel as op Android en Apple smart phones en tablette.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “Hulk” Sila (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) takes on Kazakh fighter Ariman Ashimov (10-2-1, M-1: 2-0-0) in the lone fight announced this far for M-1 Challenge 87, which will feature the grand opening of M-1 Arena. The Silander-Ashimov winner will be positioned for a potential title shot against M-1 Challenge flyweight champion Aleksander Doskalchuk, van die Oekraïne.

Mikael Silander (R) will be making his Russian MMA debut Februarie. 9 in Saint Petersburg

Ariman Ashimov hopes to improve to 3-0-0 in M-1 Challenge competition on Februarie. 9

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 Challenge 88 co-main events on Februarie. 22 in Moskou.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), van Rusland, defends his belt against his dangerous Georgian challenger, Raul Tutarauli(18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0), while M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion Movsar Evloev (8-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0) puts his perfect pro record on the line against Kazakhstan-native Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0), who also fights out of Russia.

Damir Ismagulov (op die top) makes his second title defense Februarie. 22

Raul Tutarauli (op die top) gets his first title shot Februarie. 22

Movsar Evloev (L) plans to keep his prefect record intact

Sergey Morozov is hoping to upset Movar Evloev to become M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion

Alle gevegte en vegters is onderhewig aan verandering. Additional matches for M-1 Challenge 87en M-1 Challenge 88 will soon be announced.

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