SANT PETERSBURG, Rússia (Gener 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 Desafiament 87 i M-1 Desafiament 88, respectivament, Febrer. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Febrer. 22 a Moscou.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Els espectadors podran veure les baralles preliminars i la targeta principal, connectant-se a registrar-se en www.M1Global.TV. Els aficionats poden veure tota l'acció en els seus equips, així com en Android i Apple telèfons intel·ligents i tauletes.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “casc” 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 Desafiament 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, d'Ucraïna.

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

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

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 Desafiament 88 co-main events on Febrer. 22 a Moscou.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), de Rússia, defends his belt against his dangerous Georgian challenger, Raúl 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 (sobre) makes his second title defense Febrer. 22

Raúl Tutarauli (sobre) gets his first title shot Febrer. 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

Totes les baralles i els lluitadors estan subjectes a canvi. Additional matches for M-1 Desafiament 87i M-1 Desafiament 88 will soon be announced.

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