TSOOM Petersburg, Russia (Lub ib hlis ntuj 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 sib tw 87 thiab M-1 sib tw 88, feem, Feb. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Feb. 22 nyob rau hauv Moscow.

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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 sib tw 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, ntawm Ukraine.

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

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

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 sib tw 88 co-main events on Feb. 22 nyob rau hauv Moscow.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), ntawm Russia, 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 (nyob rau hauv sab saum toj) makes his second title defense Feb. 22

Raul Tutarauli (nyob rau hauv sab saum toj) gets his first title shot Feb. 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

Tag nrho cov sib ntaus thiab tua hluav taws yuav raug hloov. Additional matches for M-1 sib tw 87thiab M-1 sib tw 88 will soon be announced.

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