Saint Petersburg, Russia (January 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^st,season with a pair of international events in February, M-1 ba-Bothata ba 87 le M-1 ba-Bothata ba 88, ka ho latellana, Feb. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Feb. 22 Moscow.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Bashebelli tla ba khona ho shebella selelekela lintoa le ka sehloohong karete ya ka logging pele ho ngodisa ka www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, hammoho le ka Android le Apple Smart phone le matlapa a.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “Hulk” Silander (17-5-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0) takes on Kazakh fighter Ariman Ashimov (10-2-1, M-1 ba-: 2-0-0) in the lone fight announced this far for M-1 ba-Bothata ba 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, tsa 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 ba-Bothata ba 88 co-main events on Feb. 22 Moscow.

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

Damir Ismagulov (ka holimo) makes his second title defense Feb. 22

Raul, Tutarauli (ka holimo) 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

Tsohle lintoa le bahlabani ba sehlooho ho fetola. Additional matches for M-1 ba-Bothata ba 87le M-1 ba-Bothata ba 88 will soon be announced.

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