SANKT PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Januari 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 Challenge 87 och M-1 Challenge 88, respektive, Februari. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Februari. 22 i Moskva.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “Holk” Silander (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, Ukrainas.

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

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

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 Challenge 88 co-main events on Februari. 22 i Moskva.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), Rysslands, 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 (överst) makes his second title defense Februari. 22

Raul Tutarauli (överst) gets his first title shot Februari. 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

Alla slagsmål och fighters är föremål för förändring. Additional matches for M-1 Challenge 87och M-1 Challenge 88 will soon be announced.

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