ST. PETERSBURG, ロシア (1月 20, 2016) – M-1 Global President ヴァディムFinkelchtein recently announced the relaunching of its popular series, M-1 Grand Prix Tournament.

“We’ve been preparing this a long time and now we’re happy to officially announce our 2016 M-1 Grand Prix Tournament,” フィンケルヒテインは言った. “This has been a very popular format and fans are always excited about it. This time we will feature a 4-man tournament, rather than the usual 8-man pairings, because the 4-man version is faster and more entertaining. We don’t want to bore people with long expectation periods and lessen the risk of occasional injuries and fighter changes in the tournament.”

M-1グランプリ第1戦 2016 Bellator 3回チャンピオンとしてミドル級に設定される アレクサンダー “ストーム” Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) 元M-1チャレンジのミドル級とライトヘビー級のタイトルリストに挑戦 ヴャチェスラフVasilevsky氏 (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0)アット M-1チャレンジ 64, 2月 19 モスクワのオリンピックスタジアムで.

“よく, we were choosing between several offers from different promotions,” explained Shlemenoko’s manager Alexey Zhernakov. “最後に, we came to the conclusion that M-1 Grand Prix participation is the most interesting option for us at the moment. Alexander is still under Bellator’s exclusive contract. したがって、, we had to negotiate with Bellator, which kindly allowed us to sign with M-1 Global. We expect Alexander Shlemenko to take part in major M-1 Challenge events as they are always organized at a high level and broadly covered by the media.”