ST. PETERSBURG, Rússia (Desembre 29, 2015) — campió de pes lleuger M-1 Challenge Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaouiwill make his first title defense, Febrer 19at Olympic Stadium, contra Artiom Damkovsky a M-1 Desafiament 64 a Moscou, Rússia.
M-1 Desafiament 64will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.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.
In a previously announced title fight, newly M-1 Global-signedAlejandro “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), de Rússia, takes on Estonian challengerDenis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.
Barnaoui (12-3-0, M-1: 2-2-0), lluitant fora de París, will be making his first title defense against a dangerous challenger. After defeating previously undefeatedMaxim Divnich(10-0-0) (see picture below) by way of a first-round stoppage via punches, Maig 2, 2015 aM-1 Desafiament 57, Barnaoui dropped down in weight and he unsuccessfully challenged M-1 Challenge featherweight championIvan Buchingerthis past October by five-round decision atM-1 Desafiament 57.
Belarus-native Damkovsky (20-9-0, M-1: 10-6-0), shown below on mat, is riding a four-fight win streak to become the top contender going into his title fight showdown with Barnaoui.
