In a previously announced title fight, newly M-1 Global-signedအလက်ဇန်းဒါး “drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), ရုရှားနိုင်ငံ၏, 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), ပဲရစ်မြို့ထဲကနေတိုက်ခိုက်နေ, will be making his first title defense against a dangerous challenger. After defeating previously undefeatedဆင်း Divnich(10-0-0) (see picture below) by way of a first-round stoppage via punches, မေ 2, 2015 တွင်M-1 စိန်ခေါ်မှု 57, Barnaoui dropped down in weight and he unsuccessfully challenged M-1 Challenge featherweight championအိုင်ဗန် Buchingerthis past October by five-round decision atM-1 စိန်ခေါ်မှု 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.
