(උසස් පෙළ-R) Artiom Damkovsky & Mansour Barnaoui

එස්.ටී.. පීටර්ස්බර්ග්, රුසියාව (දෙසැම්බර් 29, 2015) — M-1 අභියෝගතා සැහැල්ලු ශූර Mansour “ටාසන්” Barnaoui will make his first title defense, පෙබරවාරි 19 at Olympic Stadium, එරෙහිව Artiom Damkovsky දී එම්-1 අභියෝගතා 64 මොස්කව්, රුසියාව.

In a previously announced title fight, newly M-1 Global-signed ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, එම්-1: 8-3-0), රුසියාවේ, takes on Estonian challenger Denis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, එම්-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.

Barnaoui (12-3-0, එම්-1: 2-2-0), පැරිස් පිටතට සටන්, will be making his first title defense against a dangerous challenger. After defeating previously undefeated මැක්සිම් Divnich(10-0-0) (see picture below) by way of a first-round stoppage via punches, මැයි 2, 2015 දීඑම්-1 අභියෝගතා 57, Barnaoui dropped down in weight and he unsuccessfully challenged M-1 Challenge featherweight champion අයිවන් Buchinger this past October by five-round decision at එම්-1 අභියෝගතා 57.

Belarus-native Damkovsky (20-9-0, එම්-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.