ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Febrero 2, 2017) – The February 18º M-1 Desafío 74 card in St. Petersburg got even more interesting with M-1Global’s announcement that a fight between fans of arch-rival Russian soccer (non-American football) teams will square-off in full team colors.
En el evento principal, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), de Rusia, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), de Alemania.
campeón de peso ligero M-1 Challenge Alejandro “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) enfrenta retador Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) en elM-1 Desafío 74 co-estelar.
Billed as the first MMA fight part of a major event to feature MMA fighters who are also fans of two of the top soccer clubs in Russia, CSKA and Spartak, battling between the ropes to determine the strongest soccer fan under MMA rules, not in the street.
Light heavyweight Dmitry Tebekin (4-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), representing CSKA, will throw-down against Spartak fan Arthur Reig Tjul’parov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0). Tebekin was the St. Petersburg Cup winner and vice-champion of St. Petersburgo, while Tjul’parov was also vice-champion of St. Petersburg as well as the third-place finisher in the All-Russian Grand Prix
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M-1 Desafío 74 será transmitido en vivo desde St. Petersburgo en alta definición en
www.M1Global.TV. Los espectadores podrán ver las peleas preliminares y la tarjeta principal, conectándose a registrarse en
www.M1Global.TV. Los aficionados pueden ver toda la acción en sus equipos, así como en Android y Apple teléfonos inteligentes y tabletas.
Also fighting on the M-1 Desafío 74 Tarjeta principal, in addition to Yusupov-Puetz and Butenko-Yandiev, is former M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion Vitaly Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), de Ucrania, vs. francés Moktar “El Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), de Belarús, vs. invictoBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pera (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), y peso welter ucraniano Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. invictoPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), de Suiza.
