ST. PETERSBURG, Russie (Février 2, 2017) – The February 18e M-1 Défi 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.
Dans l'événement principal, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), de la Russie, défend son titre contre l'ancien titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), de l'Allemagne.
M-1 Challenge champion léger Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) visages challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) dans leM-1 Défi 74 co-métrage.
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. Pétersbourg, 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 Défi 74 sera diffusée en direct de St. Pétersbourg en haute définition sur
www.M1Global.TV. Les téléspectateurs seront en mesure de regarder les combats préliminaires et carte principale en se connectant à inscrire à
www.M1Global.TV. Les fans peuvent regarder toute l'action sur leurs ordinateurs, ainsi que sur Android et Apple téléphones intelligents et les tablettes.
Also fighting on the M-1 Défi 74 carte principale, 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 l'Ukraine, vs. Français Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), du Bélarus, vs. invaincuBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Poire (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), et welters ukrainien Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. invaincuPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), de la Suisse.
