ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Februari 2, 2017) – The February 18th M-1 Tantangan 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.
Dalam acara utama, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Rusia, mempertahankan gelarnya melawan mantan bangsawan Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Jerman.
juara kelas ringan M-1 Tantangan Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) menghadapi penantang Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) dalamM-1 Tantangan 74 co-fitur.
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.
Cahaya kelas berat 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. Petersburg, 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 Tantangan 74 akan disiarkan secara langsung dari St. Petersburg dalam definisi tinggi pada
www.M1Global.TV. Pemirsa akan dapat menonton perkelahian awal dan kartu utama dengan masuk ke mendaftar di
www.M1Global.TV. Fans dapat menonton semua tindakan pada komputer mereka, serta pada ponsel pintar Android dan Apple dan tablet.
Also fighting on the M-1 Tantangan 74 kartu utama, 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), Ukraina, vs. Frenchman Moktar “yang Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), Belarus, vs. terkalahkanBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pir (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. terkalahkanPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), dari Swiss.
