ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Februāris 2, 2017) – The February 18^th M-1 Challenge 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.

Galvenajā pasākumā, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Krievijas, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Vācijas.

M-1 Challenge viegls čempions Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) sejas Challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) joM-1 Challenge 74 co-funkcija.

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 smagiem 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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Also fighting on the M-1 Challenge 74 Galvenais karte, 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), Ukrainas, vs. Frenchman Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), Baltkrievijas, vs. undefeatedBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Bumbieris (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Vjačeslavs “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. nepārspētsPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), of Switzerland.