ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Februari 2, 2017) – The February 18^ke- M-1 Cabaran 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.

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

M-1 Cabaran juara ringan Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) menghadapi pencabar Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) dalamM-1 Cabaran 74 bersama-ciri.

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.

Kelas berat ringan 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 Cabaran 74 kad 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), Ukraine, 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), dari Belarus, vs. tanpa ditewaskanBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pear (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. tanpa kalahPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), of Switzerland.