ST. PETERSBURG, Rússia (Fevereiro 2, 2017) – The February 18th M-1 Desafio 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.
No evento principal, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), da Rússia, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), da Alemanha.
M-1 Challenge campeão dos leves Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) enfrenta challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) noM-1 Desafio 74 co-metragem.
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.
Peso-pesado leve 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 Desafio 74 será transmitido ao vivo a partir de St. Petersburg em alta definição na
www.M1Global.TV. Os telespectadores vão poder assistir as lutas preliminares e card principal, registando-se registrar em
www.M1Global.TV. Os fãs podem assistir a toda a acção em seus computadores, bem como sobre Android e da Apple smartphones e tablets.
Also fighting on the M-1 Desafio 74 card 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), da Ucrânia, vs. Frenchman Moktar “The Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), de Belarus, vs. invictoBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pereira (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), e meio-médio ucraniano Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. invictoPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), of Switzerland.
