ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Februarie 2, 2017) – The February 18lea 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.
În evenimentul principal, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), de Rusia, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), de Germania.
M-1 Challenge ușoare campion Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) se confruntă cu challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) înM-1 Challenge 74 co-caracteristica.
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.
la categoria semigrea 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 Challenge 74 vor fi transmise în direct de la St. Petersburg, în înaltă definiție pe
www.M1Global.TV. Telespectatorii vor putea urmări luptele preliminare și cardul principal de logare pe înregistrarea la
www.M1Global.TV. Fanii pot urmări toată acțiunea pe computerele lor, precum și pe Android si Apple telefoane inteligente și tablete.
Also fighting on the M-1 Challenge 74 carte 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), din Ucraina, 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), Belarus, vs. neînvinsăBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pară (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), și greutatea welter ucraineană Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. neînvinsPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), din Elveția.