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CHELYABINSK, Русија (Новембар 5, 2018) — Fists were flying last Friday night at М-1 Цхалленге 98 as ten of 12 fights ended prematurely, eight by way of knockout punches and two submissions, highlighted by Brazilian mixed-martial-arts veteran Bruno Blindado Silva‘s title-winning stoppage of previously undefeated M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Артем Фролов, у Чељабинск, Русија.
Силва (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star Александр Шлеменко (56-11-1) in the opening round of М-1 Цхалленге 93 last June. With his fourth-round knockout by punches of another Russian, Frolov (11-1-0), the power-punching Silva has how stopped 16 његовог 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.
The 27-year-old Frolov, ко је био 9-0-0 in M-1 competition going into his second title defense last Friday versus Silva, had signed a UFC contract and he was scheduled to fight last month at UFC Moscow. He was forced to withdraw due to injury.
In the co-featured event another undefeated fighter was knocked off, when Russian welterweight Sergej Romanov (15-3-0) handed his Swiss opponent, Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-1-0), his first pro loss, by way of a three-round unanimous decision.
Kazakhstan bantamweight Сергеј Морозов (13-4-0) освојио три округли једногласну одлуку у Bair House (7-3-0), Русије.
Руски миддлевеигхт Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman Еммануел “Papou Lele” Dawa (7-3-0) у трећем колу.
Руски велтер Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) остали непоражени, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission.
На прелиминарном картице, late replacement Oleg Popov (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 НЦ), у кругу два, while Russian lightweight Magomed Magomedov (12-3-0) put Frenchman Arnaud Kherfallah(5-2-0) to sleep in the opening round.
French middleweight Jean “Panqueca” Petrick (9-3-0) made an impressive M-1 debut by submitting always dangerous Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafzade (7-3-1) with a North-South choke, и Ivan Tsygelnik (2-1-0) won his second pro bout by way of a first-round technical knockout via punches versus Maksim Baruzdin (1-1-0) у борби руских тешкаша.
Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) нокаутирао Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, Руски лаган Rizvan Simbagaev (4-1-0) was too much for his Ukrainian rival, Alexey Shanin (2-1-0), who was stopped on punches midway through the third and final round, and Russian featherweight Nikita Barkhajov (2-0-0) blasted-out Agoney Romero (7-5-1), Шпаније, у првој рунди.
The 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: Русија, Бразил, Француска, Украјина, Швајцарска, Шпанија, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Силва (врх) finished off Frolov to win the M-1 Challenge middleweight title
Sergej Romanov (Р) gave Urs Pablo Ortmann (Л) his first pro loss
Сергеј Морозов (Р) decisioned Bair Shtepin
Undefeated Ivan Bogdanov (Л) drilled Emmanuel Dawa
Boris Medvedev (Л) connected vs. David Zakaryan