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CHELYABINSK, రష్యా (నవంబర్ 5, 2018) — Fists were flying last Friday night at M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 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 Artem Frolov, చేల్యబిన్స్క్ లో, రష్యా.
సిల్వా (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star అలెగ్జాండర్ Shlemenko (56-11-1) in the opening round of M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 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 తన 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.
The 27-year-old Frolov, ఎవరు 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 Sergey 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 సర్జీ Morozov (13-4-0) పైగా మూడు-రౌండ్ల ఏకగ్రీవ నిర్ణయం గెలిచింది Bair Shtepin (7-3-0), రష్యా.
రష్యన్ మిడిల్వెయిట్ Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman ఇమ్మాన్యూల్ “Papou Lele” Dawa (7-3-0) మూడవ రౌండ్ లో.
రష్యన్ వేల్టర్వెయిట్ Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) అజేయంగా నిలిచారు, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission.
ప్రాథమిక కార్డు న, late replacement Oleg Popov (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC), రౌండ్ రెండు లో, 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, మరియు 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) in a battle of Russian heavyweights.
Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) పడగొట్టాడు Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, తేలికైన రష్యన్ 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), స్పెయిన్, రౌండ్ లో.
ది 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: రష్యా, బ్రెజిల్, ఫ్రాన్స్, ఉక్రెయిన్, స్విట్జర్లాండ్, స్పెయిన్, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
సిల్వా (టాప్) finished off Frolov to win the M-1 Challenge middleweight title
Sergey Romanov (R) gave Urs Pablo Ortmann (L) his first pro loss
సర్జీ Morozov (R) decisioned Bair Shtepin
Undefeated Ivan Bogdanov (L) drilled Emmanuel Dawa
Boris Medvedev (L) connected vs. David Zakaryan