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M-1 Desafío 68, Xuño 16 en St. Petersburg, Rusia
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 (L-R) — Ramadan Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko
ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Abril 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Desafío 68 event as Ramadan Emeev e Alexander “Tempestade” Shlemenko battle in the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov makes his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh, Xoves noite, Xuño 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rusia.
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Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Daguestán, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, que era o 2015 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year, is a two-time M-1 Challenge middleweight champion. He originally captured the coveted crown in 2012, tomar unha decisión de Mario Miranda for the vacant title. Na súa primeira defensa do título, Emeev lost to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, who stopped the defending champion via punches in the fourth round.
In their much anticipated rematch April 10, 2015, Emeev recaptured the title from Vasilevsky, choking the defending champion into an opening-round submission. En decembro pasado, Emeev successfully defended his title when Luigi Fiorvanti retired after four rounds. Earlier this month at M-1 Desafío 65, Emeev defeated Maiquel Falcao in the M-1 Grand Prix semifinals, by way of a first-round submission (afogador – see picture below), to qualify for the final versus Shlemenko.
 The 31-year-old Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0) is a three-time Bellator champion from Omsk, Rusia. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (see picture below) no M-1 Challenge 64. The Siberian-born Shlemenko hadn’t competed in M-1 Global since 2005.
 Volkov (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0), 27, also fought in Bellator for three years, 2012 para 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 Anos e medio. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, loita Denis Smoldaraev Febreiro. 19, 2016 (see picture below) en M-1 Desafío 64 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship. Volkov emerged victorious, using a choke in the third round to win with the Submission of the Night.
 Vegh (29-6-2, M-1: 0-0-0), will make his M-1 Global debut versus Volkov in their M-1 Challenge title fight. Fighting out of Slovakia by way of his native Czechoslovakia, Vegh (pictured below) is a former Bellator light heavyweight champion who is moving up one weight class to challenge Volkov.
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