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M-1 Challenge 68, Juni 16 in St. Petersburg, Rusland
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 (L-R) — Ramadan Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko
ST. PETERSBURG, Rusland (April 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Challenge 68 event as Ramadan Emeev en Alexander “Storm” 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, Donderdag nacht, Juni 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rusland.
M-1 Challenge 68 zal live worden gestreamd van St. Petersburg in high definition opwww.M1Global.TV. Kijkers kunnen de voorlopige gevechten en belangrijkste kaart bekijken door in te loggen op registreren op zal zijn www.M1Global.TV. Fans kunnen alle van de actie te bekijken op hun computer, alsmede op Android en Apple smartphones en tablets.
Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Dagestan, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, wie was de 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, het nemen van een beslissing van Mario Miranda voor de vacante titel. In zijn eerste titel verdediging, 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. In december vorig jaar, Emeev successfully defended his title when Luigi Fiorvanti retired after four rounds. Earlier this month at M-1 Challenge 65, Emeev defeated Maiquel Falcao in the M-1 Grand Prix semifinals, by way of a first-round submission (choke – zie onderstaande afbeelding), 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, Rusland. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (zie onderstaande afbeelding) bij 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 naar 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 ½ jaar. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, vechten Denis smoldaraev Februari. 19, 2016 (zie onderstaande afbeelding) bij M-1 Challenge 64 voor de vacante M-1 Challenge zwaargewicht kampioenschap. 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 (hieronder afgebeeld) is a former Bellator light heavyweight champion who is moving up one weight class to challenge Volkov.
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