ST. ΠΕΤΡΟΥΠΟΛΗ, Ρωσία (Ιανουάριος 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Αλέξανδρος “Καταιγίδα” Shlemenko θα εμφανιστούν Μ-1 Πρόκληση 75 στη Μόσχα.
It has also been announced that American lightweight Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell will make his M-1 Global debut versus former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich.
Μ-1 Πρόκληση 75 θα μεταδοθεί ζωντανά από τη Μόσχα σε υψηλή ευκρίνεια σε www.M1Global.TV. Οι τηλεθεατές θα μπορούν να παρακολουθούν τις προκαταρκτικές αγώνες και κύρια κάρτα, συνδεόμενοι με την εγγραφή στο www.M1Global.TV. Οι φίλοι μπορούν να παρακολουθήσουν όλη τη δράση στους υπολογιστές τους, καθώς και σχετικά με το Android και η Apple έξυπνα τηλέφωνα και tablets.
Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, Μ-1: 4-0-0), τρεις φορές πρωταθλητής Bellator, νίκησε πρώην πρωταθλητής M-1 Challenge Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, αντίστοιχα, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (εμφράκτης). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky I & II were the M-1 Challenge 68 & 64 Fights of the Night.
In a much-anticipated All-Russian middleweight showdown, Shlemenko was supposed to fight reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ραμαζάνι Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.
Στην τελευταία δράση του, Shlemenko stopped Κένταλ Grove in the second round of their main event fight on Bellator 162 last October in Memphis, Τενεσί.
“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” Μ-1 Παγκόσμια πρόεδρος Vadim Finkelchtein είπε, “as he is a true legend of Russian MMA. His fights always sellout arenas, no matter who his opponent. We all know that the story we started last year at M<-1 Grand Prix 2016 isn’t over, ακόμη. The whole country is waiting for the fight between Russia’s two best middleweights – Alexander Shlemenko and Ramazan Emeev.
“Ramazan was injured and Shlemenko had contractual obligations with Bellator. Έτσι, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Τώρα, we have arranged for him to fight on Μ-1 Πρόκληση 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, αυτή τη φορά, we will be able to complete this exciting story.”
Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Αλεξέι Kunchenko (15-0-0, Μ-1: 7-0-0), της Ρωσίας, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, ανίκητος Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, Μ-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.
Russian welterweight prospect Σεργκέι “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, Μ-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “Το White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, Μ-1: 10-1-0) στο Μ-1 Πρόκληση 75 κάρτα.
Caldwell (11-3-0, Μ-1: 0-0-0), fighting out of Georgia, is the US-based Island Fights champion. A powerful puncher who has nine knockouts in his 11 pro victories, Caldwell was supposed to compete in the 13ου season of Το Ultimate Fighter, but he withdrew due to personal reasons. He has had several fights in World Series of Fighting.
A Ukrainian fighting out of Moscow, Divnich captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title in 2014 στο Μ-1 Πρόκληση 54, στάθμευση Dzhambulat Κουρμπάνοφ in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. Σε 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui στο Μ-1 Πρόκληση 57. Στην τελευταία πάλη του, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at Μ-1 Πρόκληση 70.
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