ST. PETERSBURG, Rusio (Januaro 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “#?Tormo” Shlemenko will headline M-1 Defio 75 En Moskvo.
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.
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Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), a three-time Bellator champion, defeated former M-1 Challenge champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, Respektive, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (ĉokilo). 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 Ramazan Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.
En lia lasta ago, Shlemenko stopped Kendall Bosko in the second round of their main event fight on Bellator 162 last October in Memphis, Tenesio.
“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 Tutmonda prezidanto Vadim Finkelchtein Dirita, “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 Granda Prix 2016 isn’t over, ankoraŭ. 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. Tiel, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Nun, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 Defio 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, #?I tiu tempo, we will be able to complete this exciting story.”
Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), De Rusio, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, Unbeaten Shavkat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.
Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) Sur la M-1 Defio 75 Karto.
Caldwell (11-3-0, M-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 13Th season of La Finfina Batalanto, 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 #?E M-1 Defio 54, Haltanta Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. Je 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui #?E M-1 Defio 57. En lia lasta batalo, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 Defio 70.
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M-1-DEFIDA EVENTA KALENDARO:
M-1 Defio 74 – Feb. 18, 2017 – St. Petersburg, Rusio
M-1 Defio 75 – Marto 3, 2017 – Moskvo, Rusio
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