ST. PETERSBURG, Larisi (Janvye 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Tanpèt” Shlemenko volonte gran tit M-1 defi 75 nan Moskou.
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, bat ansyen M-1 defi chanpyon Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, respektivman, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (toufe). 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 Ramadan Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.
Nan aksyon dènye l ', Shlemenko stopped Kendall Grove in the second round of their main event fight on La ap 162 last October in Memphis, Tennessee.
“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 Global prezidan Vadim Finkelchtein di, “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, ankò. 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. Se konsa,, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Koulye a,, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 defi 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, tan sa a, 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), nan Larisi, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, envenku Shaukat 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 “Wolf a Blan” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) sou la M-1 defi 75 kat.
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 Ultim konba a, 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 nan M-1 defi 54, kanpe Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. Nan 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui nan M-1 defi 57. Nan batay dènye l ', Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 defi 70.
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M-1 defi 74 – Feb. 18, 2017 – St. Petersburg, Larisi
M-1 defi 75 – Mas 3, 2017 – Moskou, Larisi
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