Abụrụ. Petersburg, Russia (January 19, 2017) – M-1 Global ekwuputala nke ahụ 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Oké Ifufe” Shlemenko uche isiokwu M-1 Ịma Aka 75 na Moscow.
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 Anya Divnich.
M-1 Ịma Aka 75 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Ndị na-ekiri ga-enwe ike na-ekiri ndị mbido ọgụ na isi kaadị egbu osisi na aha na www.M1Global.TV. Fans nwere ike na-ele niile ihe na ha kọmputa, nakwa dị ka na android na Apple smart ntị na mbadamba.
Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), a three-time Bellator champion, meriri mbụ M-1 Ịma Aka mmeri Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, karị, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (ịkpagbu). 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.
Na ikpeazụ ya edinam, Shlemenko stopped Kendall Grove in the second round of their main event fight on Bellator 162 last October in Memphis, Tennessee.
“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein kwuru, “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 Ukwu Prix 2016 isn’t over, ma. 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. Ya mere, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Ugbu a, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 Ịma Aka 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, oge nke 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), nke Russia, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, unbeaten 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 “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) na M-1 Ịma Aka 75 kaadị.
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 13nke season of Ihe Jisọs Agha, 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 na M-1 Ịma Aka 54, nkwụsị Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. Na 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui na M-1 Ịma Aka 57. Na ikpeazụ ya ọgụ, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 Ịma Aka 70.
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