ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Gennaio 19, 2017) – Lo ha annunciato M-1 Global 2016 Campione dei pesi medi M-1 Grand Prix Alexander “Tempesta” Shlemenko sarà headliner M-1 sfida 75 a Mosca.

It has also been announced that American lightweight Keon “L'assassino nero” 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, sconfitto l'ex campione M-1 sfida Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) l'anno scorso nelle semifinali del campionato dei pesi medi M-1 Grand Prix e nella finale del campionato, rispettivamente, con decisione a maggioranza in tre round e sottomissione nel terzo round (soffocamento). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevskij I & II were the M-1 Challenge 68 & 64 Combattimenti della notte.

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.

Nella sua ultima azione, 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,” Presidente M-1 Global Vadim Finkelchtein suddetto, “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, ancora. 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. Così, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Ora, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 sfida 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, questa volta, we will be able to complete this exciting story.”

Campione imbattuto dei pesi welter M-1 Challenge Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), di Russia, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, imbattuto Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.

Prospettiva dei pesi welter russi Sergey “Combattente di strada” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “Il Lupo Bianco” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) sul M-1 sfida 75 carta.

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 13^th season of The 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 a M-1 sfida 54, sosta Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. In 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui a M-1 sfida 57. Nel suo ultimo incontro, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 sfida 70.

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