ST. PETERSBURG, రష్యా (జనవరి 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion అలెగ్జాండర్ “స్టార్మ్” Shlemenko శీర్షిక M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 75 మాస్కో లో.

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 మాగ్జిమ్ Divnich.

M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 75 హై డెఫినిషన్‌లో మాస్కో నుండి ప్రత్యక్ష ప్రసారం చేయబడుతుంది www.M1Global.TV. వీక్షకులు నమోదు న లాగింగ్ ద్వారా ప్రాథమిక తగాదాలు మరియు ప్రధాన కార్డు చూడటానికి చెయ్యగలరు www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, అలాగే Android మరియు Apple స్మార్ట్ ఫోన్లు మరియు టాబ్లెట్లలో.

Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), a three-time Bellator champion, మాజీ M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ ఛాంపియన్ ఓడించి వ్యాచెస్లావ్ Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, వరుసగా, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (చౌక్). 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 రంజాన్ Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.

తన చివరి చర్యను లో, Shlemenko stopped Kendall గ్రోవ్ in the second round of their main event fight on వారియర్ 162 last October in Memphis, టేనస్సీ.

“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 గ్లోబల్ అధ్యక్షుడు Vadim Finkelchtein అన్నారు, “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 గ్రాండ్ ప్రిక్స్ 2016 isn’t over, ఇంకా. 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. కాబట్టి, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. ఇప్పుడు, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, ఈ సమయం, 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), రష్యా, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, అజేయంగా షౌకత్ Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.

Russian welterweight prospect సర్జీ “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “వైట్ వోల్ఫ్” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) లో M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 75 కార్డు.

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^వ season of అల్టిమేట్ ఫైటర్, 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 వద్ద M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 54, ఆపటం Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. లో 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui వద్ద M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 57. తన గత పోరాటంలో, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 70.

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