And still champion… M-1 Challenge flyweight champion Aleksander Doskalchuk retained his title belt

NAZRAN, Ingušsko, Rusko (Listopad 17, 2018) – The first and only M-1 Challenge flyweight champion, Alexander Doskalchuk, made his second successful title defense last night in the M-1 Challenge 99, main event, when he decisioned his Finnish challenger, Mikael “Vrak” Sila, at Nazran in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia.

Doskalchuk (10-1-0), bojuje z Ukrajiny, made his first title defense against then-Interim M-1 Challenge titlist Arman Ashimov, who Doskalchuk defeated this past June at M-1 Challenge 92, when his opponent suffered a hand injury and was unable to continue in the third round.

Alexander Doskalchuk (L) outworked challenger Mikael Silander to earn a unanimous decision win

Sila (18-7-0), who had his second title shot last night versus Doskalchuk, lost in an Interim title fight against Ashimov last February at M-1 Challenge 87, in which the Finnish fighter was stopped on punches in the second round.

Doskalchuk improved to 4-0-0 in M-1 Global competition with his five-round unanimous decision victory over Silander

V co-představoval událost, Brazilský heavyweight Klidson Farias de Abreau (14-2-0) se stal působivým debutem M-1, using a straight armbar to force his Russian foe, Anton “Cherepovets Giant” Vyazigin (11-3-0), into submission in the second round. Abreau usually fights in the light heavyweight division, but he took on heavyweight Vyazigin, who was coming off a no-contest fight against living legend Sergey Kharitonov.

Russian featherweight prospect Abubkar Mestoev držel neporažený rekord neporušený, improving to 7-0-0 with his unanimous decision triumph against Elias Alves “Junior Maranhao” Da Silva (21-8-0). Mestoev had been fighting in the lightweight division, but moved down because he felt his lack of height was a advantage, yet he was considerably shorter in this fight with Da Silva.

V boji noci, Akexander Osetrov (5-0-1) vyhrál rozhodnutí třemi kulatý většinový přesSalem Evloev (4-1-0), who is the brother of M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion Movsar Evloev, who is rumored to be signing with the UFC. Salem was being touted as a successor to his brother in the not too distant future, but his first loss will certainly curtail his rise as a contender, and Osetrov has positioned himself for a future title shot.

Také bojuje na hlavní kartě, brazilský lehké Michel “Sassarito” Silva (21-7-1) employed a rarely used brabo choke to defeat previously undefeated Magomedkamil Malikov(6-1-0) v druhém kole. 6′ 2″ Silva has a distinct advantage as the tallest M-1 fighter in the lightweight division.

Na undercard, Ukrajinská střední váha Vadim Shabadash (8-3-0) locked in a rear naked choke on Russian Musa Pliev (2-1-0) for an opening round win, Kyrgyzská muší váhaBusurmankul Abdibait Uulu (11-2-1) took a three-round majority decision from RussianZalimbeg Omarov (10-3-1), and Spanish featherweight Aridane Romero (8-1-0) was victorious over Russian Ahmadkhan Bokov (4-4-0) by way of a second-round submission via a triangle choke.

Georgian welterweight Amiran Gogoladze (7-1-0) only needed 10-seconds to knock out Juho Valamaa (15-6-0) with a powerful punch. It was the shortest fight of the night as well as one of the quickest knockouts in M-1 history. Ruská middleweight Vladimír Trusov (3-1-0) defeated Russian Aslan Ismailov (2-1-0), by way of technical knockout in the third round, via submission to punches.

On the pre-undercard, Ruská muší Gleb Khabibullin (3-0-0) stopped Russian Amir Badiev (2-1-0) with a devastating punch in the first round, and veteran Russian lightweightLom-Ali Nalgiev (15-7-0) rozhodnuto Tursunbek Asylgaziev (10-7-0).

The 24 fighters in this International event represented seven different countries: Ukrajina, Finsko, Brazílie, Rusko, Kyrgyzstán, Spain and Georgia.

Klidson Farias de Abreau (L) was too much to handle for Anton Vyazigin

Abubakar Mestoev (L) decisioned Elias Alves Da Silva

Alexander Osetrov (L) defeated Selem Evloev in the Fight of the Night

Michael Silva (R) connected on this kick to the head of Magomedkamil Malikov

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