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

NAZRAN, Ingushetia, Ресей (Қараша 17, 2018) – The first and only M-1 Challenge flyweight champion, Aleksander Doskalchuk, made his second successful title defense last night in the М-1 Challenge 99, Негізгі іс-шара, when he decisioned his Finnish challenger, Mikael “Hulk” Silander, at Nazran in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia.

Doskalchuk (10-1-0), Украина жүзеге күрес, made his first title defense against then-Interim M-1 Challenge titlist Арман Әшімов, who Doskalchuk defeated this past June at М-1 Challenge 92, when his opponent suffered a hand injury and was unable to continue in the third round.

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

Silander (18-7-0), who had his second title shot last night versus Doskalchuk, lost in an Interim title fight against Ashimov last February at М-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

Тең мүмкіндіктері жағдайда, Бразилиялық ауыр салмақтағы Klidson Farias de Abreau (14-2-0) turned in an impressive M-1 debut, 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 бүлінбеген, оның непобедимый рекорд сақталады, 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.

In the Fight of the Night, Akexander Osetrov (5-0-1) won a three-round majority decision overSalem 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.

Сондай-ақ, негізгі карточка бойынша күрес, бразилиялық жеңіл Michel “Sassarito” Silva (21-7-1) employed a rarely used brabo choke to defeat previously undefeated Magomedkamil Маликов(6-1-0) дөңгелек екі. 6′ 2″ Silva has a distinct advantage as the tallest M-1 fighter in the lightweight division.

Андеркарте, Ukrainian middleweight Vadim Shabadash (8-3-0) locked in a rear naked choke on Russian Musa Pliev (2-1-0) for an opening round win, Kyrgyzstan featherweightBusurmankul 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. Ресей орта Vladimir 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, Ресей полулегком Глеб Хабибуллин (3-0-0) stopped Russian Amir Badiev (2-1-0) with a devastating punch in the first round, and veteran Russian lightweightLom-Али Nalgiev (15-7-0) decisioned Tursunbek Asylgaziev (10-7-0).

The 24 fighters in this International event represented seven different countries: Украина, Finland, Бразилия, Ресей, Қырғызстан, Spain and Georgia.

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

Abubakar Mestoev (L) decisioned Elias Alves Da Silva

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

Майкл Сильва (R) connected on this kick to the head of Magomedkamil Malikov

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