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HELSINKI, Finland (August 6, 2017) – Russian lux heavyweight Mikhail Zayats victum Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-I provocare 82principale eventus, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during the last nine years.
Zayats (23-8-0, M, I: 13-5-0) returned to an M-1 Global-promoted event for the first time in nearly six years. The Russian strongman see pictured below), who had fought the past few years in Bellator, ruined the night for local favorite Vanttinen (24-6-0, M, I: 2-3-0), one of six Finnish fighters on the Helsinki card.
International fighters represented nine different countries: Russia, Finland, Brazil, USA, Portugal, Gallia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Sweden.
Finnish bantamweight Janne “Jambo” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M, I: 0-0-1) and Brazilian veteran fighter Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M, I: 0-1-1) fought to a three-round split-draw, Finnish flyweight Mikhail “Hulk” Silander (17-5-0, M, I: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M, I: 2-3-0), Ucraina.
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Russian lightweight prospect Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M, I: 3-0-0) and Ukrainian welterweight Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M, I: 10-2-1), respective;, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M, I: 0-2-0) and American Keith “Unus” Johnson (12-3-0, M, I: 1-1-0).
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| (L) Butenko and Johnson put on a good show. |
Also on the main card, Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa (15-4-0, M, I: 1-0-0) made a successful M-1 debut with a first-round technical knockout victory of Portugal’s Aires Bendrouis (10-6-0, M, I: 0-1-0).
In preliminary card, Swedish bantamweight Son Le “Buddah” Binh (5-3-0, M, I: 1-2-0) lost a three-round unanimous decision to Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0), pugnae de Russia, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay (17-6-0, M, I: 2-1-0) defeated Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M, I: 6-3-0) per decisionem.
Russian middleweight Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M, I: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M, I: 1-1-0) in foramen rotundum, French lightweightArnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Finlandiae, to tap-out in round one, and Russian flyweight Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M, I: 0-1-0) tapped out in the second round as his Swiss opponent,Frederico “Muskito” Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M, I: 1-0-0), locked on an arm-bar.
In M-1’s popular Medieval Fight, Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Nicheporenkodefeated Russian Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout.
Infra complete results:
LICTOR RESULTS
CARD PRINCEPS
PRINCEPS EXITUS – LUX heavyweights
Mikhail Zayats (23-8-0, M, I: 13-5-0), Russia
WDEC3
Marcus Vanttinen (24-7-0, M, I: 2-3-0), Finland lbs. (kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS
Juho Valmaa (14-4-0, M, I: 0-0-0), Finland
WTKO1 (4:52 – referee stoppage)
Aires Bendrouis (10-5-0, M, I: 0-0-0), Portugal
Alexander Butenko (44-12-3, M, I: 10-2-1), Ucraina
WDEC3
Keith Johnson (12-3-0, M, I: 1-1-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M, I: 3-0-0), Russia
WDEC3
Michel Silva (18-7-0, M, I: 0-2-0), Brazil
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M, I: 0-0-1), Finland
D3
Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M, I: 0-1-1), Brazil
FLYWEIGHTS
Mikael Silander (17-5-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Finland
WDEC3
Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M, I: 2-3-0), Ucraina
CARD PRIMUS
Heavyweights
Boris Polezhay (17-6-0, M, I: 2-1-0), Ucraina
WDEC3
Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M, I: 6-3-0), Finland
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Ruslan Shamilov (3-0-0, M, I: 3-0-0), Russia
WKO1 (3:10)
Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M, I: 1-1-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Gallia
WSUB1 (4:22 – guillotine suffocant)
Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Finland
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Russia
WDEC3
Son Le Binh (5-3-0, M, I: 1-2-0), Suecia
FLYWEIGHTS
Frederico Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Switzerland
WSUB2 (1:59 – armbar)
Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Georgia
MEDIEVAL FIGHT
Heavyweights – 3 X 5
Vladimir Nicheporenko, Ucraina
WKO1 (1:22)
Yuri Sloboyanik, Russia
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Past M-1 Challenge events have featured leading Finnish fighters over the years such as Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen (pictured on left), Juha-Pekka Vainikainen, Niko Puhakka, Janne Tulirinta, Toni Valtonen atque Lucio “Spartan” Linares. Some of these fighters will be competingAugust 5 at M-I provocare 82.
Mikael “Hulk” Silander (16-5-0, M, I:0-0-0), 31, has an appropriate nickname. Powerfully built and possessing explosive physical force, he puts pressure on his rivals from the first second of the battle, using his grappling skills to his full advantage. Having won 15 eius 20 pugnat, Silander is matched against M-1 Challenge title challenger Viali Branchuk (22-6-0, M, I: 2-2-0), Ucraina,
Valtonen (27-15-0, M, I: 6-2-0) returns to M-1 action against Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay(16-6-0, M, I: 1-1-0. Valtonen has been an MMA fighter for 14 years and for much of that time-period he has been one of the stars of Finnish MMA-promotion, Fight Festival, which was successful at the 2009 M-1 World Championship Challenge. Valtonen fought in KSW and Shooto competitions. Another Helsinki native on the M-I provocare 82, Valtonen figures to have tremendous support at Hartwell Arena.
Binh is always in great physical shape and he has very good stamina. All eight of his fights went the distance but none were boring. In a contest against another Swedish prospect, Bilal Musa, Bing fractured his leg at the beginning of the second round, yet fought through the paid to earn victory by way of a three-round decision. In his very interesting M-1 debut against Emin Guseyov, who has an excellent strike technique. Binh used his wrestling and grappling skills, which he was taught by coach Babak Nejad, who also trains UFC star Antonius Johnson, to win a three-round decision.