S. PETERSBURG, Russia (January 25, 2018) – The Interim M-1 Challenge flyweight title will be on the line February 9, cum Mikael “Hulk” Silander atque Arman Ashimov square off in the M-I provocare 87 principale eventus, in the grand opening of M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Spectatores pugnae summa verti posset intueri card per colligationem in subcriptiowww.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, Apple Android captiosus phones et dextralia necnon.

One of Scandinavia’s all-time best MMA fighters, the 32-year-old Silander (17-5-0, M, I: 1-0-0) earned his title shot by winning a three-round majority decision over Vitaliy Branchuk (23-6-0), ad ultimum August M-I provocare 82 in his native Finland.

Ashimov (7-2-1, M, I: 2-0-0), fighting out of Almaty, Kazakhstan, is unbeaten in M-1 Global fights having knocked out Rodrigo Melonio this past November at M-I provocare 85, atque Gadzhimurad Aliev last July at M-I provocare 81.

A loaded main card also features undefeated Kazakh welterweight Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M, I: 5-0-0) versus his Russian opponent, Levan Solodovnik (5-1-0, M, I: 0-0-0) Juho Valamma (15-4-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Brasiliensium lux heavyweight Kleiber Raimundo “Orgugho” Silva (14-7-0, M, I: 1-0-0) vs. Dmitry Mikutsa (7-3-0, M, I: 1-1-0), Ucraina, Russian Featherweight Timur Nagibin (13-3-0, M, I: 5-2-0) vs. Jadison Dimitry “Tita” Silva (23-8-0, M, I: 0-0-0), Brazil Dei, atque Pavel Gordeev (9-1-0, M, I: 3-0-0), of Russia, TBA.

The preliminary card has undefeated Swiss welterweight prospect Pablo Ortmann (7-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0) vs. Ingiskhan Ozdoev (5-3-0, M, I: 4-3-0), of Russia, unbeaten Russian heavyweight Adam Bogatyrev (5-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0) vs. Jose “Agus” Augustine Jimenez (5-3-0, M, I: 0-0-0), French welterweight Charles-Henri Tchoungui (9-7-1, M, I: 0-1-0), vs. Artem Nenakov (6-2-0, M, I: 0-1-0), of Russia, and Georgian welterweight Amiran Gogoladze (4-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0) vs. Stanislav “Stas” Podolsky (5-1-0, M, I: 1-0-0).

All fighters and fights are subject to change.

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