Saint Petersburg, Russia (January 25, 2018) – The Interim M-1 Challenge flyweight title will be on the line February 9, neng Mikael “Hulk” Silander le Arman Ashimov square off in the M-1 ba-Bothata ba 87 ka sehloohong ketsahalo, 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. Bashebelli tla ba khona ho shebella selelekela lintoa le ka sehloohong karete ya ka logging pele ho ngodisa kawww.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, hammoho le ka Android le Apple Smart phone le matlapa a.

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

Ashimov (7-2-1, M-1 ba-: 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-1 ba-Bothata ba 85, le Gadzhimurad Aliev last July at M-1 ba-Bothata ba 81.

A loaded main card also features undefeated Kazakh welterweight Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1 ba-: 5-0-0) versus his Russian opponent, Levan Solodovnik (5-1-0, M-1 ba-: 0-0-0) Juho Valamma (15-4-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0), Brazil leseli heavyweight Kleiber Raimundo “Orgugho” Silva (14-7-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0) vs.. Dmitry Mikutsa (7-3-0, M-1 ba-: 1-1-0), tsa Ukraine, Russia featherweight Bochabela ho Nagibin (13-3-0, M-1 ba-: 5-2-0) vs.. Jadison Dimitry “Tita” Silva (23-8-0, M-1 ba-: 0-0-0), ea Brazil, le Pavel Gordeev (9-1-0, M-1 ba-: 3-0-0), ea Russia, TBA.

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

All fighters and fights are subject to change.

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