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Alexander Shlemenko defeats Paul Bradley, Kunchenko retains M-1 Challenge title

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M-1 UTMANING 74 Officiell resultatlista

(R) Alexander Shlemenko kicked his way to another victory
MOSCOW (Mars 4, 2017) — Rysk mellanvikt Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko besegrade Amerikanskt Paul “Gentleman” Bradley and undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko retained his title last night in the loaded M-1 Challenge 75 card at Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow, Ryssland
A three-time Bellator champion, Shlemenko (55-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 5-0-0) spoiled the M-1 Global debut of former Ring of Combat champion Bradley (23-8-0, M-1: 0-1-0), fighting out of San Diego, by way of a three-round unanimous decision in the main event of the evening. Shlemenko, who last year captured the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, remained undefeated in M-1 Global competition.
Kunchenko (16-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0), Rysslands, kept his professional MMA record intact with his 16th seger, half of which in M-1 Global competition, with a five-round unanimous decision over fellow countryman Maksim Grabovich (5-3-0, M-1: 4-1-0) i co-funktionen.
(R) — Alexey Kunchenko cruised to his 16th pro win with a defeat
Popular Russian welterweight Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (11-1-0, M-1: 4-0-0) made a strong statement as a legitimate title contender with his three-round unanimous decision over Russian MMA veteran Mogamed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-6-0, M-1: 10-2-0), the former M-1 Selection middleweight champion.
Former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (13-2-0, M-1: 7-2-0) position sig för en annan titel skott, stopping American Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (11-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0) on punches in the second round.
In the final main card fight, Brasilianska lätt tungvikt Carlos “Cachorrao” Eduardo (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made an impressive M-1 Global debut, taking a three-round decision from his Ukrainian opponent, Boris “Bora” Polezhay (15-6-0, M-1: 1-1-0).
I preliminära kortet åtgärder, Rysk mellanvikt Valery “Den ryska Hammer” Myasinikov (11-1-2, M-1: 2-1-2) lived up to his nickname with an opening-round knockout of Brazilian Amilcar Alves (15-11-0, M-1: 0-1-0), undefeated Russian welterweight Abubakar Mestoev (4-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from German Niko Samsonidse (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), pro-debuting Russian lightweight Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used an arm-triangle choke to submit Ukrainian Aleksey Sotnikov (4-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), South Korean Bok Kil Young (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1) och ryska Viktor Kolesnik (9-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1) kämpade för att en tre-round oavgjort, Ryska weltervikt Danila Prikaza (6-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0) locked in a rear-naked choke hold to defeat German Arda “Boma Ye” Adas (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) by first-round submission, and Georgian lightweight Raul Tutarauli (8-4-0, M-1: 4-1-0) punched out Mohamed Grabinskjag (14-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland, i den andra omgången.
Complete results & fotogalleri nedan:
Huvudkortet
MAIN EVENT – Middle
Alexander Shlemenko (55-9-0, 1 NC, M-1: 5-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC3
Paul Bradley (23-8-0, 2 NC, M-1: 0-1-0), USA
M-1 UTMANING WELTERVIKT MÄSTERSKAP
Alexey Kunchenko (16-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC5
Maksim Grabovich (5-3-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Ryssland
(Kunchenko retained M-1 Challenge welterweight title)
Welterweights
Seregey Romanov (11-1-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC3
Magomed Sultanakhmedov (18-6-0, M-1: 10-2-0), Ryssland
Lättviktare
Maxim Divnich (12-2-0, M-1: 7-2-0), Ryssland
WTKO/KO2 (stansar – 2:03)
Keon Caldwell (11-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0), USA
Ljus tungviktare
Carlos Eduardo (15-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasilien
WDEC3
Boris Polezhay (15-4-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Ukraina
Preliminära kortet
Middle
Valery Myasinikov(11-1-2, M-1: 2-2-2), Ryssland.
WTKO/KO1 (stansar – 2:59)
Amilcar Alves (15-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasilien
Welterweights
Abubakar Mestoev (4-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC3
Niko Samsonidse (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland
Danila Prikaza (6-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Ryssland
WSUB1 (bakre naked choke – 1:54)
Bränn adas (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland
Lättviktare
Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ryssland
WSUB1 (arm-triangel choke – 1:56)
Aleksey Sotnikov (4-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ukraina
Bok Kil Young (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Sydkorea
D3
Viktor Kolesnik (9-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Ryssland
Raul Tutarauli (8-4-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Georgien
WTKO/KO2 (stansar – 3:50)
Mohamed Grabinski (14-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland




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M-1 UTMANING 75 OFFICIELLA VIKTER

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MAIN EVENT – Middle – 3 X 5

(L) ALEXANDER Shlemenko (54-9-0, 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), Ryssland 184 1/2 Ibs. (83.9 kg)
vs.
(R) PAUL BRADLEY (23-7-0, 2 NC, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 184 Ibs. (83.6 kg)
M-1 UTMANING WELTERVIKT MÄSTERSKAP – 5 X 5
(L) ALEXEY KUNCHENKO (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), Champion, Ryssland 169 1/2 Ibs. (77 kg)
vs.
(R) MAKSIM GRABOVICH (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Challenger, Ryssland 164 1/2 Ibs. (74.8 kg)
Welterweights – 3 X 5
SERGEY ROMANOV (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Ryssland 169 1/2 Ibs. (77 kg)
MAGOMED SULTANAKHMEDOV (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0), Ryssland 169 1/2 Ibs. (77.1 kg)
Lättviktare — 3 X 5
MAXIM DIVNICH (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Ryssland 154 Ibs. (70.1 kg)
vs.
KEON CALDWELL (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 154 Ibs. (70.1 kg)
Ljus tungviktare – 3 X 5
BORIS POLEZHAY (15-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraina 204 1/2 Ibs. (92.9 kg)
vs.
CARLOS EDUARDO (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brasilien 205 Ibs. (93 kg)
Preliminära kortet
Middle – 3 X 5
VALERY MYASINIKOV (10-1-2, M-1: 1-2-2), Ryssland. 187 Ibs. (84.9 kg)
vs.
AMILCAR ALVES (15-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brasilien 187 Ibs. (84.9 kg)
Welterweights – 3 X 5
NIKO SAMSONIDSE (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 154 Ibs. (70 kg)
vs.
ABUBAKAR MESTOEV (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Ryssland 154 1/2 Ibs. (70.2 kg)
ARDA “Boma Ye” ADAS (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 176 Ibs. (80.0 kg)
vs.
DANILA PRIKAZA (5-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Ryssland 173 1/2 Ibs. (78.9 kg)
Lättviktare – 3 X 5
ALEKSEY SOTNIKOV (4-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ukraina 149 Ibs. (67.8 kg)
vs.
ROMAN BOGATOV (0-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ryssland 149 Ibs. (67.9 kg)
BOK KIL YOUNG (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Sydkorea 145 Ibs. (65.8 kg)
vs.
VIKTOR KOLESNIK (9-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ryssland 145 Ibs. (65.8 kg)
MOHAMED GRABINSKI (14-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 158 Ibs. (71.9 kg)
Vs.
RAUL TUTARAULI (7-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Georgien 158 1/2 Ibs. (72.0 kg)

NÄR: Fredag, Mars 3, 2017

VAR: Moskva, Ryssland
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American middleweight Paul Bradley Steps up to challenge “Storm” Alexander Shlemenko in main event

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M-1 Challenge 75, Mars 3, i Moskva, Ryssland
ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Januari 27, 2017) – American MMA veteran Paul “Gentleman” Bradley has stepped up to meet the awesome challenge presented by 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko in the March 3rd M-1 Challenge 75 main event in Moscow.
M-1 Challenge 75 kommer att strömmas live från Moskva i högupplöst på www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor.
A three-time Bellator champion, Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0) besegrade tidigare M-1 Challenge mästare Vyacheslav Vasilevsky last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, respektive, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (choke). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky I & II were also the M-1 Challenge 68 & 64 Fights of the Night.
Former Ring of Combat champion Bradley (23-7-0, M-1: 0-0-0) will be making his M-1 Challenge debut, emellertid, he’s a seasoned MMA veteran having fought in the UFC, Strike, Bellator och World Series of Fighting.
The 33-year-old Bradley, fighting out of San Diego (Kalifornien), was a standout wrestler at the powerhouse University of Iowa. He is known for his physical strength, tremendous endurance, and balanced stand-up and ground skills.
Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), Rysslands, will defend his title in the co-feature against Maksin Grabovich (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Rysslands, who replaced injured Kazakh challenger Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0).
Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) meets Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0), while another American fighter, lätta Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), will make his M-1 Global debut against former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Ukrainas.
Rounding out a loaded M-1 Challenge 75 main card is a middleweight clash between Russian favorite Valery “Den ryska Hammer” Myasinikov (10-1-2, M-1: 1-1-2) and Spaniard Enoc Löser Torres (19-9-1, M-1: 5-6-1).
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Maksim Grabovich new opponent for M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko

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M-1 Challenge 75, Mars 3, i Moskva, Ryssland
ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Januari 23, 2017) – Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko will now be challenged by fellow Russian Maksim Grabovich, who has replaced injured Shavkat Rakhmonov, Mars 3, vid M-1 Challenge 75 i Moskva.
M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0),the three-time Bellator champion, vilje rubrik M-1 Challenge 75 against an opponent to soon be announced.
Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0), fighting out of Tyumen, Ryssland, is a Muay Thai specialist who captured his M-1 Challenge welterweight title belt last April at M-1 Challenge 65, when defending titlist Murad Abdulaev retired during the fourth round.
In a non-title fight, Kunchenko won a three-round unanimous decision over Eduardo Ramon at M-1 Challenge at M-1 Challenge 70 last September. His first title defense was December 5 vid M-1 Challenge 72, in which Kunchenko won a 5-round unanimous decision over Abdulaev in a rematch.
Grabovich (5-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), fighting out of famed Stary Oskol in Russia, has won his last three fights in addition to being undefeated in four M-1 Global matches. His signature victory to date was last June at M-1 Challenge 68, in which Grabovich won a three-round unanimous decision in the Fight of the Night.
In other announced main card fights, American lightweight Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0) makes his M-1 Global debut against former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (12-2-0 (M-1: 6-2-0), while Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0).
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“Storm” Warning! Alexander Shlemenko to headline M-1 Challenge 75

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American lightweight
Keon Caldwell added to loaded card
Mars 3 i Moskva, Ryssland

ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Januari 19, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that 2016 M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko vilje rubrik M-1 Challenge 75 i Moskva.
It has also been announced that American lightweight Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell will make his M-1 Global debut versus former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich.
M-1 Challenge 75 kommer att strömmas live från Moskva i högupplöst på www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor.
Shlemenko (54-9-0. 1 NC, M-1: 4-0-0), a three-time Bellator champion, besegrade tidigare M-1 Challenge mästare Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (see picture above with Shlemenko on right) last year in the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship semifinals and championship final, respektive, by three-round majority decision and third-round submission (choke). Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky I & II were the M-1 Challenge 68 & 64 Fights of the Night.
In a much-anticipated All-Russian middleweight showdown, Shlemenko was supposed to fight reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev, who was unfortunately injured during training camp, forcing him out of that match. Vasilevsky replaced Emeev against Shlemenko in the championship final.
I hans senaste åtgärden, Shlemenko stopped Kendall Grove in the second round of their main event fight on Bellator 162 last October in Memphis, Tennessee.
“Alexander Shlemenko fighting in Russia is always a significant event,” M-1 Global presidenten Vadim Finkelchtein sa, “as he is a true legend of Russian MMA. His fights always sellout arenas, no matter who his opponent. We all know that the story we started last year at M<-1 Grand Prix 2016 isn’t over, än. The whole country is waiting for the fight between Russia’s two best middleweights – Alexander Shlemenko and Ramazan Emeev.
“Ramazan was injured and Shlemenko had contractual obligations with Bellator. Så, throughout the past month, we were waiting for Shlemenko to receive permission to fight in Russia. Nu, we have arranged for him to fight on M-1 Challenge 75. We’ve done a great job to make this possible and now hope that, denna gång, we will be able to complete this exciting story.”
Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (15-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), Rysslands, will defend his title against an opponent to be announced, due to originally announced Kazakh challenger, obesegrad Shaukat Rakhmonov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), withdrawing due to a knee injury.
Russian welterweight prospect Sergey “Streetfighter” Romanov (10-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) faces Russian veteran Magomed “The White Wolf” Sultanakhmedov (18-5-0, M-1: 10-1-0) på M-1 Challenge 75 kort.
Caldwell (11-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), fighting out of Georgia, is the US-based Island Fights champion. A powerful puncher who has nine knockouts in his 11 pro victories, Caldwell was supposed to compete in the 13th season of The Ultimate Fighter, but he withdrew due to personal reasons. He has had several fights in World Series of Fighting.
A Ukrainian fighting out of Moscow, Divnich captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title in 2014 vid M-1 Challenge 54, stoppa Dzhambulat Kurbanov in the third round on punches in the Fight of the Night. I 2015, Divnich lost his first title defense by third-round knockout to Mansour Barnaoui vid M-1 Challenge 57. I hans sista match, Artiom Damkovsky knocked out Divnich with a kick in the second-round of their fight this past September at M-1 Challenge 70.
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