New M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Jūnijs 17, 2016) – Former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko iesniegts Vjačeslavs Vasilevskis to capture the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while fellow Russian Alexander “Drago” Volkovs pieklauvējām Attila “Pumukli” Vegh, last night at M-1 Challenge 68 in St. Petersburg, Russia’s Yubileyny Sports Palace.

Shlemenko (53-9-0, M-1: 4-0-0) qualified for the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight final as did reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadāns Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0). Leading up to their showdown, tomēr, Emeev suffered ligament damage to his elbow, forcing him out of his fight with Shlemenko. Vasilevskis (28-5-0, M-1: 10-3-0), who Shlemenko had defeated by decision in the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals, accepted the challenge to replace Emeev a rematch. Shlemenko used a choke hold to submit the always tough Vasilevsky in the third round.

M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alexander “Drago” Volkovs

Par prejudiciālo kartes, Ukrainian featherweight Andrei “Dzelzs” Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) choked out Russian foe Kuznetsov (5-2-0 (M-1: 2-2-0). Krievu viegls Alexey “Uzdevums” Makhno (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Krievu smagsvars Antons Vjazigins (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Krievu papildsvars Maksim Grabovich (4-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0) and Belarussian lightweight Maksim Pugachev (3-0-00, M-1 1-0-0) all won their matches by unanimous three-round decisions.

Vasilvesky & Shlemenko

Volkovs & Vegh

Christodoulou & Yandiev

Torres & Myasnikov

Grabovich & Prikaza

Kodirov & Pugachev

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For Immediate relīze ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Maijs 14, 2016) – An elbow injury has forced M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadāns Emeev (attēlotie pa kreisi) to withdraw from his June 16thkāršu atklāšana ar Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko pie M-1 Challenge 68 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Krievija. Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) suffered a torn ligament in his elbow during training camp, postponing his M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship fight against Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0) to a future date pending Emeev’s recovery period. M-1 Challenge smagsvara čempions Alexander “Drago” Volkovs (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0) will make his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh (29-6-2, M-1: 0-0-0) pie M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valērijs “Krievijas Hammer” Myasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran ENOC Atrisina Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16th karte. “This is a tough blow for our organization because there is only one month before M-1 Challenge 68 and we have lost one of our main event fighters,” M-1 Global prezidentsVadim Finkelchtein teica. “It was the most anticipated fights for fans. We still have a great heavyweight title fight between defending champion Alexander Volkov and challenger Attila Vegh and we’re looking for a suitable replacement for Emeev to fight Shlemenko. M-1 Global has been working under a lot of pressure recently but, never-the-less, we continue to promote great events for our loyal fans. We will do everything possible to keep our fans happy.” M-1 Challenge 68 varēs noskatīties tiešraidē no St. Petersburg augstas izšķirtspējas parwww.M1Global.TV. Skatītāji varēs vērot sākotnējos cīņas un galveno karti, piesakoties uz reģistrēties www.M1Global.TV. Fani var skatīties visas darbības uz viņu datoriem, kā arī uz Android un Apple viedtālruņiem un tablešu. Gaidāmie M-1 Global Events: Maijs 27 – M-1 Challenge 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Krievija Jūnijs 4 – M-1 Challenge 67: BUCHINGER vs. Idrisov, Baku, Azerbaidžāna Informācija www.M1Global.tv www.mixfight.ru www.wmmaa.org Čivināt & Instagram: @ M1GlobalNews VFinkelchtein @ M1Global Facebook: www.facebook.com/M-1-GlobalNews

(L-R) — Ramadāns Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Aprīlis 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Challenge 68 event as Ramadāns Emeev un Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko battle in the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alexander “Drago” Volkovs makes his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh, Ceturtdiena nakts, Jūnijs 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Krievija.

Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Dagestānā, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, kurš bija 2015 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year, is a two-time M-1 Challenge middleweight champion. He originally captured the coveted crown in 2012, Pieņemot lēmumu no Mario Miranda for the vacant title. Savā pirmajā nosaukums aizstāvībai, Emeev lost to Vjačeslavs Vasilevskis, who stopped the defending champion via punches in the fourth round.

The 31-year-old Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0) is a three-time Bellator champion from Omsk, Krievija. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (see picture below) pie M-1 Challenge 64. The Siberian-born Shlemenko hadn’t competed in M-1 Global since 2005.

Volkovs (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0), 27, also fought in Bellator for three years, 2012 līdz 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 ½ gadus. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, cīņa Denis Smoldaraev Februāris. 19, 2016 (see picture below) pie M-1 Challenge 64 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship. Volkov emerged victorious, using a choke in the third round to win with the Submission of the Night.

Vegh (29-6-2, M-1: 0-0-0), will make his M-1 Global debut versus Volkov in their M-1 Challenge title fight. Fighting out of Slovakia by way of his native Czechoslovakia, Vegh (pictured below) is a former Bellator light heavyweight champion who is moving up one weight class to challenge Volkov.

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