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

ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Juni 17, 2016) – Former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko lämnats Vyacheslav Vasilevsky to capture the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while fellow Russian Alexander “Drago” Volkov utslagen Attila “Pumukli” Vegh, last night at M-1 Challenge 68 i 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 Ramadan Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0). Leading up to their showdown, emellertid, Emeev suffered ligament damage to his elbow, forcing him out of his fight with Shlemenko. Vasilevsky (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” Volkov

På den preliminära kortet, Ukrainian featherweight Andrei “Järn” Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) choked out Russian foe Kuznetsov (5-2-0 (M-1: 2-2-0). Ryska lättvikts Alexey “Tilldelning” Makhnos (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russian heavyweight Anton Vyazigin (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ryska weltervikt 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

Volkov & Vegh

Christodoulou & Yandiev

Torres & Myasnikov

Grabovich & Prikaza

Kodirov & Pugachev

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För omedelbar publicering ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Maj 14, 2016) – An elbow injury has forced M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev (bilden till vänster) to withdraw from his June 16thuppgörelse med Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko på M-1 Challenge 68 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Ryssland. 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 tungvikt Alexander “Drago” Volkov (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) på M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “Den ryska Hammer” Myasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc Löser Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16th kort. “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 presidentenVadim Finkelchtein sa. “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 kommer att streamas live från St. Petersburg i high definition påwww.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 de åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor. Kommande M-1 Global Events: Maj 27 – M-1 Challenge 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Ryssland Juni 4 – M-1 Challenge 67: Buchinger vs. Idrisov, Baku, Azerbajdzjan Information www.M1Global.tv www.mixfight.ru www.wmmaa.org Twitter & Instagram: @ M1GlobalNews VFinkelchtein @ M1Global Facebook: www.facebook.com/M-1-GlobalNews

(L-R) — Ramadan Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Ryssland (April 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Challenge 68 event as Ramadan Emeev och Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko battle in the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov makes his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh, Torsdag natt, Juni 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Ryssland.

Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Dagestan, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, som var den 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, fatta ett beslut från Mario Miranda for the vacant title. I sin första titel försvar, Emeev lost to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, 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, Ryssland. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (see picture below) på M-1 Challenge 64. The Siberian-born Shlemenko hadn’t competed in M-1 Global since 2005.

Volkov (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0), 27, also fought in Bellator for three years, 2012 till 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 ½ år. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, striderna Denis Smoldaraev Februari. 19, 2016 (see picture below) vid 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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