 ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 26, 2016) – Reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadāns Emeev will take on Brazilian challenger Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao in the second M-1 Grand Prix middleweight eliminator, Gājiens 4 pie M-1 Challenge 65, Maskavā.
The first M-1 Grand Prix match of 2016 is set in the middleweight division as three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) takes on former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlist Vjačeslavs Vasilevskis (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0)pie M-1 Challenge 64, Februāris 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
The winners of Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky and Emeev vs. Falcao will advance to the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight championship later this year.
“We tried to get the strongest middleweight fighters and did a great job to give fans the most spectacular match-ups,” M-1 Global prezidents Vadim Finkelchtein teica. “Every single fight is intriguing in M-1 Grand Prix. I can’t guess how these fights will end up. Every single fighter has his advantages. Tāpēc, I think all of these fights are 50-50.”
Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), the 2015 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year, is a two-time M-1 Challenge middleweight champion. Born in Azerbaijan but fighting and training out of Markaxhkala, Krievija, Emeev originally captured the vacant M-1 Challenge middleweight crown in 2012 pie M-1 Challenge 35, winning a decision over Mario Miranda. Emeev successfully defended his title in a rematch five months later with Miranda, who was stopped via strikes in the third round at M-1 Challenge 38.
In his next title defense, Emeev lost his title belt at M-1 Challenge 51 as Vasilevsky won by fourth-round stoppage via punches. Septiņus mēnešus vēlāk kādā mačs tiks, Emeev defeated Vasilevsky by first round submission (aizrīties), and the champion defended his title this past December at M-1 Challenge 63, when American challenger Fioravanti Luigi was unable to continue fighting after two rounds.
Falcao may be making his M-1 Global debut at M-1 Challenge 65, tomēr, the Brazilian black belt holder is a veteran of 43 professional MMA bouts with 23 knockouts. The 34-year old Falcao split two fights with Vasilevsky and he was stopped by Shlemenko in the second round at Bellator 69.
M-1 Challenge 64 & 65 varēs noskatīties tiešraidē no Krievijas augstas izšķirtspējas uzwww.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.
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M-1 Grand Prix Tournament relaunched
ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 20, 2016) – M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelchtein recently announced the relaunching of its popular series, M-1 Grand Prix Tournament.
“We’ve been preparing this a long time and now we’re happy to officially announce our 2016 M-1 Grand Prix Tournament,” Finkelchtein said. “This has been a very popular format and fans are always excited about it. This time we will feature a 4-man tournament, rather than the usual 8-man pairings, because the 4-man version is faster and more entertaining. We don’t want to bore people with long expectation periods and lessen the risk of occasional injuries and fighter changes in the tournament.”
The first M-1 Grand Prix match of 2016 is set in the middleweight division as three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Vētra” Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) takes on former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlist Vjačeslavs Vasilevskis (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0)pie M-1 Challenge 64, Februāris 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
“Labi, we were choosing between several offers from different promotions,” explained Shlemenoko’s manager Alexey Zhernakov. “Jo galu galā, we came to the conclusion that M-1 Grand Prix participation is the most interesting option for us at the moment. Alexander is still under Bellator’s exclusive contract. Tāpēc, we had to negotiate with Bellator, which kindly allowed us to sign with M-1 Global. We expect Alexander Shlemenko to take part in major M-1 Challenge events as they are always organized at a high level and broadly covered by the media.”
M-1 Challenge 64 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Skatītāji varēs vērot sākotnējos cīņas un galveno karti, piesakoties uz reģistrētieswww.M1Global.TV. Fani var skatīties visas darbības uz viņu datoriem, kā arī uz Android un Apple viedtālruņiem un tablešu.
M-1 Grand Prix 2016 Alexander Shlemenko vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky To headline M-1 Challenge 64, Februāris. 19 Maskavā
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ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 17, 2016) – Pavel Vitruk vs. Sergey Morozov M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator Added to M-1 Challenge 64, Februāris. 19 Maskavā
Volkovs vs. Smoldaraev for vacant
M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship
Barnaoui defends
M-1 Challenge lightweight title vs. Damkovsky
(L-R) Sergejs Morozovs & Pavel Vitruk
ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 14, 2016) – Another potentially explosive match has been added to an already top heavy-loaded M-1 Challenge 64, notiek Februāris 19at Olympic Stadium in Moscow, kā Pavel Vitruk uzņemas Sergejs Morozovs in a special M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator.
The M-1 Challenge 64 headliner finds newly M-1 Global-signed Alexander “Drago” Volkovs (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), Krievijas, against powerful Estonian challenger Denis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.
Jo līdzfinansējuma funkciju, M-1 Challenge viegls čempions Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui (12-3-0, M-1: 2-2-0), cīnoties no Parīzes, defends his title against Belarussian challengerArtiom Damkovsky (20-9-0, M-1: 10-6-0)
M-1 Challenge 64 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.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.
A native of Ukraine fighting out of St. Petersburg, Vitruk (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) is coming off back-to-back losses to American Lee Morrison by decision at M-1 Challenge 55 un Max Coga by third-round decision at M-1 Challenge 58. Representing the famed Alexander Nevsky Club in St. Petersburg, Vitruk has a strong Muay Thai foundation. After fighting exclusively as a featherweight, Vitruk has decided to drop down one weight class and compete as a bantamweight.
 Pavel Vitruk (R) displays his effective jab to set-up his other moves
The 26-year-old Morozov (4-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) is coming off a pair of impressive second-round stoppages via punches over Andy Young pie M-1 Challenge 59 un Rijitigala Amupie M-1 Challenge 53. The Kazakh is a hot bantamweight prospect who is equally comfortable on his feet or on the ground.
 Morozov is shown here ready to unload on his opponent
The winner of Vitruk vs. Morozov will advance to fight the victor from a soon-to-be announced second title eliminator for the vacant M-1 Challenge bantamweight title.
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M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev Named M-1 Global’s 2015 Karotājs Gada
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ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 12, 2016) – M-1 Challenge middleweight čempions Ramadāns Emeev has been named M-1 Global’s 2015 Karotājs Gada.
Krievu papildsvars Aleksejs Kunchenko was selected as “Prospect of the Year,” kamērM-1 Challenge 63 was the M-1 Global “Event of the Year.” Emeev (13-3-0, M1: 7-1-0), cīnās no Krievijas, was a runaway winner as “Karotājs Gada,” garnering 84.5-percent of the votes to easily outdistance runner-up Viktor Nemkov(23-5-0, M-1: 14-4-0), the reigning M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion.
Uz 2015, Emeev won both of his M-1 fights with his title-winning submission (aizrīties) of defending champion Vjačeslavs Vasilevskis in the opening round of their rematch last April at M-1 Challenge 56, and first title defense this past December 4th pie M-1 Challenge 63 when American challenger Luigi “Itālijas Tank” FIORAVANTI was unable to answer the bell for the third round.
 (L-R) Emeev pounds Fioravanti
Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), the undefeated Russian, uzvarēta “Prospect of the Year” runner-up Adam “Bārda” Yandiev and third-place finisher Raul Tutarauli (6-3-0, M-1: 3-0-0). Kunchenko won all five of his fights in 2015, highlighted by his opening-round stoppages of Dez Parker pie M-1 Challenge 57 un Alexandre Ramos pie M-1 Challenge 62.
 (L-R) Kunchenko vs. RamosM-1 Challenge 63 was headlined by the highly entertaining rematch between defending M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephen Puetz, Vācijas, and Nemkov, Krievijas, in the latter’s victory by five-round decision. Emeev’s triumph over Fioravanti was the M-1 Challenge 63 co-funkcija. M-1 Challenge 56, headlined by Emeev’s title-winning performance against Vasilevsky, bija “Event of the Year” runner-up.
 Nemkov (R) strikes Puetz in M-1 Challenge 63 “Event of the Year”
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M-1 Global signs Undefeated welterweight prospect Alexey Kunchenko
 ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Janvāris 11, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced its signing of undefeated Russian welterweight prospect Aleksejs Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) uz ekskluzīvu reklāmas līgumu.The 31-year-old Kunchenko, fighting out of Tyumen, Krievija, has a Muay Thai foundation. Representing the Boets Club, Kunchenko has nine knockouts, along with two submission and one decision victory.
At M-1 Challenge 62 pagājušā gada oktobrī, Kunchenko stopped Alexandre Ramos in punches in the third round. (Below see picture of Kunchenko kicking Ramos)
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M-1 Global signs Heavyweight Alexander Volkov Volkov vs. Smoldarev M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight M-1 Challenge 64, Februāris. 19 Maskavā
 ST. PETERSBURG, Krievija (Decembris 15, 2015) – M-1 Global has announced its signing of Russian heavyweight sensation Alexander “Drago” Volkovs (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0) uz ekskluzīvu reklāmas līgumu.Volkov will battle Denis Smoldarev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) Februāris 19 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship at M-1 Challenge 64 Maskavā, Krievija.
The 27-year-old puncher from Moscow returns to the organization in which he made his professional mixed-martial-arts debut April 19, 2009, needing only 80-seconds to stop Nikolay Pleshokov in the second stage of the M-1 Challenge 2009. Volkov went on to capture top honors in the finals of the M-1 Challenge 2009, sakāvē Ibragim Magomedov for the Russian Team Championships.
6′ 7″, 235-pound Volkov fought under the M-1 Global banner for the next two years, highlighted November 20, 2011 by his opening round punch-out of priekšā 20,000 fans at M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson.
Tajā brīdī, Volkov had won 14 no 17 pro MMA fights and the popular Russian fighter opened 2012 with an impressive decision win over former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.
Volkov had another victory before heading to the United States in order to test himself in Bellator competition. He won his inaugural Bellator fight against powerful Brett Rogers, by decision at Bellator 75, in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.
Two Bellator fights later, Volkov had extended his win streak to 10 in a row, improving overall to 19-3-0 via five-round decision over Richard Hale to capture the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship, as well as finish first in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament in Hammond, Indiana, ASV.
In his first fight of 2013, Volkov lost his Bellator heavyweight title in his first defense, as fellow countryman Vitālijs Minakov recorded a first-round knockout in Atlantic City, New Jersey, ASV.
Tomēr, Volkov rebounded with three straight wins in the Bellator Season 10 Smagiem turnīrs, defeating Bulgarian great Blaygoy Ivanov in the final by way of a second-round rear-naked choke hold. Ivanov is best known, varbūt, for defeating living legend Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinals on his way to winning the 2008 World Sambo Championships.
Feared as one of the most prolific strikers in MMA today, 17 of Volkov’s 24 overall victims to date were knocked out.
 Volkovs (pictured above to left) makes his M-1 Global return against Smoldarev, Igaunijas, whose only loss as a professional was to Marcin Tybura (13-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0), who abdicated his M-1 Challenge heavyweight title to reportedly continue his career in the UFC. Tybura made his first successful M-1 Challenge heavyweight title defense November 24, 2014, defeating Smoldarev by third-round submission (aizrīties), pie M-1 Challenge 54 Pekinā, Ķīna.
 The 25-year-old Smoldarev (shown above in the black trunks) has impressive victories against Ante Delia, Maro Perak, Ahmed Sultanov un Shaban Ka. Smoldarev is also a physical specimen, stāvot 6′ 5″ and weighing close to 270 mārciņas.
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BUCHINGER saglabā M-1 Challenge viegls nosaukumu lēmumus Barnaoui
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M-1 Challenge 62 svari & bildes no Sochia, Krievija
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Tybura saglabā smagiem titulu, M-1 Challenge 61 rezultāti & bildes no Krievijas
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