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

ST. PETERSBURG, Rússia (Juny 17, 2016) – Former three-time Bellator champion Alejandro “Tempesta” Shlemenko presentat Vyacheslav Vasilevsky to capture the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while fellow Russian Alejandro “Drago” Volkov noquejat Attila “Pumukli” Vegh, last night at M-1 Desafiament 68 a 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 Ramadà Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0). Leading up to their showdown, però, Emeev suffered ligament damage to his elbow, forcing him out of his fight with Shlemenko. Vasilevski (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

A la cartellera preliminar, Ukrainian featherweight Andrei “Planxa” Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) choked out Russian foe Kuznetsov (5-2-0 (M-1: 2-2-0). Rússia lleuger Alexey “Assignació” Makhno (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russian heavyweight Anton Vyazigin (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Welter de Rússia 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 & Miasnikov

Grabovich & Prikaza

Kodirov & Pugachev

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Per publicació immediata ST. PETERSBURG, Rússia (Maig 14, 2016) – An elbow injury has forced M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadà Emeev (la foto a l'esquerra) to withdraw from his June 16ºenfrontament amb Alejandro “Tempesta” Shlemenko en M-1 Desafiament 68 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rússia. 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 campió de pes pesat Alejandro “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) en M-1 Desafiament 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “El Martell de Rússia” Miasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc Solves Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16º targeta. “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,” President de M-1 GlobalVadim Finkelchtein dit. “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 Desafiament 68 serà transmès en viu des de St. Petersburg en alta definició enwww.M1Global.TV. Els espectadors podran veure les baralles preliminars i la targeta principal, connectant-se a registrar-se en www.M1Global.TV. Els aficionats poden veure tota l'acció en els seus equips, així com en Android i Apple telèfons intel·ligents i tauletes. Propers M-1 Global Events: Maig 27 – M-1 Desafiament 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Rússia Juny 4 – M-1 Desafiament 67: Buchinger vs. Idrisov, Baku, Azerbaidjan Informació www.M1Global.tv www.mixfight.ru www.wmmaa.org Refilo & Instagram: @ M1GlobalNews VFinkelchtein @ M1Global Facebook: www.facebook.com/M-1-GlobalNews

(L-R) — Ramadà Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Rússia (Abril 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Desafiament 68 event as Ramadà Emeev i Alejandro “Tempesta” Shlemenko battle in the M-1 Global Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alejandro “Drago” Volkov makes his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh, Dijous nit, Juny 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rússia.

Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Daguestan, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, qui va ser el 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, prendre una decisió de Mario Miranda for the vacant title. En la seva primera defensa del títol, 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, Rússia. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (see picture below) en M-1 Desafiament 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 a 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 ½ anys. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, lluita Denis Smoldaraev Febrer. 19, 2016 (see picture below) a M-1 Desafiament 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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