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

ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Xuño 17, 2016) – Former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Tempestade” Shlemenko presentado Vyacheslav Vasilevsky to capture the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while fellow Russian Alexander “Drago” Volkov nocauteado Attila “Pumukli” Vegh, last night at M-1 Desafío 68 en 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, con todo, 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

No card preliminar, Ukrainian featherweight Andrei “Ferro” Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) choked out Russian foe Kuznetsov (5-2-0 (M-1: 2-2-0). Ruso leve Alexey “Tarefa” Makhno (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russian heavyweight Anton Vyazigin (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Welterweight ruso 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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Para Divulgación inmediata ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Maio 14, 2016) – An elbow injury has forced M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev (retratado á esquerda) to withdraw from his June 16thenfrontamento con Alexander “Tempestade” Shlemenko no M-1 Challenge 68 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rusia. 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 campión dos pesos pesados 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) no M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “The Hammer ruso” Myasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc Resolve Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16th tarxeta. “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,” Presidente M-1 GlobalVadim Finkelchtein dito. “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 Desafío 68 será transmitido en directo desde St. Petersburg en alta definición nawww.M1Global.TV. Os espectadores van poder asistir as loitas preliminares e card principal, rexistrándose se rexistrar en www.M1Global.TV. Os fans poden asistir a toda a acción nos seus ordenadores, así como sobre Android e Apple smartphones e tabletas. Próximos a M-1 Global Events: Maio 27 – M-1 Desafío 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Rusia Xuño 4 – M-1 Desafío 67: Buchinger vs. Idrisov, Baku, Acerbaixán Información www.M1Global.tv www.mixfight.ru www.wmmaa.org Chilro & Instagram: @ M1GlobalNews VFinkelchtein @ M1Global Facebook: www.facebook.com/M-1-GlobalNews

(L-R) — Ramadan Emeev & Alexander Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Abril 28, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a blockbuster M-1 Desafío 68 event as Ramadan Emeev e Alexander “Tempestade” 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, Xoves noite, Xuño 16, at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Rusia.

Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Daguestán, is the reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, although his title belt will not be at stake against Shlemenko. The 28-year-old Emeev, que era o 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, tomar unha decisión de Mario Miranda for the vacant title. Na súa primeira defensa do título, 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, Rusia. He returned to M-1 Global competition in February, taking a decision from Vasilevsky (see picture below) no 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 para 2015, returning to M-1 Global action this past February for the first time in 5 Anos e medio. The popular fighter from Moscow signed a promotional contract with M-1 Global, loita Denis Smoldaraev Febreiro. 19, 2016 (see picture below) en M-1 Desafío 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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