एम-1 आव्हान 68, जून 16 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. पीटर्ज़्बर्ग, रशिया.

“We were in a very difficult situation after Ramazan आणिmeev got injured,” एम-1 ग्लोबल अध्यक्ष Vadim Finkelchtein explained. “The whole event was in jeopardy. त्यामुळे, आता, we’re grateful to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky for agreeing to step in and face Shlemenko in our M-1 Grand Prix finals being held on his (Vasilevsky) वाढदिवस.

“Due to our contract obligations, we were unable to postpone the event because it is officially included in the St. पीटर्ज़्बर्ग आणिconomic Forum, which is something every one of our fighters knew from the very beginning. There’s a paragraph in the Grand Prix fighters’ contract stating we can use one of the guys who fought in the semifinals of the tournament in case someone gets injured. Now we’re making one of the most anticipated rematches in the history of Russian MMA.”

एम -1 आव्हान हेवीवेट चॅम्पियन अलेक्झांडर “Drago” Volkov (25-6-0, एम-1: 9-3-0) will make his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh (29-6-2, एम-1: 0-0-0) एम-1 आव्हान येथे 68. A match between Russian middleweight व्हॅलेरी “रशियन हातोडा” मायस्निकोव्ह (10-1-1, एम-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc टोर्रेस solves (18-9-0, एम-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16^व्या कार्ड.

“द एम-1 आव्हान 68 event is going to be huge,” Finkelchtein added. “We’re stacking the card with Alexander Volkov vs Attila Vegh fighting in an M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight. The Grand Prix winner, Shlemenko still gets $50,000. As for Ramazan आणिmeev, we will put efforts into arranging his fight with Alexander Shlemenko this fall, if Shlemenko is still fighting in Russia. Emeev versus Shlemenko will provide the answer to all of the questions MMA fans still arguing about.”

जून 4 – एम-1 आव्हान 67: Buchinger वि. Idrisov, Baku, अझरबैजान