M-1 Challenge 68, Червень 16 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Петербург, Росія.

“We were in a very difficult situation after Ramazan Іmeev got injured,” M-1 Global президент Vadim Finkelchtein explained. “The whole event was in jeopardy. Так, зараз, we’re grateful to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky for agreeing to step in and face Шлеменко in our M-1 Grand Prix finals being held on his (Василевський) день народження.

“Due to our contract obligations, we were unable to postpone the event because it is officially included in the St. Петербург Іconomic 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.”

М-1 Challenge в суперважкій вазі Олександр “Драго” Волков (25-6-0, М-1: 9-3-0) will make his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh (29-6-2, М-1: 0-0-0) на M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “The Russian Hammer” Myasnikov (10-1-1, М-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc вирішує Торрес (18-9-0, М-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16^ї карта.

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

Червень 4 – M-1 Challenge 67: Buchinger проти. Идрисов, Baku, Азербайджан