Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen

HELSINKI, Finland (Augustus 6, 2017) – Russische licht zwaargewicht Mikhail Zayats verslagen Marcus “Holbewoner” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Challenge 82main event, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during the last nine years.

Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0) returned to an M-1 Global-promoted event for the first time in nearly six years. The Russian strongman see pictured below), who had fought the past few years in Bellator, ruined the night for local favorite Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-3-0), one of six Finnish fighters on the Helsinki card.

International fighters represented nine different countries: Rusland, Finland, Brazilië, VS, Portugal, Frankrijk, Zwitserland, Ukraine and Sweden.

Finnish bantamweight Janne “Jambo” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1) and Brazilian veteran fighter Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1) fought to a three-round split-draw, Finnish flyweight Mikhail “schuit” Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) nam een ​​drie-ronde unaniem besluit van Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), van Oekraïne.

“Jambo” nails Davella

(L) Silander made hometown fans happy

Russian lightweight prospect Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) en Oekraïens weltergewicht Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), respectievelijk, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) PRIDE FC en Strikeforce-veteraan Sergei Kharitonov vertelt over zijn vechtcarrière en aanstaande rematch met Kenny Keith “Degene” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0).

Gordeev is a promising prospect

(L) Butenko and Johnson put on a good show.

Ook op de hoofdkaart, Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made a successful M-1 debut with a first-round technical knockout victory of Portugal’s Aires Bendrouis (10-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0).

Valamaa celebrated

Op de voorlopige kaart, Swedish bantamweight zijn de “Buddah” infanterie (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0) lost a three-round unanimous decision to Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), uitvechten van Rusland, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0) defeated Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0) bij besluit.

Russische middengewicht Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) in de openingsronde, Franse lichtgewichtArnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrick Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finland, to tap-out in round one, and Russian flyweight Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) tapped out in the second round as his Swiss opponent,Frederico “Muskito” Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), locked on an arm-bar.

In M-1’s popular Medieval Fight, Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Nicheporenkoversloeg Rus Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout.

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