ST. PETERSBURG, Venäjä (Tammikuu 26, 2016) – Hallitseva M-1 Challengen keskisarjan mestari Ramadan Emeev kohtaa brasilialaisen haastajan Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao toisessa M-1 Grand Prix -keskisarjassa, Maaliskuu 4 at M-1 Challenge 65, Moskovassa.
Ensimmäinen M-1 Grand Prix -ottelu 2016 on asetettu keskisarjassa kolminkertaiseksi Bellator-mestariksi Alexander “Myrsky” Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) kohtaa entisen M-1 Challengen keskisarjan ja kevyen raskaan sarjan tittelin Vjatsheslav Vasilevsky (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0)at M-1 Challenge 64, Helmikuu 19 Olympiastadioni Moskovassa.
Shlemenko vs. Vasilevsky ja Emeev vs. Falcao etenee M-1 Grand Prix -keskisarjan mestaruuteen myöhemmin tänä vuonna.
“Yritimme saada vahvimmat keskisarjan taistelijat ja teimme hienoa työtä tarjotaksemme faneille upeimmat ottelut,” M-1 Global presidentti Vadim Finkelchtein sanoi. “Jokainen ottelu on kiehtova M-1 Grand Prix:ssa. En osaa arvata, miten nämä riidat päättyvät. Jokaisella taistelijalla on etunsa. Siksi, Luulen, että kaikki nämä taistelut ovat 50-50.”
Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), the 2015 M-1 Global Fighter of the Year, on kaksinkertainen M-1 Challenge -keskisarjan mestari. Syntynyt Azerbaidžanissa, mutta taistelee ja harjoittelee Markaxhkalassa, Venäjä, Emeev nappasi alun perin tyhjän M-1 Challengen keskisarjan kruunun 2012 at M-1 Challenge 35, voittaa päätös Mario Miranda. Emeev puolusti titteliään onnistuneesti uusintaottelussa viisi kuukautta myöhemmin Mirandan kanssa, joka pysäytettiin lakkoilla kolmannella kierroksella klo M-1 Challenge 38.
Seuraavassa mestaruuspuolustuksessaan, Emeev menetti tittelivyönsä klo M-1 Challenge 51 Vasilevsky voitti neljännen erän lyönnillä. Seitsemän kuukautta myöhemmin vuonna rematch, Emeev voitti Vasilevskin ensimmäisellä kierroksella (tukehtua), ja mestari puolusti titteliään viime joulukuussa M-1 Challengessa 63, kun amerikkalainen haastaja Fioravanti Luigi ei pystynyt jatkamaan taistelua kahden kierroksen jälkeen.
Falcao saattaa tehdä M-1 Global -debyyttinsä klo M-1 Challenge 65, kuitenkin, brasilialainen musta vyönhaltija on veteraani 43 ammattimaiset MMA-ottelut 23 aihiot. 34-vuotias Falcao jakoi kaksi taistelua Vasilevskyn kanssa ja Shlemenko pysäytti hänet toisella kierroksella klo. Bellator 69.
M-1 Challenge 64 & 65 voi seurata suorana lähetyksenä Venäjältä teräväpiirtomuodossawww.M1Global.TV. Katsojat voivat katsella alustava taistelee ja pääkortille kirjautumalla rekisteröityä www.M1Global.TV. Fanit voivat katsoa kaikki toimet omalla tietokoneet, sekä Android ja Applen älypuhelimet ja tabletit.
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Luokka Arkisto: MMA
WSOF29: GAETHJE VS. FOSTER MOVES TO BANK OF COLORADO ARENA ON SATURDAY, MAALISKUU 12, Live On NBCSN
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The FNU Combat Sports Show With MMA Referee Kevin MacDonald
Kevin MacDonald is one of the most knowledgeable and professional referees in Mixed Martial Arts. Just last Sunday he was the third man in the cage for three fights on the UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs.. Cruz card. Our interview covers a wide range of topics, from rule and weight class changes on the horizon to a few behind-the-scenes glimpses into the UFC’s operations. Psychic Tom Padgett and Rabble Rousin’ Rich Bergeron also recap the past week’s combat sports events (including Szpilka vs. Wilder and Cruz vs. Dillashaw) and preview the next UFC event headlined by Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader.
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING AND TALK2LEGENDS PARTNER TO PROVIDE AN UNRIVALED FAN-ATHLETE INTERACTION EXPERIENCE
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WMMAA Pan-American Congress Feb. 5-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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M-1 Grand Prix -turnaus käynnistettiin uudelleen
WSOF28: MORAES VS. BARAJAS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP HITS ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY, Helmikuu 20, Live On NBCSN
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West Coast Fighting in Sacramento this Saturday
SACRAMENTO, Kalifornia. - Tänä lauantaina mixed martial arts fans will pour into the McClellan Conference Center in Sacramento for West Coast Fighting Championship 16.
The 13-bout card features a main event that’s been dubbed “King of Sacramento” pitting local favorites Max Griffin and David Mitchell.
“It wasn’t easy, but we were able to put it together,” West Coast Fighting Championship matchmaker Jeremy Luchau said. “There was a lot that had to be negotiated between Max and David, but ultimately I feel like both guys were able to concede in some areas to make the fight happen.”
The showdown will take place at a catch weight of 175 pounds and although a non-title affair will be contested with a possible five rounds.
Griffin (11-2) is the current West Coast Fighting 170-pound champ and former Tachi Palace Fights welterweight kingpin. Sillä välin, Mitchell (19-5) has held titles for the promotion at middleweight and heavyweight.
“I’m not sure there’s been a more significant fight booked in that region in a long time,” said Luchau, who has served as the West Coast Fighting matchmaker since early 2015. “I really believe that with a victory, one of these guys should get the call.”
Vuonna yhteistyössä päätapahtuma, an equally impressive tilt takes place pitting Sacramento’s Josh Emmett against Sothern California’s Christos Giagos.
“Emmett has been the man in the region for a long, pitkään,” Luchau said of the 8-0 Team Alpha Male product. “He has pretty much run the course of competition in the region, defeated all comers and is now looking to make that jump to the next level.”
He will have to do so against the well-versed Giagos (11-4), who held titles at both Tachi Palace Fights and Resurrection Fighting Alliance, before being cut from the Ultimate Fighting Championship after going 1-2.
“Giagos is a game opponent and was just the what the Emmett camp was looking for to give them that boost to the next level,” Luchau said. “It’s another fight where I feel like the UFC could be the next step for either guy.”
A pair of local heavyweights will vie for the newly vacant strap, as Josh Appelt (11-5) takes on Roy Boughton (12-6).
A pair of UFC vets will also be featured on the undercard, as Turlock welterweight and UFC vet Lewis Gonzalez (10-2) fights Ty Freeman (9-4) ja osuvia, UFC vet Scott Smith (18-10) clashes with Bellator vet Baesman (17-8).
For ticketing and streaming information visit www.westcoastfighting.com
M-1 Grand Prix 2016 Alexander Shlemenko vs. Vjatseslav Vasilevski M-1-haasteen otsikkoon 64, Helmikuu. 19 Moskovassa
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INJURY TO AUGUSTO SAKAI ALTERS ‘BELLATOR 150: Galvão VS. DANTAS 2’ CO-MAIN EVENT
MYÖS: LENA OVCHYNNIKOVA SET FOR BELLATOR MMA DEBUT
SANTA MONICA, Kalifornia. (Tammikuu 15, 2015) – An injury to Augusto Sakai has derailed his previously announced pairing with Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) during “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " Kansas Star Arena Mulvane, Kansas. Seurauksena, Vinicius Queiroz (8-3) has agreed to fight Kongo in the co-main event on Helmikuu 26.
Lisäksi, the main card will feature the Bellator MMA debut of newly signed women’s flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3), when she meets Rebecca Ruth (5-1).
Bellator MMA’s Bantamweight Championship will be on the line at “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " in a rematch pitting Marcos "Loro" Galvao(17-6-1) vastaan entisen mestarin Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (17-4) and hometown favorite, David Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) will return to action against Bobby Cooper (12-5).
The contests make up the televised portion of “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2,” joka olevinaan elää Spike osoitteessa 9 p.m. JA/8 p.m. CT, kun alustava jaksoja tulee virtaamaan suorana Bellator.com ja Bellator Mobile App.
Liput "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " joka alkaa juuri $27, ovat myynnissä nyt KansasStarEventCenter.com or Ticketmaster.com, sekä Kansas Star Arena lipputulot.
Kongo will be making his eighth appearance under the Bellator MMA banner, looking to add to his impressive promotional mark of 5-2. The Paris native has fought a who’s who in the mixed martial arts landscape, with notable wins against Mirko Cro Cop, Pat Barry, Matt Mitrione, and Alexander Volkov already on his record. In his last outing – which just so happened to be inside the Kansas Star Arena — Kongo impressively defeated Volkov via unanimous decision.
After nearly two years out of action, Queiroz returned to the Bellator MMA cage against Ewerton Teixeira at "Bellator 139: Kongo vs. Volkov," defeating his Brazilian opponent via second round arm-triangle choke. “Spartan” hopes to plant the seeds for a busy 2016 with the matchup against Kongo, where a win can undoubtedly place him in the midst of the heavyweight title picture.
Hailing from Ukraine, Ovchynnikova will enter the fray fresh off a new exclusive, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. “Hunter” has previously fought the likes of Joanne Calderwood and at only 28-years-old has already competed professionally since 2006. Nyt, Ovchynnikova looks to solidify herself as a top contender in the budding women’s flyweight division on Helmikuu 26 against a tough foe in Ruth.
“Becky” Ruth was undefeated in 2015, winning all three of her matchups by echnical knockout under the Shamrock Fighting Championships banner. The lone loss on the Missouri native’s record came against Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, via controversial split decision.
The “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " undercard has also nearly been completed, with the announcement of eight pairings which are listed below. An undefeated Bellator MMA prospect will be in action during the preliminary portion of the event, kun Gaston Reyno (5-0) returns to the cage with the intent of keeping his unblemished record intact.
Päivitetty "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title Main Event: Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) vs. Eduardo Dantas (17-4)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)
Bellator MMA Kevyt Feature Bout: Dave Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5)
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1)
Alustava Card:
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Gregory Babene (16-11) vs. Trey Houston (11-3)
Bellator MMA höyhensarja Ominaisuus Bout: Gaston Reyno (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2)
Bellator MMA Raskassarja Feature Bout: Daniel Gallemore (4-3) vs. Frederick Brown (3-2)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0)
Bellator MMA Kevyt Feature Bout: Marcio Navarro (14-11) vs. Henry Lindsay (4-5)
Bellator MMA höyhensarja Ominaisuus Bout: Thai Clark (5-0) vs. Deron Carlis (4-1)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Feature Bout: Manny Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0)
Bellator MMA Kevyt Feature Bout: Jason Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan Gary (11-6)