TORONTO (Aug. 4, 2015) — Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a live broadcast of M-1 Challenge 60 tomorrow,Wednesday, August 5 at 1:30 p.m. ET from Orel, Russia.
Fight Network’s live broadcast of M-1 Challenge 60 will air on Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Suddenlink Communications, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
A pair of past M-1 Challenge championship contenders, Maro “Mean Machine” Perak and Viktor Nemkov, will battle in the main event with the winner positioning himself for a potential title shot against M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan Puetz.
In other featured bouts, Marcin Zontek takes on Maksim Futin at light heavyweight, Zulfikar Usmanov faces Alexey Makhno in a battle of Russian lightweights, Brazilian featherweight Marcelo Costa enters enemy territory against Russia’s Zalimbek Omarov, plus bantamweights Elias Boudegzdame and Evgeni Lazukov kick off the main card festivities live on Fight Network.
The full main card and weigh-in results are below:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
MARO “Mean Machine” PERAK (23-5-1), Croatia 205 lbs. (93 kg)
VIKTOR NEMKOV (21-5-0), Russia 204 ½ lbs. (92.9 kg)
MARCIN ZONTEK (14-8-0), Poland 204 lbs. (92.8 kg)
MAKSIM FUTIN (4-2-0), Russia 204 ½ lbs. (92.9 kg)
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
ZULFIKAR USMANOV(7-4-1), Russia 154 lbs. (70.1 kg)
ALEXEY “Ataman” MAKHNO (9-3-0), Russia 159 lbs. (72.2 kg)
FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
MARCELO COSTA (11-2-1), Brazil 145 lbs. (65.8 kg)
ZALIMBEK OMAROV (4-1-1), Russia 145 lbs. (65.8 kg)
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
ELIAS BOUDEGZDAME (9-3-0), Algeria 134 ½ lbs. (61.2 kg)
EVGENI LAZUKOV (7-2-0), Russia 134 lbs. (60.9 kg)
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