For Immediate Release

ST. PETERSBURG, Venemaa (Märts 28, 2016) – The main card is set for the April 9^th M-1 Challenge 65 sündmus, streaming for FREE on www.M-1Global.tv, live from CSC Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg, Venemaa

Ramadan Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, takes on Brazilian challenger Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao (35-8-0, M-1: 0-0-0) in the M-1 Challenge 65 Põhiturniiri. Emeev vs. Falcao is an M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals match with the winner advancing to the final later this year against the other M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals winner, former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Torm” Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0).

M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Murad “Jahimees” Abdulaev (13-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0) will make his first title defenseagainst undefeated challenger Aleksei Kunchenko

(12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0).

Former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich(11-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0) and M-1 Global debuting Robert Turnquest (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), who is fighting out of Pensacola, Florida, USA.

Rounding out a strong main card is a middleweight match between Kristijan “Klitško” Hõbe (13-8-0, M-1: 0-1-1), Horvaatia, and undefeated Russian prospect Artem Frolov (5-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0); American heavyweight Jeremy “The BAMF” Mai (13-8-0, M-1: 1-0-0), fighting out of Vero Beach, Florida, USA, väljakud maha Evgeni Myakinkin (13-7-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Venemaa

The preliminary card has four fights scheduled this far with Brazilian welterweight Sergio “Serginho” de Fatima (12-2-1 (M-1: 0-0-0) vs. Sergei Romanov (7-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Venemaa; Ukraina kerge Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (39-11-0, M-1: 6-1-0) vs. Sascha Sharma (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Saksamaa; Ukraina kerge Yyacheslav Ten(12-7-2, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. Damir Ismagulov (4-2-0, M-1: 2-1-0); Vene kerge Salman Magomedov (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0) vs. pro-debuting Zurab Jojua, Gruusia.

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