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 M-1 Challenge 96   OFFICIAL WEIGHTS & PICTURES

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SAINT PERTERSBURG, Russia (August 24, 2018) — The official weigh in was held yesterday for today’s M-1 Challenge 96, headlined by the vacant M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title, at M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
 
Complete weights and pictures below:
MAIN CARD
MAIN EVENT – 5 X 5
VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
(L) Dmitry Mikutsa (9-3-1, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukraine 204 ½ lbs. (92,95 kg).
(R) Khadis Ibragimov (6-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia 205 lbs. (93 kg)
CO-FEATURE – FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
(L) Daniel Swain (18-8-1, M-1: 1-0-1), USA 145 lbs. (65,8 kg)
(R) Viktor Kolesnik (14-3-1, M-1: 3-1-1), Russia 144 lbs. (65,35 kg)
LIGHTWEIGHTS — 3 X 5
(R) Alexey Ilyenko (8-0-1, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 154 lbs. (69,95 kg)
(L) Michel Silva (19-7-1, M-1: 1-2-0), Brazil 154 ½ lbs. (70,25 kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Ruslan Rakhmonkulov (11-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 178 lbs. (81 kg)
Maksim Grabovich (8-4-0, M-1: 5-4-0), Russia 168 ½ lbs. (76,6 kg)
            FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 
(L) Steve Polifonte (13-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), France 145 lbs. (65,8 kg)
(R) Yuri Chobuka (9-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraine 144 lbs. (65,6 kg)
UNDERCARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Yuri Fedorov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 261 lbs. (118,4 kg)
Sergey Goltsov (0-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 227 lbs. (103,25 kg)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Rafal Kijanczuk (3-0-0 (M-1: 1-0-0), Poland 204 lbs. 92,8 kg)
Ibragim Sagov (4-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russia 204 lbs. (92,7 kg)
CATCHWEIGHT (72, kg, 158 ½ lbs.) – 3 X 5
Jurand Lisieski (3-0-1, M-1: 0-0-0), Poland 158 lbs. (71,8 kg)
Vasily Kozlov (pro debut), Russia 158 lbs. (71,7 kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Dmitriy Tikhonyuk (pro debut), Ukraine 169 ½ lbs. 77,1 kg)
Boris Medvedev (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 169 ½ lbs. (77,05 kg)
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Filip Kovarik (3-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Poland 154 lbs. (70,2 kg)
Artem Tarasov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 154 ½ lbs. (70,25 kg)
FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Rene Hackl (4-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Hungary 144 lbs. (65,5 kg)
Nikita Solonin (4-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russia 144 lbs. (65,65 kg)
Adam Borovec (pro debut), Czech Republic 144 lbs. (65,35 kg)
Akhmadkhan Bokov (3-3-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russia 144 lbs. (65,65 kg)
FLYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Sanzhar Adilov (4-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Kazakhstan 129 ½ lbs. (57,65 kg)
Vazha Tsiptauri (5-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) 129 lbs. (58,5 kg)
(all fights & fighters subject to change)
WHEN:           Saturday, August 25, 2018
WHERE:         Saint Petersburg, Russia
 
PROMOTER:  M-1 Global
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