САНКТ-ПЕЦЯРБУРГ, Расія (Лістапада 28, 2018) — М-1 Challenge ў полулегком вазе Nate “The Train” Landwehr will make his first title defense December 15, headlining M-1 Global’s final event of the year – M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau– versus challenger Андрэй “Жалеза” Лежням, in Atyrau, Казахстан.

M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau will be live-streamed from Kazakhstan in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Гледачы змогуць назіраць папярэднія баі і асноўны карты, зайшоўшы на рэгістрацыю на www.M1Global.TV. Прыхільнікі могуць глядзець ўсе дзеянні на сваіх кампутарах, а таксама на Android і Apple, смартфонаў і планшэтаў. M-1 Challenge 97 will also be is available onwww.FITE.TV(папярэдняя картка бясплатна, $7.99 для асноўнай карты).

This will mark the first M-1 Global show in Kazakhstan in three years, так як M-1 Challenge 59: Battle of the Nomads 5 ў Астане, in which Russian star Сяргей Харытонаў knocked out American Кені Гарнер у першым туры.

The 30-year-old Landwehr (11-2-0, М-1: 3-0-0), fighting out of the Nashville suburb of Clarksville, Тэнэсі, captured the coveted M-1 Challenge featherweight title belt this past June at M-1 Challenge 95 in Nazran, Ingushetia, Расія. The entertaining American fighter stopped defending champion Khamzat Dalgiev on punches in the second round. Dalgiev was making his first title defense, after he shocked the MMA world by knocking out longtime M-1 champion Іван Buchinger у першым раўндзе.

“The Train” keeps rollin’

In two other M-1 fights that set-up his title shot, Landwehr won a split decision over Віктар Калеснік на M-1 Challenge 85, preceded by a third-round stoppage of Mikhail Korobkovз дапамогай удараў у M-1 Challenge 83.

“Не памыліцца,” Lanwehr said, “I want to put an ass whooping on everyone in the division. Lezhnev is just the next in line. Don’t think of me as just the champion, think of me as the baddest S.O.B that can make 145 фунты. I will be coming at him as if I am still a hungry challenger trying to make a statement to become a champion.

“I would love to have a tournament with all the contenders. We’d all fight multiple times on one night against everyone and the last man standing is crowned King. Але, на дадзены момант, I will fight who M-1 feels is the next contender. If you have a problem with that, then it means you are not as impressive as a fighter as you think. Because I convinced them in two fights that I was the one for the job and I got the job done in my third (М-1) барацьба.

Fighting out of Ukraine, Лежням (18-7-0, М-1; 6-3-0) earned this title shot by winning nine of his last 10 баі, including the last three in a row. His victims include another U.S., Сховішча “Амерыканскі бульдог” Морысан, who lost a unanimous decision to Lezhnev at M-1 Challenge 69 у 2016.

“Landwehr is a typical brawler with nice cardio,” Lezhnev commented. “Everybody who plays by his rules loses. He is also very provocative, he loves creating the hype around him. For a long time, he tried to avoid this fight, challenging guys who passed their prime, because he understood he had no chances against me. But now the time has come to beat that hype out of him.”

Усе баі і байцы могуць быць зменены. Additional M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyraufights will soon be announced.

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