SINT PETERSBURG, Rusland (Januari 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 Challenge 87 en M-1 Challenge 88, respectievelijk, Februari. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Februari. 22 in Moskou.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Kijkers kunnen de voorlopige gevechten en belangrijkste kaart bekijken door in te loggen op registreren op zal zijn www.M1Global.TV. Fans kunnen alle actie kijken op hun computers, alsmede op Android en Apple smartphones en tablets.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “schuit” Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) takes on Kazakh fighter Ariman Ashimov (10-2-1, M-1: 2-0-0) in the lone fight announced this far for M-1 Challenge 87, which will feature the grand opening of M-1 Arena. The Silander-Ashimov winner will be positioned for a potential title shot against M-1 Challenge flyweight champion Alexander Doskalchuk, van Oekraïne.

Mikael Silander (R) will be making his Russian MMA debut Februari. 9 in Sint-Petersburg

Ariman Ashimov hopes to improve to 3-0-0 in M-1 Challenge competition on Februari. 9

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 Challenge 88 co-main events on Februari. 22 in Moskou.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), van Rusland, defends his belt against his dangerous Georgian challenger, Raul Tutarauli(18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0), while M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion Movsar Evloev (8-0-0, M-1: 8-0-0) puts his perfect pro record on the line against Kazakhstan-native Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0), who also fights out of Russia.

Damir Ismagulov (bovenop) makes his second title defense Februari. 22

Raul Tutarauli (bovenop) gets his first title shot Februari. 22

Movsar Evloev (L) plans to keep his prefect record intact

Sergey Morozov is hoping to upset Movar Evloev to become M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion

Alle gevechten en vechters zijn aan verandering. Additional matches for M-1 Challenge 87en M-1 Challenge 88 will soon be announced.

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