SAINT PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-en utfordring 87 og M-en utfordring 88, henholdsvis, Februar. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Februar. 22 i Moskva.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

Finnish flyweight Mikael “Hulk” 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-en utfordring 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 Aleksander Doskalchuk, i Ukraina.

Mikael Silander (R) will be making his Russian MMA debut Februar. 9 in Saint Petersburg

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

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-en utfordring 88 co-main events on Februar. 22 i Moskva.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), av Russland, 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 (på toppen) makes his second title defense Februar. 22

Raul Tutarauli (på toppen) gets his first title shot Februar. 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 kamper og jagerfly er gjenstand for endring. Additional matches for M-en utfordring 87og M-en utfordring 88 will soon be announced.

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