St Petersburg, Russia (January 8, 2018) – M-1 Global will kick-off its 21^stseason with a pair of international events in February, M-1 Challenge 87 iyo M-1 Challenge 88, siday u kala horreeyaan, Feb. 9 in Saint Petersburg and Feb. 22 ee Moscow.

Both events will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Daawadayaasha noqon doonaa in ay daawadaan dagaallan hordhaca ah iyo kaarka ugu weyn ee ay leedahay internet adreska in ay iska diiwaan awoodi www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, iyo sidoo kale Android iyo Apple telefoonada smart iyo kiniiniyada.

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-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 Aleksander Doskalchuk, of Ukraine.

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

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

Two M-1 Challenge title fights have been announced as the M-1 Challenge 88 co-main events on Feb. 22 ee Moscow.

M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov (14-2-0, M-1: 8-1-0), of Russia, 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 (on top) makes his second title defense Feb. 22

Raul Tutarauli (on top) gets his first title shot Feb. 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

All dagaallan iyo Xarakada intuba in la beddelo. Additional matches for M-1 Challenge 87iyo M-1 Challenge 88 will soon be announced.

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