 ST. САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, Росія (Грудня 15, 2015) – M-1 Global has announced its signing of Russian heavyweight sensation Олександр “Драго” Волков (24-6-0, М-1: 8-3-0) в ексклюзивний рекламний контракт.Volkov will battle Денис Smoldarev (11-1-0, М-1: 7-1-0) Лютого 19 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship at M-1 Challenge 64 в Москві, Росія.
The 27-year-old puncher from Moscow returns to the organization in which he made his professional mixed-martial-arts debut April 19, 2009, needing only 80-seconds to stop Nikolay Pleshokov in the second stage of the M-1 Challenge 2009. Volkov went on to capture top honors in the finals of the M-1 Challenge 2009, перемігши Ibragim Magomedov for the Russian Team Championships.
6′ 7″, 235-pound Volkov fought under the M-1 Global banner for the next two years, highlighted November 20, 2011 by his opening round punch-out of перед 20,000 fans at M-1 Global: Федір проти. Monson.
В такому випадку, Volkov had won 14 з 17 pro MMA fights and the popular Russian fighter opened 2012 with an impressive decision win over former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.
Volkov had another victory before heading to the United States in order to test himself in Bellator competition. He won his inaugural Bellator fight against powerful Бретт Роджерс, by decision at Bellator 75, in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.
Two Bellator fights later, Volkov had extended his win streak to 10 in a row, improving overall to 19-3-0 via five-round decision over Richard Hale to capture the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship, as well as finish first in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament in Hammond, Індіана, США.
In his first fight of 2013, Volkov lost his Bellator heavyweight title in his first defense, as fellow countryman Віталій Мінаков recorded a first-round knockout in Atlantic City, Нью-Джерсі, США.
Однак, Volkov rebounded with three straight wins in the Bellator Season 10 У суперважкій турнір, defeating Bulgarian great Blaygoy Ivanov in the final by way of a second-round rear-naked choke hold. Ivanov is best known, можливо, for defeating living legend Федір Ємельяненко in the semifinals on his way to winning the 2008 World Sambo Championships.
Feared as one of the most prolific strikers in MMA today, 17 of Volkov’s 24 overall victims to date were knocked out.
 Волков (pictured above to left) makes his M-1 Global return against Smoldarev, Естонії, whose only loss as a professional was to Marcin Tybura (13-1-0, М-1: 7-1-0), who abdicated his M-1 Challenge heavyweight title to reportedly continue his career in the UFC. Tybura made his first successful M-1 Challenge heavyweight title defense November 24, 2014, defeating Smoldarev by third-round submission (удушення), на M-1 Challenge 54 в Пекіні, Китай.
 The 25-year-old Smoldarev (shown above in the black trunks) has impressive victories against Ante Delia, Маро Перак, Ahmed Sultanov і Shaban Ka. Smoldarev is also a physical specimen, стоячи 6′ 5″ and weighing close to 270 фунти.
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