ST. PETERSBURG, Rusland (Januar 17, 2016) – M-1 Global has officially announced the launching of the 2016 M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Tournament series. The first match will be a showdown atM-1 Challenge 64, Februar 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow between three-time Bellator championAlexander “Storm” Shlemenkoand former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlistVyacheslav Vasilevsky
The dream battle between Russian favorites Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) and Vasilevsky (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0), featuring two of the most respected strikers in the middleweight division, strengthens an already explosiveM-1 Challenge 64card that includes an M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight.
M-1 Global’s newly-signedAlexander “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), Rusland, battles powerful Estonian challengerDenis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.
Known as one of the strongest and most popular fighters in Russia, Schlemenko has knocked out 29 modstandere, while the equally dangerous Vasilevsky is a five-time combat Sambo World Champion.
M-1 Challenge 64 vil blive streamet live fra Moskva i high definition på www.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil være i stand til at se de indledende kampe og hovedkortet ved at logge på registrere påwww.M1Global.TV. Fans kan se alle handlingen på deres computere, samt på Android og Apple smartphones og tabletter.
Another previously announced main card match is a M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator, Pavel Vitruk(12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) vender Sergey Morozov (4-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) with the winner advancing to fight for thevacant M-1 Challenge bantamweight title with the victor of a soon-to-be announced second title eliminator
ST. PETERSBURG, Rusland (Januar 17, 2016) –