ST. PETERSBURG, Rusland (Januari 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, Februari 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow between three-time Bellator championAlexander “Storm” Shlemenko en voormalig M-1 Challenge middengewicht en licht zwaargewicht titlist Vyacheslav 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), van Rusland, battles powerful Estonian challengerDenis smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) voor de vacante M-1 Challenge zwaargewicht kampioenschap.
Known as one of the strongest and most popular fighters in Russia, Schlemenko has knocked out 29 tegenstanders, while the equally dangerous Vasilevsky is a five-time combat Sambo World Champion.
M-1 Challenge 64 zal live worden gestreamd vanuit Moskou in high definition op www.M1Global.TV. Kijkers kunnen de voorlopige gevechten en belangrijkste kaart bekijken door in te loggen op registreren op zal zijnwww.M1Global.TV. Fans kunnen alle van de actie te bekijken op hun computer, alsmede op Android en Apple smartphones en tablets.
Another previously announced main card match is a M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator, Pavel Vitruk(12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) geconfronteerd 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 (Januari 17, 2016) –