ST. Petersburg, Russia (January 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 ba-Bothata ba 64, February 19 at Olympic Stadium in Moscow between three-time Bellator championAlexander “Sefefo” Shlemenkoand former M-1 Challenge middleweight and light heavyweight titlistVyacheslav Vasilevsky
The dream battle between Russian favorites Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1 ba-: 2-0-0) and Vasilevsky (27-3-0, M-1 ba-: 10-1-0), featuring two of the most respected strikers in the middleweight division, strengthens an already explosiveM-1 ba-Bothata ba 64card that includes an M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight.
M-1 Global’s newly-signedAlexander “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1 ba-: 8-3-0), ea Russia, battles powerful Estonian challengerDenis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1 ba-: 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 bahanyetsi ba, while the equally dangerous Vasilevsky is a five-time combat Sambo World Champion.
M-1 ba-Bothata ba 64will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Bashebelli tla ba khona ho shebella selelekela lintoa le ka sehloohong karete ya ka logging pele ho ngodisa kawww.M1Global.TV. Fans ka 'na shebella tsohle tse ka khato ka lik'homphieutha tsa bona, hammoho le ka Android le Apple Smart phone le matlapa a.
Another previously announced main card match is a M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator, Somotolo Vitruk(12-2-0, M-1 ba-: 6-2-0) tobane le Sergey Morozov (4-0-0, M-1 ba-: 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, Russia (January 17, 2016) –