ST. PETERSBURG, Rusia (Xaneiro 20, 2016) – M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelchtein recently announced the relaunching of its popular series, M-1 Grand Prix Tournament.

“We’ve been preparing this a long time and now we’re happy to officially announce our 2016 M-1 Grand Prix Tournament,” Finkelchtein said. “This has been a very popular format and fans are always excited about it. This time we will feature a 4-man tournament, rather than the usual 8-man pairings, because the 4-man version is faster and more entertaining. We don’t want to bore people with long expectation periods and lessen the risk of occasional injuries and fighter changes in the tournament.”

O primeiro partido do Gran Premio M-1 de 2016 está situado na división de peso mediano como tres veces campión de Bellator Alexander “Tempestade” Shlemenko (51-9-0, M-1: 2-0-0) asume o antigo título de peso medio e semipesado M-1 Challenge Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (27-3-0, M-1: 10-1-0)en M-1 Desafío 64, Febreiro 19 no estadio olímpico en Moscova.

“Ben, we were choosing between several offers from different promotions,” explained Shlemenoko’s manager Alexey Zhernakov. “Ao final, we came to the conclusion that M-1 Grand Prix participation is the most interesting option for us at the moment. Alexander is still under Bellator’s exclusive contract. Polo tanto, we had to negotiate with Bellator, which kindly allowed us to sign with M-1 Global. We expect Alexander Shlemenko to take part in major M-1 Challenge events as they are always organized at a high level and broadly covered by the media.”