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SAINT PETERSBURG, Larisi (Novanm 28, 2018) — M-1 defi Plum chanpyon Nate “The Train” Landwehr will make his first title defense December 15, headlining M-1 Global’s final event of the year – M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau– versus challenger Andrey “Iron” Lezhnev, in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau will be live-streamed from Kazakhstan in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Telespektatè yo pral kapab gade batay yo preliminè ak kat prensipal pa antre nan Virtual Counselor yo enskri nan www.M1Global.TV. Fanatik ka gade tout aksyon an nan konpitè yo, kòm byen ke sou android ak Apple telefòn entelijan ak tablèt. M-1 defi 97 will also be is available onwww.FITE.TV(preliminary card is free, $7.99 for the main card).
This will mark the first M-1 Global show in Kazakhstan in three years, depi M-1 defi 59: Battle of the Nomads 5 nan Astana, in which Russian star Sergei Kharitonov knocked out American Kenny Garner nan premye tou an.
The 30-year-old Landwehr (11-2-0, M-1: 3-0-0), fighting out of the Nashville suburb of Clarksville, Tennessee, captured the coveted M-1 Challenge featherweight title belt this past June at M-1 defi 95 in Nazran, Ingushetia, Larisi. The entertaining American fighter stopped defending champion Khamzat Dalgiev on punches in the second round. Dalgiev was making his first title defense, after he shocked the MMA world by knocking out longtime M-1 champion Ivan Buchinger nan wonn nan ouvèti.
“The Train” keeps rollin’In two other M-1 fights that set-up his title shot, Landwehr won a split decision over Viktor Kolesnik nan M-1 defi 85, preceded by a third-round stoppage of Mikhail Korobkovvia pwenson a M-1 defi 83.
“Pa fè okenn erè,” Lanwehr said, “I want to put an ass whooping on everyone in the division. Lezhnev is just the next in line. Don’t think of me as just the champion, think of me as the baddest S.O.B that can make 145 liv. I will be coming at him as if I am still a hungry challenger trying to make a statement to become a champion.
“I would love to have a tournament with all the contenders. We’d all fight multiple times on one night against everyone and the last man standing is crowned King. Men,, pou kounye a, I will fight who M-1 feels is the next contender. If you have a problem with that, then it means you are not as impressive as a fighter as you think. Because I convinced them in two fights that I was the one for the job and I got the job done in my third (M-1) batay.
Fighting out of Ukraine, Lezhnev (18-7-0, M-1; 6-3-0) earned this title shot by winning nine of his last 10 batay, including the last three in a row. His victims include another U.S., Lee “Ameriken Bulldog” Morrison, who lost a unanimous decision to Lezhnev at M-1 defi 69 nan 2016.
Andrey Lezhnev has earned his title shot against Lanwehr
“Landwehr is a typical brawler with nice cardio,” Lezhnev commented. “Everybody who plays by his rules loses. He is also very provocative, he loves creating the hype around him. For a long time, he tried to avoid this fight, challenging guys who passed their prime, because he understood he had no chances against me. But now the time has come to beat that hype out of him.”
Tout batay ak avyon de gè yo sijè a chanjman. Additional M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyraufights will soon be announced.
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Dec. 15 – M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau: Landwehr vs. Lezhnev in Atyrau, Kazakhstan
