SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (Novemba 28, 2018) — M-1 Challenge featherweight bingwa 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 “Chuma” Lezhnev, in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyrau will be live-streamed from Kazakhstan in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Watazamaji watakuwa na uwezo wa kuangalia mapambano ya awali na kadi kuu na magogo kwenye kujiandikisha katika www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, kama vile juu ya Android na Apple smart simu na vidonge. M-1 Challenge 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, tangu M-1 Challenge 59: Battle of the Nomads 5 katika Astana, in which Russian star Sergei Kharitonov knocked out American Kenny Garner katika raundi ya kwanza.

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 Challenge 95 in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia. 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 katika ufunguzi pande zote.

“The Train” keeps rollin’

In two other M-1 fights that set-up his title shot, Landwehr won a split decision over Viktor Kolesnik katika M-1 Challenge 85, preceded by a third-round stoppage of Mikhail Korobkovkupitia kukwepa makonde katika M-1 Challenge 83.

“Matokeo hakuna kosa,” 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 paundi. 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. Lakini, kwa sasa, 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) kupambana.

Fighting out of Ukraine, Lezhnev (18-7-0, M-1; 6-3-0) earned this title shot by winning nine of his last 10 mapambano, including the last three in a row. His victims include another U.S., Lee “Kaskazini Bulldog” Morrison, who lost a unanimous decision to Lezhnev at M-1 Challenge 69 katika 2016.

“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.”

All mapambano na wapiganaji ni chini ya mabadiliko. Additional M-1 Challenge Battle in Atyraufights will soon be announced.

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