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CHELYABINSK, రష్యా (నవంబర్ 5, 2018) — Fists were flying last Friday night at M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 98 as ten of 12 fights ended prematurely, eight by way of knockout punches and two submissions, highlighted by Brazilian mixed-martial-arts veteran Bruno Blindado Silva‘s title-winning stoppage of previously undefeated M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Artem Frolov, చేల్యబిన్స్క్ లో, రష్యా.
సిల్వా (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star అలెగ్జాండర్ Shlemenko (56-11-1) in the opening round of M-1 ఛాలెంజ్ 93 last June. With his fourth-round knockout by punches of another Russian, Frolov (11-1-0), the power-punching Silva has how stopped 16 తన 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.
The 27-year-old Frolov, ఎవరు 9-0-0 in M-1 competition going into his second title defense last Friday versus Silva, had signed a UFC contract and he was scheduled to fight last month at UFC Moscow. He was forced to withdraw due to injury.
In the co-featured event another undefeated fighter was knocked off, when Russian welterweight Sergey Romanov (15-3-0) handed his Swiss opponent, Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-1-0), his first pro loss, by way of a three-round unanimous decision.
Kazakhstan bantamweight సర్జీ Morozov (13-4-0) పైగా మూడు-రౌండ్ల ఏకగ్రీవ నిర్ణయం గెలిచింది Bair Shtepin (7-3-0), రష్యా.
రష్యన్ మిడిల్వెయిట్ Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman ఇమ్మాన్యూల్ “Papou Lele” Dawa (7-3-0) మూడవ రౌండ్ లో.
రష్యన్ వేల్టర్వెయిట్ Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) అజేయంగా నిలిచారు, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission.
ప్రాథమిక కార్డు న, late replacement Oleg Popov (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC), రౌండ్ రెండు లో, while Russian lightweight Magomed Magomedov (12-3-0) put Frenchman Arnaud Kherfallah(5-2-0) to sleep in the opening round.
French middleweight Jean “Panqueca” Petrick (9-3-0) made an impressive M-1 debut by submitting always dangerous Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafzade (7-3-1) with a North-South choke, మరియు Ivan Tsygelnik (2-1-0) won his second pro bout by way of a first-round technical knockout via punches versus Maksim Baruzdin (1-1-0) in a battle of Russian heavyweights.
Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) పడగొట్టాడు Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, తేలికైన రష్యన్ Rizvan Simbagaev (4-1-0) was too much for his Ukrainian rival, Alexey Shanin (2-1-0), who was stopped on punches midway through the third and final round, and Russian featherweight Nikita Barkhajov (2-0-0) blasted-out Agoney Romero (7-5-1), స్పెయిన్, రౌండ్ లో.
ది 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: రష్యా, బ్రెజిల్, ఫ్రాన్స్, ఉక్రెయిన్, స్విట్జర్లాండ్, స్పెయిన్, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.




