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| Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen |
HELSINKI, Finska (Avgust 6, 2017) – Ruski svjetlo u teškoj kategoriji Mikhail Zayats poražen Marcus “Pećinski čovjek” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Challenge 82Main Event, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during the last nine years.
Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0) returned to an M-1 Global-promoted event for the first time in nearly six years. The Russian strongman see pictured below), who had fought the past few years in Bellator, ruined the night for local favorite Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-3-0), one of six Finnish fighters on the Helsinki card.
International fighters represented nine different countries: Rusija, Finska, Brazil, SAD, Portugalija, Francuska, Švajcarska, Ukraine and Sweden.
Finnish bantamweight Janne “Jambo” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1) and Brazilian veteran fighter Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1) fought to a three-round split-draw, Finnish flyweight Mikhail “ponton” Sila (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukrajine.
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Ruska laka perspektiva Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) and Ukrainian welterweight Aleksandar “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), odnosno, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) and American Keith “Jedan” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0).
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| (L) Butenko and Johnson put on a good show. |
Also on the main card, Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made a successful M-1 debut with a first-round technical knockout victory of Portugal’s Aires Bendrouis (10-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0).
Na preliminarni kartice, Swedish bantamweight Son Le “Buddah” Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0) lost a three-round unanimous decision to Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), bori iz Rusije, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0) defeated Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0) odlukom.
Ruski srednjoj Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) u prvom kolu, French lightweightArnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finske, to tap-out in round one, and Russian flyweight Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) tapped out in the second round as his Swiss opponent,Frederico “Muskito” Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), locked on an arm-bar.
In M-1’s popular Medieval Fight, Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Nicheporenkodefeated Russian Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout.
Kompletni rezultati ispod:
SLUŽBENI REZULTATI
MAIN CARD
Main Event – LIGHT teškaša
Mikhail Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0), Rusija
WDEC3
Marcus Vanttinen (24-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Finland lbs. (kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS
Juho Valmaa (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finska
WTKO1 (4:52 – referee stoppage)
Aires Bendrouis (10-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Portugalija
Alexander Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), Ukrajina
WDEC3
Keith Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), SAD
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Rusija
WDEC3
Michel Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brazil
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Finska
D3
Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Brazil
FLYWEIGHTS
Mikael Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Finska
WDEC3
Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukrajina
PRELIMINARNI CARD
Teškaša
Boris Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukrajina
WDEC3
Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0), Finska
Srednjeteškaše
Ruslan Shamilov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Rusija
WKO1 (3:10)
Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), SAD
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Francuska
WSUB1 (4:22 – giljotina čok)
Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finska
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Rusija
WDEC3
Son Le Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Švedska
FLYWEIGHTS
Frederico Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Švajcarska
WSUB2 (1:59 – armbar)
Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Gruzija
MEDIEVAL FIGHT
Teškaša – 3 X 5
Vladimir Nicheporenko, Ukrajina
WKO1 (1:22)
Yuri Sloboyanik, Rusija
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Past M-1 Challenge events have featured leading Finnish fighters over the years such as Marcus “Pećinski čovjek” Vanttinen (pictured on left), Juha-Pekka Vainikainen, Niko Puhakka, Janne Tulirinta, Toni Valtonen i Lucio “Spartan” Linares. Some of these fighters will be competingAvgust 5 u M-1 Challenge 82.
Mikael “ponton” Sila (16-5-0, M-1:0-0-0), 31, has an appropriate nickname. Powerfully built and possessing explosive physical force, he puts pressure on his rivals from the first second of the battle, using his grappling skills to his full advantage. Having won 15 njegovog 20 tuče, Silander is matched against M-1 Challenge title challenger Viali Branchuk (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukrajine,
Valtonen (27-15-0, M-1: 6-2-0) returns to M-1 action against Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay(16-6-0, M-1: 1-1-0. Valtonen has been an MMA fighter for 14 years and for much of that time-period he has been one of the stars of Finnish MMA-promotion, Fight Festival, which was successful at the 2009 M-1 World Championship Challenge. Valtonen fought in KSW and Shooto competitions. Another Helsinki native on the M-1 Challenge 82, Valtonen figures to have tremendous support at Hartwell Arena.
Binh is always in great physical shape and he has very good stamina. All eight of his fights went the distance but none were boring. In a contest against another Swedish prospect, Bilal Musa, Bing fractured his leg at the beginning of the second round, yet fought through the paid to earn victory by way of a three-round decision. In his very interesting M-1 debut against Emin Guseyov, who has an excellent strike technique. Binh used his wrestling and grappling skills, which he was taught by coach Babak Nejad, who also trains UFC star Anthony Johnson, to win a three-round decision.