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Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen |
HELSINKI, Finlande (Août 6, 2017) – Des lourds légers de Russie Mikhail Zayats vaincu Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Défi 82événement principal, 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: Russie, Finlande, Brésil, USA, Portugal, France, Suisse, Ukraine and Sweden.
Finnish bantamweight Tendon “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, poids mouche finlandaise Mikhail “Ponton” sila (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) a pris une décision unanime en trois tours de Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), de l'Ukraine.
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(L) Silander made hometown fans happy |
Perspective russe légère Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) et welters ukrainien Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), respectivement, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) et américain Keith “Le One” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0).
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Gordeev is a promising prospect |
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(L) Butenko and Johnson put on a good show. |
Également sur la carte principale, 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).
Sur la carte préliminaire, Swedish bantamweight Son Le “Buddah” Soldats (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), un combattant de la Russie, 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) par décision.
Moyens de Russie Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) dans la manche d'ouverture, léger françaisArnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrick Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), de la Finlande, 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 Nicheporenkodéfaite russe Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout.

Les résultats complets ci-dessous:
RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS
CARTE MAIN
MAIN EVENT – Mi-lourds
Mikhail Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0), Russie
WDEC3
Marcus Vanttinen (24-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Finland lbs. (kg)
Welters
Juho Valmaa (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finlande
WTKO1 (4:52 – referee stoppage)
Aires Bendrouis (10-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Portugal
Alexander Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), Ukraine
WDEC3
Keith Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
Légers
Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russie
WDEC3
Michel Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brésil
Bantamweights
Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Finlande
D3
Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Brésil
masselottes
Mikael Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Finlande
WDEC3
Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukraine
CARTE PRÉLIMINAIRE
POIDS LOURDS
Boris Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukraine
WDEC3
Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0), Finlande
Poids moyens
Ruslan Shamilov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russie
WKO1 (3:10)
Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
Légers
Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), France
WSUB1 (4:22 – guillotine)
Patrick Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finlande
Bantamweights
Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russie
WDEC3
Son Le Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Suède
masselottes
Frederico Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Suisse
WSUB2 (1:59 – armbar)
Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Géorgie
MEDIEVAL FIGHT
POIDS LOURDS – 3 X 5
Vladimir Nicheporenko, Ukraine
WKO1 (1:22)
Yuri Sloboyanik, Russie
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