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Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen |
HELSINKI, Finland (Augusti 6, 2017) – Ryska lätt tungvikt Mikhail Zayats besegrade Marcus “Grottman” 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: Ryssland, Finland, Brasilien, USA, Portugal, Frankrike, Schweiz, Ukraine and Sweden.
Finnish bantamweight Sena “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 “Holk” Silander (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), Ukrainas.
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(L) Silander made hometown fans happy |
Russian lightweight prospect Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) and Ukrainian welterweight Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), respektive, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) and American Keith “Den rätta” 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. |
Även på huvudkortet, 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).
På den preliminära kortet, Swedish bantamweight Det är “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), slåss av Ryssland, 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) genom beslut.
Rysk mellanvikt Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) i öppningsrundan, 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), Finland, 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.

Fullständiga resultat nedan:
Officiell resultatlista
Huvudkortet
MAIN EVENT – Ljus tungviktare
Mikhail Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0), Ryssland
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), Finland
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), Ukraina
WDEC3
Keith Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
Lättviktare
Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC3
Michel silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brasilien
Bantamweights
Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Finland
D3
Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Brasilien
FLYWEIGHTS
Mikael Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Finland
WDEC3
Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukraina
Preliminära kortet
Tungviktare
Boris Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukraina
WDEC3
Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0), Finland
Middle
Ruslan Shamilov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Ryssland
WKO1 (3:10)
Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
Lättviktare
Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Frankrike
WSUB1 (4:22 – giljotin choke)
Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finland
Bantamweights
Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ryssland
WDEC3
Son Le Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Sverige
FLYWEIGHTS
Frederico Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Schweiz
WSUB2 (1:59 – armbar)
Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Georgien
MEDIEVAL FIGHT
Tungviktare – 3 X 5
Vladimir Nicheporenko, Ukraina
WKO1 (1:22)
Yuri Sloboyanik, Ryssland
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