ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Novembre 9, 2016) – The already loaded M-1 sfida 73: Battaglia di Nart card has been bolstered by the M-1 Global announcement that two American fighters, Sottovento “Bulldog americano” Morrison e “Il finisher” Josh Rettifica Casa, have been added to the 2016 season-ending event December 9th in Inguscezia, Russia.

A super showdown between M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev(14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) and KO artist specialist Anatoly Tokov (24-2-0, M-1: 9-1-0) sarà headliner M-1 sfida 73: Battaglia di Nart in a battle of elite Russian fighters.

Nella co-feature, Piuma campione M-1 sfida Giovanni “Questo è il” Buchinger (31-4-0, M-1: 6-0-0), combattimento da Slovacchia, defends his title belt against undefeated Russian challenger Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0).

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Morrison (15-7-0, M-1: 2-4-0) and Rettinghouse (13-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) are both fighting out of the state of Washington.

Morrison faces undefeated Russian prospect Moysar Evoloev (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0) in a fight contested at a 140-pounds (63.5 chilogrammi) catchweight. Morrison is a grappler (see photo below with him in top position) who defeated current M-1 Challenge bantamweight title-holder Pavel Vitruk by decision at M-1 sfida 58.

Fighting at home in Ingushetia, Evloev is also a grappler who is coming off a first-round knockout of Alexander Krupenkin this past May at M-1 sfida 66 (nella foto sotto).

Rettinghouse, il King of the Cage campione, assume Sergey Morozov (6-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) in a bantamweight with future title implications for the winner.

A submission master who has a strong Brazilian Ju-Jitsu background, Rettinghouse is coming off his successful M-1 Global debut this past May at M-1 sfida 66, in which Rettinghouse stopped Vadim Zhloboch in the opening round due to an injury.

Morozov, combattimento da Kazakhstan, is an outstanding striker and well-rounded MMA fighter. He was on the wrong end of the M-1 sfida 68 Fight of the Night last July in a loss by decision to Rafael Dias.

A M-1 sfida 59, Morozov (nella foto sotto) was awarded the Knockout of the Night award for his demolishing of Andy Young a year ago July.

An impressive victory will position the Rettinghouse-Morozov winner for a potential M-1 Challenge bantamweight title fight with defending champion Vitruk.

Novembre. 18 – M-1 sfida 72: Kunchenko vs. Abdulaev in Moscow, Russia

Dicembre. 9 – M-1 sfida 73: Emeev vs. Tokov in Ingushetia, Russia