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Rashid Yusupov defeats Stephan Puetz To retrain M-1 Challenge light heavyweight crown

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Abukar Yandiev destroys Alexander Butenko

To become new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion

M-en UTFORDRING 74 Offisielle resultatene

Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), bekjempelse av Russland, remained undefeated with a brutal, bloody victory over former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-3-0, 6-2-), Tyskland, whose corner stopped the fight during the third round.

Wildly popular Russian fighter Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) immediately opened his title fight challenge with a powerful right-handed punch that floored defending champion

Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0). Yankiev relentlessly attacked veteran Butenko, firing more than 60 unanswered strikes on the fallen Ukranian veteran, until the referee mercifully halted the fight at 1:65 fra den første runden.

Kazakhstan-native Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), bekjempelse av Russland, stopped French welterweight Morgan Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) on punches in the third round. Belarussian lightweight Artium Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0) and Ukrianian bantamweight Vitaly Branchuk (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0) won three-round unanimous decisions, henholdsvis, over Brazilian Erivan “Negao” Pear (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Frenchman Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0).

In the soccer club fans match, Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) locked a guillotine choke on fellow Russian light heavyweight Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) for a submission victory in the first round.

På den foreløpige kortet, Swiss welterweight Pablo Ortman (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) remained undefeated with a first-round submission win (trekant choke) over Ukrainian Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brazilian welterweight Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) innsendt (bakre naken choke) Russian Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i tredje runde, Brazilian heavyweight Marcus Vinicius “Montanah” Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0) decisioned Russian Evgeni Myakinkin (14-8-1, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukrainian bantamweight Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) defeated Russian Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0) ved hjelp av en andre runde innlevering (trekant choke), Russian bantamweight Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 0-2-1) knocked out Brazilian Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i tredje runde.

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Hovedkortet

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Rashid Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0), Russland

WTKO3 (corner stoppage – 3:26)

Stephan Puetz (15-3-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Tyskland

(Yusupov M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title)

M-1 UTFORDRING LETT MESTERSKAP

Abukar Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russland

WTKO1 (punches – 1:65)

Alexander Botenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0), Ukraina

WELTERWEIGHTS

Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan

WTKO3 – (punches — 1:31)

Morgam Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Frankrike

Lettvektere

Artiom Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0), Hviterussland

WDEC3

Erivan Pereira (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Vitalay Branchuck (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukraina

WDEC3

Moktar Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Frankrike

SOCCER CLUB FANS

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russland

WSUB1 (giljotin choke – 1:59)

Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russland

FORELØPIG CARD

Tungvektere

Marcus Vinicius Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Brasil

WDEC3

Evgeni Myakikkin (14-2-7, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Russland

WELTERWEIGHTS

Urs Pablo Ortmann (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Sveits

WSUB1 (trekant choke – 1:26)

Vyacheslav Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Ukraina

Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Brasil

WSUB3 (bakre naken choke – 2:40)

Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russland

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraina

WSUB2 (trekant choke – 1:36)

Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Russland

Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 1-1-1), Russland

WKO3 (punches – 0:45)

Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

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M-en utfordring 75 – Mars 3, 2017 – Moskva, Russland

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MMA fighters & fans of rival Russian soccer teams Added to M-1 Challenge 74 kort

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Februar 18 i St. Petersburg, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Februar 2, 2017) – The February 18^th M-en utfordring 74 card in St. Petersburg got even more interesting with M-1Global’s announcement that a fight between fans of arch-rival Russian soccer (non-American football) teams will square-off in full team colors.

I hovedturneringen, undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), av Russland, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Tyskland.

M-1 Challenge lette mester Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) ansikter challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) iM-en utfordring 74 co-feature.

Billed as the first MMA fight part of a major event to feature MMA fighters who are also fans of two of the top soccer clubs in Russia, CSKA and Spartak, battling between the ropes to determine the strongest soccer fan under MMA rules, not in the street.

Lett tungvekt Dmitry Tebekin (4-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), representing CSKA, will throw-down against Spartak fan Arthur Reig Tjul’parov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0). Tebekin was the St. Petersburg Cup winner and vice-champion of St. Petersburg, while Tjul’parov was also vice-champion of St. Petersburg as well as the third-place finisher in the All-Russian Grand Prix

M-en utfordring 74 vil bli streamet live fra St. Petersburg i HD påwww.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan se alt som skjer på sine datamaskiner, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

Also fighting on the M-en utfordring 74 hovedkortet, in addition to Yusupov-Puetz and Butenko-Yandiev, is former M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion Vitaly Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), i Ukraina, vs. Frenchman Moktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci (13-7-0); two-time M-1 Challenge lightweight title challengerArtiom Damkovsky (22-10-1, M-1: 12-7-0), Hviterussland, vs. ubeseiretBrazilian Pablo “Negao” Pear (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), and Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav “Bison” Bogomol (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) vs. ubeseiretPablo Ortmann (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), of Switzerland.

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M-1 Challenge lightweight title fight Butenko vs. Yandiev added to M-1 Challenge 74

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Februar 18 i St. Petersburg, Russland

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Januar 16, 2017) – M-1 Global has announced that M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko will take on challenger Abukar Yandiev (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) i M-en utfordring 74 co-feature on Februar 18, i St. Petersburg, Russland.

The previously announced main event pits undefeated M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Rashid Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), av Russland, defends his title against former titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Tyskland.

M-en utfordring 74 vil bli streamet live fra St. Petersburg i HD på www.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan se alt som skjer på sine datamaskiner, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

Also announced is a fight between top bantamweights Vitaly Branchuk ogMoktar “Le Kabyle” Benkaci will also be in action with the winner positioning himself for a potential title shot with M-1 Challenge bantamweight championPavel Vitruk in the not-too-distant future.

A strong Ukrainian with superior wrestling skills, Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) is an eight-year MMA veteran who has found a welcomed home in M-1 Challenge competition and he has taken advantage of the opportunity. Riding a six-fight win streak, the 29-year-old Butenko captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title belt last June at M-1 Challenge 67, when he took a five-round unanimous decision over Artiom Damkovsky.

I sin siste handling, på M-1 Challenge 71 i oktober, Butenko won a unanimous three-round decision against Rubenilton Pereira in a non-title fight.

Butenko’s first title defense will be against one of the most popular MMA fighters in Russia, the fighting powerhouse Yandiev, who also is a strong wrestler, plus a solid Judo background. The rising lightweight star will be a certain fan favor because of his nationality as well as his style of fighting, resulting in first-round endings in all his pro fights to date.

Last June at M-en utfordring 68, Yandiev used an armlock for a first-round submission of Tony Christodoulou, fought at a 177 ½ kg. catchweight.

Like Butenko, Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0) also fights out of Ukraine. The 25-year-old fighter is a former M-1 Challenge bantamweight title challenger, who was riding an eight-fight into his last fight, in which he lost by fourth-round submission (choke) to the aforementioned Vitruk (see accompanying picture to left). In M-1 Challenge competition, Branchuk defeated Antun Racicone year ago, by way of a three-round split decision at M-en utfordring 64.

Benkaci (13-7-0, (M-1: 2-1-0) is a grappling specialist from France. Known and highly respected for his great conditioning and endurance, he lost a disputed three-round decision in his M-1 Challenge debut to Nikita Chistyakov 1-For ½ år siden, but the talented Frenchman bounced back to knockout his last two opponents, Vadim Malygin ogAlexey Naumov, henholdsvis, by knee and punch.

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M-1 Challenge Light Heavyweight Champion Rashid Yusupov vs.. Stephan Puetz til overskrift M-1 Challenge 74

Desember 8, 2016 FNU47 Legg igjen en kommentar

Februar 18 i St. Petersburg, Russland

(L-R) – Rashid Yusupov og Stephan Puetz

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Desember 6, 2016) – M-1 Global har kunngjort en kamper for å starte opp 2017 sesong som ubeseiret M-1 Challenge lett tungvektsmester Rashid Yusupov tar på seg tidligere titliste Stephan “T-800” Puetz i M-en utfordring 74 main event, Februar 18, i St. Petersburg, Russland.

Den 24 år gamle Yusupov (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), kjemper ut av Dagestan, Russland, skal gjøre sitt første tittelforsvar etter å ha fanget sitt ettertraktede belte i mai kl M-en utfordring 66, som en 5-omgang enstemmig avgjørelse over forsvarende mester Viktor Nemkov.

Yusupov (2 KO / TKO, 1 SUB), som representerer Gorets kampklubb (Highlander), har tre andre seire i M-1 Challenge-konkurransen over Martin Zawada (DEC3), Mitry Madvedev (KO / TKO1 – Stans) og Charles Andrade (DEC3).

Puetz, 29, har vunnet seks av syv M-1 Challenge-kamper i femte tittelkamp. Den talentfulle tyskeren (5 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) fra Team Spirit brøt ut på M-1 Global-scenen 2 For ½ år siden, ved M-en utfordring 46, da han utfordret M-1 Challenge lett tungvektmester Nemkov som endte i en 5-rundes delt avgjørelse til fordel for den nye mesteren, Puetz.

Puetz forsvarte tittelen, i rekkefølge, mot Luis Fernando(SUB2 – Choke) og Valery Myasnikov (KO2 – Punches), fulgte med en Super Fight knockout (neseskade) av M-1 Challenge tungvektsmester Marcin Tybura i tredje runde i mai 2, 2015 ikke-tittelkamp kl M-en utfordring 72. Puetz mistet deretter tittelen til Nemkov ved en 5-rundes flertallsavgjørelse i M-en utfordring 63 Fight of the Night.

For å komme tilbake i tittelkonkurranse, Puetz vant sine to siste kamper mot Andrey Seledtsov (DEC3) og Marcus Vinicius (SUB3 – Choke) siste oktober kl M-en utfordring 71.

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Shlemenko submits Vasilevsky to capture M-1 Grand Prix middleweight championship

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Volkov KOs Vegh to retain

M-1 Challenge heavyweight title

M-en utfordring 68

Offisielle resultatene

New M-1 Grand Prix middleweight champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Juni 17, 2016) – Former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko innsendt Vyacheslav Vasilevsky to capture the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship, while fellow Russian Alexander “Drago” Volkov slått ut Attila “Pumukli” Vegh, last night at M-en utfordring 68 i St. Petersburg, Russia’s Yubileyny Sports Palace.

Shlemenko (53-9-0, M-1: 4-0-0) qualified for the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight final as did reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0). Leading up to their showdown, men, Emeev suffered ligament damage to his elbow, forcing him out of his fight with Shlemenko. Vasilevsky (28-5-0, M-1: 10-3-0), who Shlemenko had defeated by decision in the M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals, accepted the challenge to replace Emeev a rematch. Shlemenko used a choke hold to submit the always tough Vasilevsky in the third round.

In his first M-1 Challenge heavyweight title defense, Volkov (26-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0) stopped Vegh (11-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), bekjempelse av Slovakia, i åpningsrunden.

M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov

In other main event fights, Russisk weltervekt Sergey Romonav (9-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0) beseiret Andreas Birgels (12-10-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland, by way of a first-round technical knockout, Russisk weltervekt Abukar Yandiev (5-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0) submitted Greek-born American Tony Christodoulou (12-7-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i åpningsrunden, Russisk mellomvekt Valery “Den russiske hammeren” Myasnikov (10-1-2, M-1: 1-1-2) and Spaniard Enoc Løser Torres (18-9-1, M-1: 5-6-1) kjempet til en tre-runde uavgjort.

På den foreløpige kortet, Ukrainian featherweight Andrei “Iron” Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0) choked out Russian foe Kuznetsov (5-2-0 (M-1: 2-2-0). Russisk lett Alexey “Oppdraget” Makhno (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russian heavyweight Anton Vyazigin (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russisk weltervekt Maksim Grabovich (4-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0) and Belarussian lightweight Maksim Pugachev (3-0-00, M-1 1-0-0) all won their matches by unanimous three-round decisions.

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Hovedkortet

MAIN EVENT – M-1 GRAND PRIX MIDDLEWEIHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Alexander Shlemenko (53-9-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Russland

WSUB3

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (28-5-0, M-1: 10-2-0), Russland

(Sclemenko won M-1 Grand Prix middleweight title)

SAMFUNKSJON – M-1 CHALLENGE tungvekt

Alexander Volkov (26-6-0, M-1: 10-3-0), Russland

WKO1

Attila Vegh (11-2-0, M-1: 7-2-0), Slovakia

(Volkov retained M-1 Challenge heavyweight title)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Enoc Løser Torres (18-9-1, M-1: 5-6-1)

DRAW3

Valery Myasnikov (10-1-2, M-1: 1-1-2)

WELTERWEIGHTS

Sergei Romanov (9-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russland

WTKO1

Andreas Birgels (12-10-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Tyskland

Abukar Yandiev (5-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russland

WSUB1

Tony Christodoulou (12-7-0, M-1: 0-1-0), USA

FORELØPIG CARD

Tungvektere

Anton Vyazigin (6-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russland

WDEC3

Daniil Arepyev (5-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russland

WELTERWEIGHTS

Maksim Grabovich (4-2-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Russland

WDEC3

Danila Prikaza (3-1-1, M-1: 2-1-0), Russland

Lettvektere

Alexey Makhno (11-4-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russland

WDEC3

Felipe Rego (7-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

Murodzhon Kodirov (2-0-0), M-1: 1-0-0), Russland

WDEC3

Maksim Pugachev (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0)

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Andrei Lezhnev (8-5-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukraina

WSUB1

Mikhail Kuznetsov (5-2-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Russland

Vasilvesky & Shlemenko

Volkov & Vegh

Christodoulou & Yandiev

Torres & Myasnikov

Grabovich & Prikaza

Kodirov & Pugachev

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M-en UTFORDRING 68 OFFISIELLE VEKTER

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PRESSEMELDING

For umiddelbar utløsning

M-en utfordring 68

WATCH ON M-1GLOBAL.TV

Torsdag, Juni 16 ved 11 a.m. OG / 8 a.m. PT in U.S.A.

OFFISIELLE VEKTER

Hovedkortet

MAIN EVENT – M-1 GRAND PRIX MIDDLEWEIHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5

ALEXANDER “Storm” SHLEMENKO (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russland 184 1/2 lbs. (83.7 kg)

vs.

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (28-4-0, M-1: 10-2-0), Russland 185 lbs. (84.0 kg)

SAMFUNKSJON – M-1 CHALLENGE tungvekt – 5 X 5

ALEXANDER “Drago” VOLKOV (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0), Russland 238 lbs. (108.0 kg)

vs.

ATTILA “Pumukli” VEGH (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0), Slovakia 220 lbs. (100.1 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

SERGEI ROMANOV (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (76.9 kg)

vs.

ANDREAS BIRGELS (12-9-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Tyskland 169 1/2 lbs. (76.9 kg)

ABUKAR YANDIEV (4-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russland 175 lbs. (79.5 kg)

vs.

TONY CHRISTODOULOU (12-6-0, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 177 1/2 lbs. (80.5 kg)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS — 3 X 5

ENOC LØSER TORRES (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0), Spania 183 1/2 lbs. (83.7 kg)

vs.

VALERY “Den russiske hammeren” MYASNIKOV (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1), Russland 184 1/2 lbs. (83.7 kg)

FORELØPIG CARD

Tungvektere – 3 X 5

DANIIL AREPYEV (5-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russland 271 lbs. (123.3 kg)

vs.

ANTON VYAZIGIN (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russland 249 lbs. (113.5 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

DANILA PRIKAZA (3-0-1, M-1: 2-0-0), Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (77.0 kg)

vs.

MAKSIM GRABOVICH (3-2-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russland 169 1/2 lbs. (76.9 kg)

Lettvektere – 3 X 5

FELIPE REGO (7-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brasil 154 1/2 lbs. (70.2 kg)

vs.

ALEXEY “Oppdraget” Makhno (10-4-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russland 154 1/2 lbs. (70.1 kg)

MURODZHON KODIROV (1-0-0), M-1: 0-0-0), Russland 151 1/2 lbs. (68.9 kg)

vs.

MAKSIM PUGACHEV (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0) 154 1/2 lbs. (70.2 kg)

FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

ANDREI “Iron” LEZHNEV (7-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Ukraina 145 lbs. (65.9 kg)

vs.

MIKHAIL Kuznetsov (5-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russland 144 1/2 lbs. (65.6 kg)

NÅR: Torsdag, Juni 16, 2016

HVOR: St. Petersburg, Russland

PROMOTER: M-1 Globalt

LIVE STREAM: www.m-1global.tv (11 a.m. OG / 8 a.m. PT in USA)

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New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Alexander Butenko decisions Artiom Damkovsy

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M-en UTFORDRING 67 RESULTS

New M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Alexander Butenko

BAKU, Aserbajdsjan (Juni 5, 2016) — Ukrainian fighter Alexander Butenko won a hard fought 5-round decision over Artiom Damkovsky last night to become the new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion in the M-en utfordring 67 main event in Baku, Aserbajdsjan.

Butenko (41-11-2) and Damkovsky (20-10-0) battled from start to finish with Buntenko winning a unanimous decision to capture the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title.

I co-feature, M-1 Challenge fjærvekt mester John “Dette er” Buchinger (31-4-0), of Slovakia, used a North-South choke to submit his late replacement opponent, Russisk Mikhail Korobkov (9-2-0), in a non-title fight.

Red-hot Kazakh welterweight Shavat Rakhmonov (6-0-0) kept rolling, knocking out Brazilian Marcelo Brito (13-8-0) i åpningsrunden. Hjemby favoritt Etigat Adakishniev (1-1-0) won his first professional fight, submitting Spaniard Adrian Perez (3-2-0) by way of a guillotine choke.

Czech Republic had two winners on the main card as middleweight Talekh Nadzhafadz (5-1-0) won a 3-round decision over his Spanish opponent, Felipe “Biggi” Nsue (11-10-0), while heavyweight Zauer Gadzhibabayev (5-1-0) used a rear naked choke to submit Bulgarian Lazar Todev (2-3-0).

Fighting på den foreløpige kortet, Russisk lett Zalimbeg Omarov (7-1-1) og russisk fjærvekt Azamat Zhantuduev (1-2-0) won a 3-round decisions over, henholdsvis, Mikhail Syrbu (4-2-0), of Moldova, and his fellow countryman Bair Shtepin (3-1-0). Russian heavyweight Evgeni Myakinkin (14-5-0) forced Evgeni Guryanov (8-6-0) to submit with a triangle choke, and Russian featherweights Vadin “Bad Santa” Malygin (6-1-1) og Ibragim Navrusov (2-0-1) fought to a 3-round draw.

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Hovedkortet

MAIN EVENT – VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5

ALEXANDER Butenko (41-11-2, M-1: 8-1-0), Ukraina

WDEC5

Artiom DAMKOVSKY (20-10-0, M-1: 10-7-0), Hviterussland

(Butenko wins vacant M-1 Challenge Challenge lightweight title)

FEATHERWEIGHTS

IVAN BUCHINGER (31-4-0, M-1: 6-0-0), Slovakia

WSUB1 (North-South choke)

MIKHAIL Korobkov (9-2-1, M-1: 0-2-0), Russland

WELTERWEIGHTS

SHAVKAT RAKHMONOV (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Kasakhstan

WTKO1

MARCELO BRITO (13-8-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasil

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

TALEKH NADZHFADE (5-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Tsjekkisk Republikk

WDEC3

FELIPE NSUE (11-10-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Spania

Tungvektere

ZAUR GADZHIBABAYEV (5-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Tsjekkisk Republikk

WSUB2 (Rear Naked Choke)

LAZAR TODEV (2-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russland

FORELØPIG CARD

Lettvektere

ZALIMBEG OMAROV (7-1-1, M-1: 4-0-1), Russland

WDEC3

MIKHAIL SYRBU (4-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Moldova

Tungvektere

EVGENI MYAKINKIN (14-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russland

WSUB1 (Triangle Choke)

EVGENI GURYANOV (8-6-0, M-1: 1-3-0), Ukraina

FEATHERWEIGHTS

AZAMAT ZHANTUDUEV (2-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russland

WDEC3

BAIR SHTEPIN (3-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russland

VADIM MALYGIN (6-1-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Russland

DRAW3

IBRAGIM NAVRUZOV (2-0-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Russland

Alexander Butenko and Artiom Damkovsky

Azamat Zhantuduev & Bair Shtepin

Etigat Adakishiev

Ivan Buchinger

Vadim Malygin & Ibragim Navrusov

Zaur Gadzhibabayev & Lazar Todev

Kommende begivenhet:Juni 16, M-en utfordring 68, St. Petersburg, Russland

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Idrisov withdraws with illness Korobkov Takes on Buchinger in non-title fight M-1 Challenge lightweight title fight Butenko vs. Damkovsky new main event

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Juni 1, 2016) – A sudden illness has forced Magomed Idrisov to withdraw from his scheduled M-1 Challenge featherweight title fight denne lørdagen (Juni 4) against defending champion John “Dette er” Buchinger ved M-en utfordring 67: Battle in the Land of Fireat Baku, Aserbajdsjan.

(L-R) – Mikhail Korobkov and Ivan Buchinger

Mikhail Korobkov (9-1-1, M-1: 0-1-1), av Russland, is the late replacement for Idrisov but, due to Korobkov coming off of a loss in his last fight (decision to Timur Nagibin last Friday atM-en utfordring 66), his fight versus Buchinger (30-4-0, M-1: 5-0-0) is a not for the title and it has been downgraded from main event to co-feature. Buchinger, bekjempelse av Slovakia, has won his last nine fights dating back four years.

The new main event matches Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (40-11-2, M-1: 7-1-0), i Ukraina, and BelarussianArtiom Damkovsky (20-9-0. M-1: 10-6-0) for den ledige M-1 Challenge lett mesterskapet.

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Vyacheslav Vasilevsky replaces injured Ramazan Emeev vs. Alexander Shlemenko

Mai 18, 2016 FNU47 Legg igjen en kommentar

M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship

M-en utfordring 68, Juni 16 i St. Petersburg, Russland

(L-R) – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky & Alexander Shlemenko

ST. PETERSBURG, Russland (Mai 17, 2016) – Former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight and middleweight champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (28-4-0, M-1: 10-2-0) has stepped up to replace injured Ramadan Emeev mot Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0) in the final of the M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Tournament, taktrekk

M-en utfordring 68, Juni 16 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russland.

Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) suffered a torn ligament in his elbow during training camp. In a M-1 Challenge Grand Prix Middleweight Tournament semifinals match last February, Vasilevsky lost a majority decision to Shlemenko in the M-en utfordring 64 Fight of the Night.

“We were in a very difficult situation after Ramazan Ogmeev got injured,” M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein forklart. “The whole event was in jeopardy. Så, nå, we’re grateful to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky for agreeing to step in and face Shlemenko in our M-1 Grand Prix finals being held on his (Vasilevsky) bursdag.

“Due to our contract obligations, we were unable to postpone the event because it is officially included in the St. Petersburg Ogconomic Forum, which is something every one of our fighters knew from the very beginning. There’s a paragraph in the Grand Prix fighters’ contract stating we can use one of the guys who fought in the semifinals of the tournament in case someone gets injured. Now we’re making one of the most anticipated rematches in the history of Russian MMA.”

M-1 Challenge tungvekt Alexander “Drago” Volkov (25-6-0, M-1: 9-3-0) will make his first title defense against Attila “Pumuklo” Vegh (29-6-2, M-1: 0-0-0) på M-1 Challenge 68. A match between Russian middleweight Valery “Den russiske hammeren” Myasnikov (10-1-1, M-1: 1-1-1) and Spanish veteran Enoc Løser Torres (18-9-0, M-1: 5-6-0) has also been announced for the June 16^th kort.

“Den M-en utfordring 68 event is going to be huge,” Finkelchtein added. “We’re stacking the card with Alexander Volkov vs Attila Vegh fighting in an M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight. The Grand Prix winner, Shlemenko still gets $50,000. As for Ramazan Ogmeev, we will put efforts into arranging his fight with Alexander Shlemenko this fall, if Shlemenko is still fighting in Russia. Emeev versus Shlemenko will provide the answer to all of the questions MMA fans still arguing about.”

M-en utfordring 68 vil bli streamet live fra St. Petersburg i HD påwww.M1Global.TV. Seerne vil kunne se de foreløpige kamper og hovedkortet ved å logge deg på for å registrere seg på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan se alt som skjer på sine datamaskiner, så vel som på Android og Apple smarttelefoner og nettbrett.

Kommende M-1 Global Hendelser:

Mai 27 – M-en utfordring 66: Nemkov vs. Yusopov, Orenburg City, Russland

Juni 4 – M-en utfordring 67: Buchinger vs. Idrisov, Baku, Aserbajdsjan

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