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CHELYABINSK, Rúis (Samhain 5, 2018) — Fists were flying last Friday night at M-1 Dúshlán 98 as ten of 12 fights ended prematurely, eight by way of knockout punches and two submissions, highlighted by Brazilian mixed-martial-arts veteran Bruno Blindado Silva‘s title-winning stoppage of previously undefeated M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Artem Frolov, i Chelyabinsk, Rúis.
Silva (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star Alexander Shlemenko (56-11-1) in the opening round of M-1 Dúshlán 93 last June. With his fourth-round knockout by punches of another Russian, Frolov (11-1-0), the power-punching Silva has how stopped 16 de chuid 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.
The 27-year-old Frolov, a bhí 9-0-0 in M-1 competition going into his second title defense last Friday versus Silva, had signed a UFC contract and he was scheduled to fight last month at UFC Moscow. He was forced to withdraw due to injury.
In the co-featured event another undefeated fighter was knocked off, when Russian welterweight Mhair sé suas go dtí a leasainm le knockout bhabhta tosaigh na Brasaíle (15-3-0) handed his Swiss opponent, Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-1-0), his first pro loss, by way of a three-round unanimous decision.
Kazakhstan bantamweight Sergey Morozov (13-4-0) Bhuaigh cinneadh d'aon toil trí bhabhta thar Bair baile (7-3-0), na Rúise.
MBoston Rúisis Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman Emmanuel “Papou Lele” Dawa (7-3-0) sa tríú babhta.
Welterweight Rúisis Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) D'fhan unbeaten, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission.
Ar an gcárta réamh, late replacement Oleg Popov (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC), sa bhabhta dhá, while Russian lightweight Magomed Magomedov (12-3-0) put Frenchman Arnaud Kherfallah(5-2-0) to sleep in the opening round.
French middleweight Jean “Panqueca” Petrick (9-3-0) made an impressive M-1 debut by submitting always dangerous Talekh “An Terminator Asarbaiseáin” Nadzhafzade (7-3-1) with a North-South choke, agus Ivan Tsygelnik (2-1-0) won his second pro bout by way of a first-round technical knockout via punches versus Maksim Baruzdin (1-1-0) i gcath trom-mheáchain na Rúise.
Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) knocked amach Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, Rúisis lightweight Rizvan Simbagaev (4-1-0) was too much for his Ukrainian rival, Alexey Shanin (2-1-0), who was stopped on punches midway through the third and final round, and Russian featherweight Nikita Barkhajov (2-0-0) blasted-out Agoney Romero (7-5-1), na Spáinne, i bhabhta amháin.
An 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: Rúis, Bhrasaíl, France, An Úcráin, An Eilvéis, Spáinn, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Silva (barr) finished off Frolov to win the M-1 Challenge middleweight title
Mhair sé suas go dtí a leasainm le knockout bhabhta tosaigh na Brasaíle (R) gave Urs Pablo Ortmann (L) his first pro loss
Sergey Morozov (R) decisioned Bair Shtepin
Undefeated Ivan Bogdanov (L) drilled Emmanuel Dawa
Boris Medvedev (L) connected vs. David Zakaryan
