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CHELYABINSK, רוסיה (נובמבר 5, 2018) — Fists were flying last Friday night at אתגר M-1 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 ארטם פרולוב, בצ'ליאבינסק, רוסיה.
סילבה (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star אלכסנדר Shlemenko (56-11-1) in the opening round of אתגר M-1 93 יוני האחרון. With his fourth-round knockout by punches of another Russian, Frolov (11-1-0), the power-punching Silva has how stopped 16 שלו 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.
The 27-year-old Frolov, מי שהיה 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 סרגיי רומנוב (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.
bantamweight קזחסטן סרגיי מורוזוב (13-4-0) זכה בהחלטה פה אחד של שלושה סיבוב מעל בית בייר (7-3-0), של רוסיה.
בינוני רוסי Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman עמנואל “Papou Lele” Dawa (7-3-0) בסיבוב השלישי.
משקל חצי כבד רוסי Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) נותר ללא הפסד, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission.
על ראשוני הכרטיס, late replacement אולג פופוב (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC), בסיבוב שני, while Russian lightweight מגומד מגומדוב (12-3-0) put Frenchman ארנו חרפלה(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 “אזרבייג'ן Terminator” Nadzhafzade (7-3-1) with a North-South choke, ו 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) בקרב במשקל כבד של רוסיה.
Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) דפקתי Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, רוסי קל 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), של ספרד, בסיבוב אחד.
The 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: רוסיה, ברזיל, צרפת, אוקראינה, שווייץ, ספרד, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
סילבה (עליון) finished off Frolov to win the M-1 Challenge middleweight title
סרגיי רומנוב (R) gave Urs Pablo Ortmann (L) his first pro loss
סרגיי מורוזוב (R) decisioned Bair Shtepin
Undefeated Ivan Bogdanov (L) drilled Emmanuel Dawa
Boris Medvedev (L) connected vs. David Zakaryan
