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Nashville, Tenn. (Lub yim hli ntuj 14, 2018) – Georgia middleweight Doug “Yamato” Usher thiab Yoislandy “Teb chaws Cuba” Izquierdo were knockout-winners this past Saturday night in the “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” main event and co-feature, feem, at Global Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.
“Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” was presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions and aired live on worldwide pay per view.
“Lub npau taws heev heev,” a hybrid ring/cage, made its American debut in Music City.
“What a great first event for M-1 Global USA,” M-1 Global USA CEO Mike Merriman hais tias. “There were so many obstacles to overcome and lessons to be learned, but the show still went well. The fighters worked hard and the staff worked diligently. I couldn’t have asked for more. We are working on our next show and some possible partnerships that should make a lot of fans smile.”
Usher (10-3-0) overcame a relatively slow opening round to knockout his late replacement opponent, David “Redneck” Mundell (9-4-0), with a powerful right-left combination for his sixth consecutive victory, which snapped Mundell’s three-fight win streak.
Izquierdo (12-4-0), fighting out of Charlotte (NC) by way of Cuba, took care of business early, khob tawm Damond Pickney (15-11-0), of Hot Springs, Arkansas, less than a minute into the opening round by way of a vicious head-kick.
Virginia bantamweight Tony Gravely (14-5-0) ruined the courageous comeback of previously undefeated Brazilian fighter Bruno Ferreira (8-1-0), who was making a comeback after successfully battling cancer the past three years. Gravely’s aggressive ground-and-pound attack resulted in a quick first-round technical knockout win.
Georgia flyweight Cee Jay “The Autobot” Hamilton (13-6-0) and California heavyweight Cody “The Moose” Goodale won three-round decisions, feem, against Puerto Rican Abdiel “Lub Npau suav phem” Velazquez (8-6-0) thiab Nkemdirim “Kim” Oti (2-4-0)
Kentucky welterweight Brandon “Lub Juggernaut” Bell (9-7-0) registered a first-round, ground-and-pound TKO win over Jacob “Tick-Tock” McClintock (9-3-0), of Arizona, while Chicago welterweight P.J. Cajigas used the same method to defeat previously unbeaten Tennessean James Conway (3-1-0) nyob rau hauv round ob.
Nyob rau hauv lub ntej daim ntawv, Chicago bantamweight Chris “The Jungle” Johnson (5-8-0) khob qhov rooj tawm Jerrod “The Hillbilly Hammer” Jennings (2-2-0) nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig. Kentucky lightweight Kegan Agnew (1-0-0) made an impressive pro debut, locking in a rear naked choke to submit hometown favorite Dwayne Herrelle (0-2-0) nyob rau hauv lub qhib puag ncig.
Sau kom tiav tau thiab yees duab gallery hauv qab no:
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MAIN kev tshwm sim – MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Doug Usher (10-3-0), College Park, Maryland
WKO2
David Mundell (9-4-0), Orlando, Florida
CO-FEATURE – LIGHTWEIGHTS
Yoislandyu Izquierdo (12-4-0), Charlotte, North Carolina
WKO1
Dawond Pickney (15-11-0), Hot Springs, Arkansas
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Tony Gravely (14-5-0) Radford, Virginia
WTKO1
Bruno Ferreira (8-1-0) Sao Paulo, Brazil
FLYWEIGHTS
Cee Jay Hamilton (13-6-0), Hartwell, Georgia.
WDEC3
Abdiel Velazquez (8-6-0), Tshiab Chaw nres nkoj Richey, Florida
WELTERWEIGHTS
Brandon Bell (9-6-0), Harlan, Kentucky
WTKO1
Jacob McClintock (9-3-0), Tempe, Arizona
P.J. Cajigas (7-7-0), Chicago, Illinois
WTKO2
James Conway (3-1-0), Dickson, Tennessee
Heavyweights
Cody Goodale (6-4-0), Riverside, California.
WDEC3
Nkemdirim Oti (2-4-0), Decatur, Alabama
Nteg CARD
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Chris Johnson (5-8-0), Chicago, Illinois
WKO1
Jerrod Jennings (2-2-0), Mayfield, Kentucky
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Kegan Agnew (1-0-0), Fredonia, Kentucky
WSUB1 (rear liab qab caj pas)
Dwayne Herrelle (0-2-0) Nashville, Tennessee
Doug Usher used a powerful combination to KO David Mundell
Tony Gravely (nyob rau hauv sab saum toj) destroyed Bruno Ferreira’s comeback party
Heavyweight Cody Goodale (R) punched his way past Nkemdirm Oti
Brandon Bell (nyob rau hauv sab saum toj) finished off Jacob McClintock
P.J. Cajigas lines up Jacob Conway
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“Lub npau taws heev heev” hits Music City “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” in Nashville
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Nashville, Tenn. (Lub yim hli ntuj 18, 2018) – “Lub npau taws heev heev,” a hybrid ring/cage, will make its American debut this Saturday night in the Music City, thaum lub “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” professional mixed-martial-arts event is held at Global Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.
“Road to M-1″ TEB CHAWS USA”, presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions, will air live on worldwide pay-per-view.starting at 9 p.m. THIAB / 6 p.m. PT. Kev sib xyaw ua ke yuav xa tawm “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” in North America on cable, satellite thiab digital them-ib-saib ntawm kev thov, Ua li cas, DIRECTV and DISH in the United States, in addition to Rogers, Nqi dab neeg, and Shaw PPV in Canada, and live-streamed worldwide on the FITE.TV App thiab Lub Vev Xaib (www.fite.tv), each way for a suggested retail price of only $19.95.
“Lub npau taws heev heev, used by M-1 Global throughout Europe and Asia, measures 23-feet across and 24” inches from the floor to first rope, and then there are three additional ropes above that. Fans in attendance and watching on PPV will have optimum viewing of a ring and fighters the safety associated with a cage.
“Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” is headlined by a middleweight fight between Florida veteran fighter David “Redneck” Mundell (9-3-0), who replaced injured Reggie “The Regulator” Feather, and against Georgia middleweight Doug “Yamato” Usher (9-3-0). Both fighters are hot, Usher riding a five-fight win streak, dating back 2 ½ xyoo, and Mundell has won his last three fights.
Nyob rau hauv lub co-featured kev tshwm sim, veteran Arkansas fighter Dawond Pickney (15-10-0) faces his Cuban opponent, Yoislandy “Teb chaws Cuba” Izquierdo (11-4-0), who is fighting out of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The feelgood story of the show is undefeated Brazilian MMA fighter Bruno Ferreira (8-0-0), who has successfully beaten testicular cancer, returning to fight after three long years, versus always tough Tony Gravely (12-5-0), ntawm Virginia.
Other main-card fights include Georgia flyweight C.J. “The Autobot” Hamilton (12-6-0) vs. Floridian fighter Abdiel “Lub Npau suav phem” Velazquez (8-5-0), Kentucky welterweight Brandon “Lub Juggernaut” Bell (5-6-0) vs. Jacob “Tick-Tock” McLintock (9-2-0), of Arizona; and Tennessee welterweight James Conway (3-0-0) vs. P.J. Cajigas (5-7-0), ntawm Chicago.
Undercard bouts include California heavyweight Cody “The Moose” Goodale (5-4-0) vs. Nkemdirim “Kim” Oti (2-3-0), of Alabama, New Brunswick, Canada bantamweight Chris Johnson (5-6-0) vs. Jerrod “The Hillbilly Hammer” Jennings (2-1-0), of Kentucky, and Nashville favorite Dwayne Herrelle (0-1-0) vs. pro-debuting Kentucky lightweight Kegan Agnew.
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David Mundall new main event opponent for Doug Usher at “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA”
Aug. 11th worldwide Pay Per View from Nashville
Nashville, Tenn. (Lub Xya hli ntuj 31, 2018) – Florida veteran MMA fighter David “Redneck” Mundell has replaced injured Reggie “The Regulator” Feather in the main event against Georgia middleweight Doug “Yamato” Usher, Lub yim hli ntuj 11 ntawm “Road to M-1″ TEB CHAWS USA”, presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions, to air live on worldwide pay-per-view from Global Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kev sib xyaw ua ke yuav xa tawm “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA” in North America on cable, satellite thiab digital them-ib-saib ntawm kev thov, Ua li cas, DIRECTV and DISH in the United States, as well as Rogers, Nqi dab neeg, and Shaw PPV in Canada, and live-streamed worldwide on the FITE.TV App thiab Lub Vev Xaib (www.fite.tv), pib thaum 9 p.m. THIAB / 6 p.m. PT, rau ib tug pom tias lub khw muag khoom nqi ntawm xwb $19.95.
Usher (9-3-0), fighting out of Georgia, is riding a five-fight win streak, dating back 2 ½ xyoo, while Mundell (9-3-0) has been victorious in his last three fights.
Veteran Arkansas fighter Dawond Pickney (15-10-0) has replaced Russian lightweight Vadim Ogar (6-3-0) in the co-featured event versus Yoislandy “Teb chaws Cuba” Izquierdo (11-4-0).
Undefeated Brazilian MMA fighter Bruno Ferreira (8-0-0), who has successfully beaten cancer, returns to action for the first time in three years against dangerous Tony Gravely(12-5-0), ntawm Virginia, ntawm “Road to M-1: TEB CHAWS USA”.
Other main-card fights include Georgia flyweight C.J. “The Autobot” Hamilton (12-6-0) vs. Floridian fighter Abdiel “Lub Npau suav phem” Velazquez (8-5-0), Kentucky welterweight Brandon “Lub Juggernaut” Bell (5-6-0) vs. Jacob “Tick-Tock” McLintock (9-2-0), of Arizona; and Tennessee welterweight James Conway (3-0-0) vs. P.J. Cajigas (5-7-0), ntawm Chicago.
Undercard bouts include California heavyweight Cody “The Moose” Goodale (5-4-0) vs. Nkemdirim “Kim” Oti (2-3-0), of Alabama, New Brunswick, Canada bantamweight Chris Johnson (5-6-0) vs. Jerrod “The Hillbilly Hammer” Jennings (2-1-0), of Kentucky, and Nashville favorite Dwayne Herrelle (0-1-0) vs. pro-debuting Kentucky lightweight Kegan Agnew.
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UFC & M-1 Global announce partnership UFC RUSSIA
TSOOM Petersburg, Russia (Lub Xya hli ntuj 18) – The Russian-Chinese investment fund, Mubadala Investment Company, and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have jointly announced the foundation of UFC Russia. The new company will promote MMA and organize new shows in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). M-1 Global is going to be a partner, responsible for scouting and signing Russian athletes to prepare them to fight in the UFC. M-1 Challenge champions will have a unique opportunity to sign contracts with the UFC.
“We are looking forward to further cooperation with the UFC and the Russian-Chinese investment fund working on developing young Russian talents,” M-1 ntiaj teb no tus thawj tswj hwm Vadim Finkelchtein hais tias. “This partnership will benefit our sport very much. MMA is a very popular sport and cooperation of the UFC, investment fund and M-1 Global can take MMA in Russia to a new level. Competition in M-1 Global is going to be even tougher and that means we are going to see even more excellent and spectacular fights!”
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Nashville, Tenn. (Lub rau hli ntuj 28, 2018) – “M-1 Arena grand opening and M-1 Challenge 100 to highlight 21st season for M-1 Global
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 In January the new M-1 Arena is scheduled to open in Saint Petersburg
TSOOM Petersburg, Russia (Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 29, 2017) — The grand opening of the state-of-the-art M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburgh, in addition to the celebration of M-1 Challenge 100 later in 2018, will highlight M-1 Global’s 21st lub caij.
Plans in 2018 also include more events, expansion into new countries and, as the No. 2 MMA organization in the world, to keep giving its fans world-class competition, entertaining match-ups, innovative developments and even a few surprises.
M-1 ntiaj teb no tus thawj tswj hwm Vadim Finkelchtein discussed a few of these subjects (saib hauv qab no) prior to the holidays.
Can you tell us about the new M-1 Arena?
VF: “M-1 Arena is an absolutely unique structure seating a maximum of 3000. It is built in the form of the Colosseum, stone and wood, with an incredible dome made of glulam, which gives the place perfect acoustics. Not only can we promote sporting events, but also music concerts. M-1 Arena allows us to have even more events and realize new ideas like, for example, a reality show. M-1 Arena will be multifunctional but martial arts will be the main form of entertainment held there.”
M-1 Challenge was more international last year in terms of showcasing more fighters from different countries like USA, Portugal, UK, Canada, South Kauslim, Tuam Tshoj, thiab lwm yam. Do you plan to expand your fighter base even more this year and, if so, what countries are you targeting for fighters?
VF: “Usually, we hire fighters from countries where our events are being broadcasted. If we have new contracts with the countries from where we don’t have representative fighters, or only have a few of them, we are going to increase their number. The same for countries where we’ve held events because fans desire to see the local athletes fighting in the Rage. We give them an opportunity to see that.”
With the success of female MMA stars around the world do you plan to add a female division in 2018?
VF: “One day we will probably create a female division in M-1 Global. Txoj cai tam sim no, tab sis yog, we don’t have enough strong female fighters to do it, tsis tau. As soon as we are ready to make this happen, it will be done, but we don’t want to open a new division just to check the box. We want the best fighters to compete at the highest level.”
M-1 Global is closing in on your 100th M-1 Challenge event. Do you plan to promote your 100th event in 2018? If so can you provide any additional information about when, qhov twg, special plans, thiab lwm yam.
VF: M-1 Global has already promoted more than 200 txheej xwm, kuj muaj 85 M-1 Challenges, which was created in 2008. I think that this event will happen either in Saint-Petersburg or in Moscow, but we still have a lot of time left and a dozen other events before it. We are going to take care of it a bit later.”
M-1 has developed fighters who’ve moved on to the UFC and other organizations. How do you feel about that trend? Does it frustrate you that you to spend time building a fighter and then have him move on, or do you look at it as a compliment that M-1 Global develops fighters who can compete in the UFC and any other organization?
VF: “We can consider this situation from different perspectives. I’m not happy to let my best fighters go, ntawm chav kawm, tab sis nws yog dab tsi nws yog, and we are not ready to compete with UFC yet. Sometimes our fighters leave us. From another perspective, we are happy that our fighters who leave keep winning fights and become the top competitors in other promotions. It proves that the level of M-1 Global fighters is equal to the level of UFC fighters. The top athletes who left M-1 Global for UFC are in top positions there and other promotions don’t have such results. Other organization may make their fighters popular but, as soon as they move to UFC, they start losing and get released.
“Our company is probably the second MMA promotion in the world and when some fighters move to the strongest league on the planet, they take a step forward, which I like much better than when they move to weaker promotions than M-1 Global just to make more money.”
Any plans to do anything different this year than in the past, outside of the grand opening of the M-1 arena and possible 100th event?
VF: “The main difference will be that we are going to have our own home, M-1 Arena, which means we will be able to hold even more events. We’d like to have two events each month, 24 events a year. We opened our own TV channel (M1global.tv) and next year, MMA fans from former Soviet Republics will have an opportunity to watch all the fights. Using our iOS and Android App, viewers from all over the world can watch old and new fights right now, and next year we are going to make it even better. We are also going to create our own studio to produce different content, probably a new reality show with fighters from different countries.”
Will you have showcase M-1 Medieval fights this coming year?
VF: “Apparently, we will have some medieval fights in 2018, but the only issue is that we have a lot of fighters under contract, so it is not easy to find a place for M-1 Medieval fights on our cards. We make knight fights in regions where they are popular, like in Ingushetia and Finland in 2017, because fans demonstrated to us that they want to see them. I hope one day we’ll have more resources for them.”
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M-1 Global’s 20th anniversary a smashing success in 2017
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M-1 Tus Thawj Tswj Hwm Thoob Ntiaj Teb Vadim Vadim FinkelchteinOne-on-One with M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein
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M-1 Challenge Middleweight Champion Ramazan Emeev vs. Anatoly Tokov to Headline M-1 Challenge 73: Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Narts
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Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 9 nyob rau hauv Ingushetia
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 (L-R) – Anatoly Tokov and Ramazan Emeev
ST. Petersburg, Russia (Lub kaum hli ntuj 13, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced a super showdown between M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev thiab knockout artist Anatoly Tokov to headline the December 9th M-1 sib tw 73: Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Narts nyob rau hauv Ingushetia, Russia.
M-1 sib tw 73 will be streamed live from Ingushetia in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Cas rau cov neeg yuav tsum tau mus saib qhov ua nteg fights thiab cov ntsiab card los txiav rau sau npe rau hauv www.M1Global.TV. Kiv cua yuav saib tag nrho cov ntawm qhov kev txiav txim nyob rau hauv lawv cov computers, raws li tau zoo raws li nyob rau hauv thiab kua ntse xov tooj thiab cov ntsiav tshuaj.
“The fight between Ramazan Emeev and Anatoly Tokov is the most anticipated fight in Russian MMA, “M-1 ntiaj teb no tus thawj tswj hwm Vadim Finkelchtein hais tias. “Both Tokov and Emeev are fighters of the elite level, not only in Russia, but in the world. This fight is being held to achieve our main goal: to make the most spectacular match-ups between the strongest MMA fighters of our time.”
Emeev (14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), who was the M-1 Global 2015 Fighter ntawm lub xyoo, returns to action after suffering a torn ligament in his elbow, which forced the Azerbaijan native to withdraw from his scheduled M-1 Grand Prix Middleweight Championship fight withAlexander Shlemenko.
The 29-year-old Emeev, fighting out of Makhachkala, Russia, first captured the vacant M-1 Challenge middleweight title in 2012, taking a 5-round unanimous decision from Mario Miranda ntawm M-1 sib tw 35, and he successfully won the rematch five months later ntawmM-1 sib tw 38, stopping Miranda via strikes in the third round.
 Nyob rau hauv 2014, Emeev lost his title belt to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky by way of a fourth-round knockout (punches) ntawm M-1 sib tw 51 nyob rau hauv 2014. The resilient Emeev, Txawm li cas los, bounced back to regain his throne as M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, using a choke hold to submit Vasilevsky in the opening round at
M-1 sib tw 56.
Emeev has successfully defended his title against Luigi Fioravanti, who was unable to continue after four rounds at M-1 sib tw 63, and this past April Emeev defeated Brazilian Maiquel Falcao (see picture above) ntawm M-1 sib tw 65 in the first round by submission (zawm caj pas yog).
Tokov (24-2-0, M-1: 9-1-0), 26, is a former ABC champion who fights out of Stary Oskol, Russia. He is riding a 17-fight win streak, including knockouts of Enoc daws Torres ntawmM-1 sib tw 54 thiab Albert Duraev ntawm M-1 sib tw 46.
A feared striker with tremendous power, Tokov has stopped 14 ntawm nws 24 victims to date, resulting in him developing into one of MMA’s most spectacular fighters and a true rising MMA star throughout Russia and Europe.
 Tokov can give and take
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