SANT PETERSBURG, Rússia (Març 14, 2018) – Campió invicte de pes welter M-1 Challenge Alexey Kunchenko (17-0-0) will put his perfect MMA professional record and title belt on the line Març 30, against former M-1 Challenge lightweight titlist Alejandro “Iron Capture” Butenko, al M-1 Desafiament 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Rússia.
M-1 Desafiament 90 serà transmès en viu des de Rússia en alta definició en
www.M1Global.TV. Els espectadors podran veure les baralles preliminars i la targeta principal, connectant-se a registrar-se en
www.M1Global.TV. Els aficionats poden veure tota l'acció en els seus equips, així com en Android i Apple telèfons intel·ligents i tauletes. M-1 Desafiament 90 és
available on www.FITE.TV(La targeta preliminar és gratuïta, $7.99 per a la targeta principal)
The 33-year-old Kunchenko captured his M-1 Challenge welterweight title nearly two years ago, a M-1 Desafiament 65, quan va noquejar Murad Abdulaev en la quarta ronda. Kunchenko has made three successful title defenses. He won two decisions in a rematch with Abdulaev and against Maksim Grabovich, and he stopped Serguei Romonav en la primera ronda.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, parada 12 de la seva 17 pro victims, and he is 9-0 in in M-1 Global competition.
Kunchenko (R)
is a lethal striker with 12 KO i 17 baralles com a professional
Butenko (45-12-3, M-1: 11-2-1) is an experienced fighter, who is attempting to become a two-division M-1 Challenge champion. The battle-tested Ukrainian won his M-1 Challenge lightweight crown at M-1 Desafiament 67, back in June of 2016, when he won a five-round decision over Artem Damkovsky pel títol vacant.
En la seva primera defensa del títol, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev en la primera ronda, Febrer 18, 2017 a M-1 Desafiament 74. He has won his last two fight, a M-1 Desafiament 82 & 86, respectivament, contra Keith Johnson (DEC3) i Eler Narmurzan(TSUB1).
Butenko (R)
also has power
American middleweight and former UFC fighter,Joe “Dièsel” Riggs (47-17-0, 1 NC, M-1: 2-0-0), fighting out of Phoenix, LA, adquireix Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), d'Ucraïna, En l'esdeveniment co-creat.
Riggs is riding a six-fight win streak, including a pair of victories in M-1 Challenge events, en què va fer fora Oleg Olenichev i Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 del seu passat 14 baralles.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), que s'enfronta Vadim Malygin, de Rússia. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 baralles, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, quan Alexander Doskalchuk submitted him in the second.
Tots els lluitadors i baralles estan subjectes a canvis. Aviat s'anunciaran combats addicionals de cartes principals i preliminars completes.
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