SAN PETERSBURGO, Rusia (Marzo 14, 2018) – Undefeated M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (17-0-0) will put his perfect MMA professional record and title belt on the line Marzo 30, against former M-1 Challenge lightweight titlist Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko, no M-1 Desafío 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Rusia.
M-1 Desafío 90 será transmitido en directo de Rusia en alta definición en
www.M1Global.TV. Os espectadores van poder asistir as loitas preliminares e card principal, rexistrándose se rexistrar en
www.M1Global.TV. Os fans poden asistir a toda a acción nos seus ordenadores, así como sobre Android e Apple smartphones e tabletas. M-1 Desafío 90 é
available on www.FITE.TV(preliminary card is free, $7.99 for the main card)
The 33-year-old Kunchenko captured his M-1 Challenge welterweight title nearly two years ago, en M-1 Desafío 65, cando nocauteou Murad Abdulaev na cuarta rolda. Kunchenko has made three successful title defenses. He won two decisions in a rematch with Abdulaev and against Maksim Grabovich, and he stopped Sergey Romonav na rolda de apertura.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, parada 12 da súa 17 pro victims, and he is 9-0 in in M-1 Global competition.
Kunchenko (R)
is a lethal striker with 12
KOs in 17 loitas profesionais
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 Desafío 67, back in June of 2016, when he won a five-round decision over Artem Damkovsky for the vacant title.
Na súa primeira defensa do título, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev na rolda de apertura, Febreiro 18, 2017 en M-1 Desafío 74. He has won his last two fight, en M-1 Desafío 82 & 86, respectivamente, contra Keith Johnson (DEC3) e Eler Narmurzan(TSUB1).
Butenko (R)
also has power
American middleweight and former UFC fighter,Joe “Diesel” Riggs (47-17-0, 1 NC, M-1: 2-0-0), fighting out of Phoenix, THE, asume Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), de Ucraína, in the co-featured event.
Riggs is riding a six-fight win streak, including a pair of victories in M-1 Challenge events, in which he knocked out Oleg Olenichev e Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 da súa última 14 loitas.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), que afronta Vadim Malygin, de Rusia. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 loitas, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, cando Aleksander Doskalchuk submitted him in the second.
Todos os loitadores e loitas están suxeitas a cambios. Additional main and full preliminary card bouts will soon be announced.
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