SAINT PETERSBURG, Russland (Mars 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 Mars 30, against former M-1 Challenge lightweight titlist Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko, i M-en utfordring 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russland.
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The 33-year-old Kunchenko captured his M-1 Challenge welterweight title nearly two years ago, ved M-en utfordring 65, da han slo ut Murad Abdulaev i fjerde runde. 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 i åpningsrunden.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, stoppe 12 av hans 17 pro victims, and he is 9-0 in in M-1 Global competition.
Kunchenko (R)
is a lethal striker with 12 KOs og 17 pro kamper
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-en utfordring 67, back in June of 2016, when he won a five-round decision over Artem Damkovsky for the vacant title.
I sin første tittel forsvar, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev i åpningsrunden, Februar 18, 2017 ved M-en utfordring 74. He has won his last two fight, ved M-en utfordring 82 & 86, henholdsvis, mot Keith Johnson (DEC3) og 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), slåss ut av Phoenix, DEN, tar på Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), i Ukraina, 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 og Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 av hans siste 14 kamper.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), som står overfor Vadim Malygin, av Russland. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 kamper, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, når Aleksander Doskalchuk submitted him in the second.
All fighters and fights are subject to change. Additional main and full preliminary card bouts will soon be announced.
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