St Petersburg, Russia (March 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 March 30, against former M-1 Challenge lightweight titlist Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko, ee M-1 Challenge 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
M-1 Challenge 90 will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Daawadayaasha noqon doonaa in ay daawadaan dagaallan hordhaca ah iyo kaarka ugu weyn ee ay leedahay internet adreska in ay iska diiwaan awoodi
www.M1Global.TV.
Fans may watch all the action on their computers, iyo sidoo kale Android iyo Apple telefoonada smart iyo kiniiniyada. M-1 Challenge 90 waa
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, at M-1 Challenge 65, markii uu ka soo reebtay Murad Abdulaev wareega afaraad. 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 ugu horeeya wareega Group.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, joojinta 12 ee uu 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 dagaal pro
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 Challenge 67, back in June of 2016, when he won a five-round decision over Artem Damkovsky for the vacant title.
Dhanka daafaca horyaalka ugu horeysay, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev ugu horeeya wareega Group, February 18, 2017 at M-1 Challenge 74. He has won his last two fight, at M-1 Challenge 82 & 86, siday u kala horreeyaan, ka dhanka ah Keith Johnson (DEC3) iyo 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, qaadanaysaa Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), of Ukraine, 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 iyo Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 ee ugu dambeysay ee uu 14 dagaallan.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), oo wajahaya Vadim Malygin, of Russia. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 dagaallan, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, markii 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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