SANKT PETERSBURG, Ryssland (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-1 Challenge 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Ryssland.
M-1 Challenge 90 will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på
www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor. M-1 Challenge 90 är
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, vid M-1 Challenge 65, när han slog ut Murad Abdulaev i den fjärde omgången. 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 öppningsrundan.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, stoppa 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 17 pro slagsmål
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.
I sin första titel försvar, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev i öppningsrundan, Februari 18, 2017 vid M-1 Challenge 74. He has won his last two fight, vid M-1 Challenge 82 & 86, respektive, mot Keith Johnson (DEC3) och 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, DEN, tar på Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukrainas, i det samarbetade evenemanget.
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 och Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 av hans sista 14 slagsmål.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), som står inför Vadim Malygin, Rysslands. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 slagsmål, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, när 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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