SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (Marso 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 Marso 30, against former M-1 Challenge lightweight titlist Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko, sa M-1 Hamon 90 main event at the new M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
M-1 Hamon 90 will be live-streamed from Russia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Mga Manonood ay magagawang upang panoorin ang paunang fights at pangunahing card sa pamamagitan ng pag-log on sa magparehistro sa
www.M1Global.TV.
Fans may watch all the action on their computers, pati na rin sa mga smart phone at tablet Android at Apple. M-1 Hamon 90 ay
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, sa M-1 Hamon 65, kapag siya ay knocked out Murad Abdulaev sa ika-apat na round. 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 sa opening round.
The Russian-born Kunchenko is a legitimate knockout artist, tigil 12 ng kanyang 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 pro fights
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 Hamon 67, back in June of 2016, when he won a five-round decision over Artem Damkovsky for the vacant title.
Sa kanyang unang pagtatanggol pamagat, Butenko was knocked out by Abukar Yandiev sa opening round, Pebrero 18, 2017 sa M-1 Hamon 74. He has won his last two fight, sa M-1 Hamon 82 & 86, buong galang, laban sa Keith Johnson (DEC3) at 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, ANG, tumatagal sa Boris Polezhay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), ng 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 at Dmitry Samoilov. Polezhay has won 13 ng kanyang huling 14 fights.
Also fighting in the main card is Brazilian flyweight Rafael Dias (14-5-0, M-1¨0-1-0), na mga mukha Vadim Malygin, ng Russia. Dias has lost only two of his last 10 fights, both of those in bantamweight matches. Malygin lost his only M-1 Challenge title fight last September, kapag 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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