Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen

HELSINKI, Finlàndia (Agost 6, 2017) – De pes semipesado de Rússia Mikhail Zayats derrotat Marcus “Home de les cavernes” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Desafiament 82esdeveniment principal, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during the last nine years.

Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0) returned to an M-1 Global-promoted event for the first time in nearly six years. The Russian strongman see pictured below), who had fought the past few years in Bellator, ruined the night for local favorite Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-3-0), one of six Finnish fighters on the Helsinki card.

International fighters represented nine different countries: Rússia, Finlàndia, Brasil, EUA, Portugal, França, Suïssa, Ukraine and Sweden.

pes gallo finlandès Tendó “Jambo” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1) and Brazilian veteran fighter Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1) fought to a three-round split-draw, Finnish flyweight Mikhail “casc” sila (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) va prendre una decisió unànime a tres rondes Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), d'Ucraïna.

“Jambo” nails Davella

(L) Silander made hometown fans happy

perspectiva lleugera russa Pavel Gordeiev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) and Ukrainian welterweight Alejandro “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), respectivament, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) i americà Keith “L'únic” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0).

Gordeev is a promising prospect

(L) Butenko and Johnson put on a good show.

També a la targeta principal, Finnish welterweight Sopa Valamaa (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made a successful M-1 debut with a first-round technical knockout victory of Portugal’s Aires Bendrouis (10-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0).

Valamaa celebrated

A la cartellera preliminar, Swedish bantamweight Son Le “Buda” Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0) lost a three-round unanimous decision to Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), lluitant fora de Rússia, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0) defeated Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0) per la decisió.

Mitjà rus Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moisès Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) en la primera ronda, francès lleugerArnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), de Finlàndia, to tap-out in round one, and Russian flyweight Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) tapped out in the second round as his Swiss opponent,Frederico “Muskito” Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), locked on an arm-bar.

In M-1’s popular Medieval Fight, Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Nicheporenkodefeated Russian Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout.

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