Mikhail Zayats was too much for Marcus Vanttinen

HELSINKI, Somija (Augusts 6, 2017) – Krievu gaismas smagiem Mikhail Zayats uzvarēta Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Challenge 82Galvenais notikums, 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: Krievija, Somija, Brazīlija, ASV, Portugāle, Francija, Šveice, Ukraine and Sweden.

Somijas bantamsvars Cīpslas “Jambo” Elonena-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, Somu mušsvars Mikhail “Halks” Silanders (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukrainas.

“Jambo” nails Davella

(L) Silander made hometown fans happy

Russian lightweight prospect Pāvels Gordejevs (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) un Ukrainas pusvidējā svarā Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), attiecīgi, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) and American Keith “Vienīgais” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0).

Gordeev is a promising prospect

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

Arī uz galvenās kartes, Finnish welterweight Juho 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

Par prejudiciālo kartes, Swedish bantamweight Son Le “Buddah” 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), cīnās no Krievijas, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boriss “Bora” Poležajs (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0) defeated Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0) ar lēmumu.

Krievu middleweight Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) atklāšanas kārtā, French lightweightArnaud 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), Somijas, 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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