The 2011 M-1 Challenge season was the fourth season of

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(MMA) fighting presented by the

M-1 Global M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year. It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with oth ...

promotion. The season began on March 5.

Events

M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram

The first M-1 Challenge event of 2011 took place on March 5, 2011, at the Crocus City in

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Main card (Russia 2 TV)

*Heavyweight Championship bout: Guram Gugenishvili (c) vs. Maxim Grishin :Gugenishvili defeated Grishin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of round 1. *Welterweight Championship bout:

Shamil Zavurov Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov (; born July 4, 1984) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, he is the former M-1 Global World Wel ...

vs. Tom Gallicchio :Zavurov defeated Gallicchio via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2. *Welterweight bout:

Rashid Magomedov Rashid Magomedgadzhievich Magomedov (; born May 14, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist. He is a former amateur Light heavyweight and Middleweight boxer, and competed at the lightweight mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Champ ...

vs. Rafał Moks :Magomedov defeated Moks via TKO (strikes) at 2:06 of round 1. *Lightweight bout:

Mairbek Taisumov Mairbek Vakhaevich Taisumov (Russian: Майрбек Вахаевич Тайсумов; born August 8, 1988) is a Russian-born Austrian mixed martial artist. He fights in the lightweight division. A professional mixed martial artist since 2007, ...

vs. Yuri Ivlev :Taisumov defeated Ivlev via TKO (punches) at 1:34 of round 2. *Middleweight bout: Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. Plinio Cruz :Sultanakhmedov defeated Cruz via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

*Middleweight bout:

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev Magomedrasul Magomedalievich Khasbulaev (; born October 23, 1986) is a Russian former mixed martial artist who fought in the Featherweight division. In a career spanning 12 years, Khasbulaev fought in Bellator MMA, where he won the Bell ...

vs.

Daniel Weichel Daniel Weichel (born November 22, 1984) is a German former professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Featherweight division for Bellator MMA. He has also competed in M-1 Global and Shooto. Background Born and raised in Germany, ...

:Weichel defeated Magomedrasul via technical submission (triangle choke) at 3:13 of round 1. *Heavyweight bout: Goncalo Salgado vs. Arsen Abdulkerimov :Abdulkerimov defeated Salgado via submission (armbar) at 2:29 of round 1. *Light heavyweight bout: Igor Savelyev vs. Byron Byrd :Saveliev defeated Byrd via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:12 of round 2. *Light heavyweight bout: Shamil Tinagadjiev vs.

Tomasz Narkun Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun (born December 3, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing for KSW. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed for M-1 Global, wher ...

:Narkun defeated Tinagadjiev via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1. *Light heavyweight bout: Maxim Bulahtin vs. Magomed Ismailov :Ismailov defeated Bulahtin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:47 of round 2. *Lightweight bout: Vusal Bairamov vs. Nikolai Kaushansky :Kaushansky defeated Bairamov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:31 of round 1.

M-1 Challenge XXIV: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa

The second M-1 Challenge event took place on March 25, 2011, at the

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. This event marked the first M-1 show in the

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since 2009 and aired live on the

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cable network. The event drew an estimated 189,000 viewers on Showtime. Due to problems with his visa Arthur Guseinov was unable to compete. Josh Bakkalao got injured during practice and was unable to face

Alexander Sarnavskiy Alexander Sarnavskiy (, born January 17, 1989) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global v ...

. He was replaced by Beau Baker.

Main card (Showtime TV)

*Lightweight Championship bout: Artiom Damkovsky (c) vs. Jose Figueroa :Figueroa defeated Damkovsky via TKO (punches) at 2:28 of round 2 to become the new M-1 Global Lightweight Champion. *Middleweight Championship bout: Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. Tyson Jeffries :Sultanakhmedov defeated Jeffries via TKO (knees to the body) at 3:07 of round 2. *Light heavyweight bout:

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vs. Jake Doerr :Magalhaes defeated Doerr via TKO (punches) at 1:47 of round 1. *Middleweight bout: Jason Norwood vs. Mojo Horne :Norwood defeated Horne by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). *Lightweight bout:

vs. Beau Baker :Sarnavskiy defeated Baker via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:32 of round 2.

Preliminary card

*Bantamweight bout: Marcus Daniels vs. Bryan Lasham :Lasham defeated Daniels via TKO (punches) at 0:57 of round 1. *Featherweight bout: Bethany Marshall vs. Stacy Grant :Marshall defeated Grant via submission (toe hold) at 1:49 of round 2. *Welterweight bout: Brian Nielson vs.

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:Smith defeated Nielson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 of round 1. *Heavyweight bout: Johnny Curtis vs. Bobby Gurley :Curtis defeated Gurley via KO (punch to the body) at 0:36 of round 1. *Lightweight bout: George Sheppard vs. David Derby :Sheppard defeated Derby via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. *Bantamweight bout: Jessie Riggleman vs. Jason Hilliker :Riggleman defeated Hilliker via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:13 of round 1.

M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto

28 April 2011

Ice Palace Saint Petersburg The Ice Palace (Russian: Ледовый Дворец, ''Ledovy Dvorets'') is an arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built for the 2000 IIHF World Championship and opened in 2000. It holds 12,300 people. The Ice Palace is primarily used for ...

in St.Petersburg,

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. Today it was announced that Dmitry Samoilov and Mike Guerin were injured during the training process and, unfortunately, will not be able to take part in the tournament M-1 Challenge XXV. Zavurov vs Magomedov.

was seriously injured and was out of title bout with

. M-1 Global has made every effort to in such a short period of time to find a worthy replacement, and literally a few minutes ago to sign the exclusive contract with M-1 Global has put Swiss welterweight Yasubi Enomoto, who last year was a finalist at the Grand Prix at Sengoku in his weight class.

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

*Welterweight Championship bout:

(c) vs. Yasubey Enomoto :Zavurov defeated Enomoto by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47). *Light Heavyweight Championship bout:

Viktor Nemkov Viktor Aleksandrovich Nemkov (; born January 26, 1987) is a Russian sambist, judoka competitor and mixed martial artist. Nemkov won the 2011 World Sambo Championships in Combat Sambo. He is the older brother of Vadim Nemkov. Mixed ma ...

vs.

:Magalhaes defeated Nemkov via submission (mounted gogoplata) at 1:40 of round 3. *Middleweight bout: Andrei Semenov vs.

Luigi Fioravanti Luigi Fioravanti (born January 22, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in 2016. A professional since 2004, he is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC, but has also fought for M-1 Global and the Maximum Fighting Cham ...

:Semenov defeated Fioravanti by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). *Light Heavyweight bout:

Mikhail Zayats Mikhail Zayats (;born October 14, 1981) is an ethnic Russian former professional mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Light Heavyweight division. He has also competed in M-1 Global. Mixed martial arts career M-1 Global ...

vs. Malik Merad :Zayats defeated Merad via TKO (punches) at 0:49 of round 2. *Heavyweight bout: Maxim Grishin vs. Vladimir Kuchenko :Grishin defeated Kuchenko via TKO (punches) at 3:14 of round 3. *Heavyweight bout: Alexander Volkov vs.

Denis Goltsov Denis Alexandrovich Goltsov (; born 10 June 1990) is a Russian sambo competitor, mixed martial artist, and former amateur boxer. As a sambist, Goltsov is a two-time world champion, two-time European champion, and three-time Russian champion. As a ...

:Volkov defeated Goltsov via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 2. *Welterweight bout:

Alexander Yakovlev Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s ...

vs. Christian Eckerlin :Yakovlev defeated Eckerlin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:14 of round 2.

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

*Welterweight bout: Juan Manuel Suarez vs. Arsen Temirkhanov :Suarez defeated Temirkhanov by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). *Middleweight bout: Murad Magomedov vs. Ramazan Emeev :Emeev defeated Magomedov by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). *Welterweight bout: Ramazan Esenbaev vs. Albert Akhmetov :Esenbaev defeated Akhmetov via TKO (punches) at 2:49 of round 2.

M-1 European Battle

June 4, 2011 ACCO International Center

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Main card (Ustream.com)

*Welterweight bout: Yasubey Enomoto vs. Rafał Moks :Enomoto defeated Moks via majority decision (29-28, 28-28, 29-28). *Lightweight bout: Yuri Ivlev vs. Artiom Damkovsky :Ivlev defeated Damkovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). *Welterweight bout: Alexander Agafonov vs. Husein Haliev :Haliev defeated Agafonov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). *Lightweight bout: Vugar Bakhshiev vs. Antun Račić :Račić defeated Bakhshiev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 of 3 round.

Preliminary card

*Lightweight bout: Alexander Kozyr vs. Semen Tyrlya :Kozyr defeated Tyrlya via submission (armbar) at 1:57 of 1 round. *Welterweight bout: Vadim Khaitulov vs. Viktor Talashov :Khaitulov defeated Talashov via TKO (punch) at 1:24 of 1 round. *Middleweight bout: Ruslan Khaskhanov vs. Andrei Dryapko :Dryapko defeated Khaskhanov via submission (shoulder injury) 1:57 of 1 round. *Light Heavyweight bout: Saparbek Safarov vs. Denis Ivanets :Safarov defeated Ivanets via TKO (punches) at 3:00 of 1 round. *Heavyweight bout: Igor Zadernovsky vs. Yuri Snegovskoy :Zadernovsky defeated Snegovskoy via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of 1 round.

European Gran Prix

*Lightweight bout: Farkhad Fatalla vs. Ilya Tiunov :Fatalla defeated Tiunov via Submission (guillotine choke) at 1:48 of 1 round. *Lightweight bout:

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vs. Sergey Sinkevich :Adamchuk defeated Sinkevich via KO (punch) at 2:47 of 2 round. *Welterweight bout: Vladimir Opanasenko vs. Syanan Yusibov :Opanasenko defeated Yusibov via submission (armbar) at 0:41 of 1 round. *Welterweight bout: Vasily Novikov vs. Alexander Nimerenko :Novikov defeated Nimerenko via submission (armbar) at 3:10 of 2 round. *Middleweight bout: Alexander Dolotenko vs. Filip Anasovich :Dolotenko defeated Anasovich via submission (armbar) at 1:15 of 1 round.

M-1 Challenge XXVI: Bennett vs. Garner II

The second M-1 Challenge event to air on

took place on July 8, 2011, in

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. Guram Gugenishvili was originally announced for the main event, but suffered a hand injury and was replaced by Garner.

Main card (Showtime TV)

*Heavyweight bout: Kenny Garner vs. Pat Bennett :Garner defeated Bennett via KO (punch) at 1:15 of round 2. *Middleweight bout: Arthur Guseinov vs. Tyson Jeffries :Guseinov defeated Jeffries via KO (back fist) at 1:32 of round 1. *Lightweight bout: Mairbek Taisumov vs. Josh Bakkalao :Taisumov defeated Bakkalao via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1. *Lightweight bout: Daniel Weichel vs. Beau Baker :Weichel defeated Baker by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25). *Middleweight bout: Eddie Arizmendi vs. Jason Norwood :Arizmendi defeated Norwood via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 2.

Preliminary card (Allboxing.tv)

*Lightweight bout: Max Martyniouk vs. Mike De Robles :Martyniouk defeated Robles via TKO (punches) at 2:30 of 1 round. *Lightweight bout: Diman Morris vs. Brandon Michaels :Morris defeated Michaels by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).

М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats

The third M-1 Challenge show on Showtime took place on October 14, 2011, at the Grand Canyon University Arena in

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. Heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili was originally set to defend his title in a rematch against Kenny Garner, but pulled out of the bout due to an elbow injury.

Main card (Showtime TV)

*Light Heavyweight Championship bout:

:Magalhaes defeated Zayats via TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:13 of round 3. *Heavyweight Interim Championship bout: Kenny Garner vs. Maxim Grishin :Garner defeated Grishin via submission (punches) at 4:07 of round 5. *Middleweight bout: Eddie Arizmendi vs. Arthur Guseinov :Guseinov defeated Arizmendi via submission (heel hook) at 0:50 of round 1. *Welterweight bout: Josh Thorpe vs. Yasubey Enomoto :Enomoto defeated Thorpe via submission (triangle choke) at 1:07 of round 1. *Welterweight bout: Tom Gallicchio vs. Daniel Madrid :Madrid defeated Gallicchio via submission (armbar) at 0:48 of round 1.

Preliminary card

*Catchweight (158 lbs) bout: Ryan Crouch vs. Fredrik Lumpkin :Crouch defeated Lumpkin via TKO (punches) at 2:26 of round 2. *Welterweight bout: Mike Chavez vs. Joe Martinez :Chavez defeated Martinez via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

M-1 Challenge XXVIII: Emelianenko vs. Malikov

12 November, Star Centre,

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was expected to defend his title against

on this card, but had to withdraw due to knee injury.

Main Card (PPV and Russia 2)

*Heavyweight bout:

Alexander Emelianenko Alexander Vladimirovich Emelianenko (or Yemelianenko; rus, Александр Владимирович Емельяненко, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Emel'janenko, ɐlʲɪkˈsandr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ jɪmʲɪˈlʲjæ ...

vs. Magomed Malikov :Malikov defeated Emelianenko via KO (punches) at 0:23 of round 1 *Light Heavyweight bout: Alihan Magomedov vs. Isaiah Larson :Larson defeated Magomedov via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 2 *Lightweight bout: Vugar Bakhshiev vs. Yves Landu :Bakhshiev defeated Landu by split decision (30–27, 27–29, 29–27)

Preliminary card

*Middleweight bout: Anton Kostishchin vs. David Beaudrier :Beaudrier defeated Kostishchin via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 2 M-1 Selection: GP 84 kg *Middleweight bout: Enoc Solves Torres vs. Ruslan Khaskhanov :Torres defeated Khaskhanov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1 *Middleweight bout: Jan Zdansky vs. Anatoly Tokov :Tokov defeated Zdansky via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of round 1 *Middleweight bout: Sunay Hamidov vs. Alexei Martinov :Hamidov defeated Martinov via submission (triangle choke) at N/A of round 3 *Middleweight bout: Gregory Babene vs. Alexander Dolotenko :Babene defeated Dolotenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1

M-1 Challenge XXIX: Samoilov vs. Miranda

19 November,

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, Ufa,

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Vyacheslav Vasilevsky again was traumatized in a hand and according to its command, doctors have forbidden it to act until January, 2012.

Main Card

*Middleweight bout: Dmitry Samoilov vs. Mario Miranda :Miranda defeated Samoilov via submission (kimura) at 3:58 of round 2 *Lightweight bout: Antun Račić vs. Artiom Damkovsky :Damkovsky defeated Račić via KO (slam) at 2:16 of round 1 *Middleweight bout: Arsen Temirkhanov vs. Christian Eckerlin :Temirkhanov defeated Eckerlin via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1 *Welterweight bout: Erik Oganov vs. Daniel Madrid :Oganov defeated Madrid via submission (armbar) at 1:24 of round 2 *Middleweight bout: Magomed Aropkhanov vs. Marat Gafurov :Gafurov defeated Aropkhanov by split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28). *Middleweight bout: Ramazan Emeev vs. Ruslan Nadzhafaliev :Emeev defeated Nadzhafaliev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:50 of round 2 *Welterweight bout: Julio Cesar de Almeida vs. Bahtiyar Arzumanov :Almeida defeated Arzumanov by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).

Preliminary card

*Heavyweight bout: Mikhail Istomin vs. Timur Shihmagomedov :Istomin defeated Shihmagomedov via TKO (punches) at 0:24 of round 2 M-1 Selection: GP +93 kg *Heavyweight bout: Denis Komkin vs. Ruslan Stepanyan :Goltsov defeated Stepanyan via КО (punches) at 1:34 of round 1 *Heavyweight bout: Taimur Aslanov vs.

:Goltsov defeated Aslanov via submission (triangle choke) at 1:55 of round 1 *Heavyweight bout: Akhmed Sultanov vs. Vladimir Kuchenko :Sultanov defeated Kuchenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 1 *Heavyweight bout: Denis Smoldarev vs. Niyazi Safarov :Smoldarev defeated Safarov via submission (armbar) at 2:10 of round 1

M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson

''M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson'' was a

event held by

. The event took place on November 20, 2011, at the

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. In the main fight

Fedor Emelianenko Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko; (born 28 September 1976) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, judoka and politician. Emelianenko was the PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from 2003 to th ...

defeated

Jeff Monson Oregon State Beavers Jeffrey William Monson (born January 18, 1971) is an American-born Russian mixed martial artist, boxer, and submission grappler who competes primarily in the heavyweight division. A professional com ...

via unanimous decision. At the end of the heavyweight bout,

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...

entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, ''

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'' reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.

Main card

*Heavyweight bout:

vs.

:Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) . *Lightweight Championship bout: Jose Figueroa (c) vs. Daniel Weichel :Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Daniel became the new lightweight champion. *Welterweight bout:

vs. Juan Manuel Suarez :Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2. *Lightweight bout: Yuri Ivlev vs. Jerome Bouisson :Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1. *Lightweight bout: Mairbek Taisumov vs. Joshua Thorpe :Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2. *Middleweight bout: Albert Duraev vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam :Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.

Preliminary card

*Heavyweight bout: Alexander Volkov vs. Arsen Abdulkerimov :Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1. *Light Heavyweight bout: Salim Davidov vs. Sergey Kornev :Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision. *Lightweight bout: Mikhail Malyutin vs. Seydina Seck :Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1. *Lightweight bout: Nicholas Kaushansky vs. Alexander Vinogradov :Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.

M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II

This event took place on December 9, 2011, at The Hangar at the O.C. Fair and Events Center in

. It aired live on the

cable network.

was scheduled to face Francisco Drinaldo, but the bout was cancelled when Drinaldo suffered an injury. Sarnavskiy instead faced Sergio Cortez.

Main Card (Showtime)

*Welterweight Championship bout:

(c) vs. Yasubey Enomoto :Enomoto defeated Zavurov via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of Round 5. *Lightweight bout: Artiom Damkovsky vs. Jose Figueroa :Damkovsky defeated Figueroa via KO (punch) at 2:19 of Round 1. *Lightweight bout:

vs. Sergio Cortez :Sarnavskiy defeated Cortez via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:46 of Round 1. *Middleweight bout: Eddie Arizmendi vs. Tyson Jeffries :Jeffries defeated Arizmendi via submission (d'arce choke) at 2:08 of Round 2. *Featherweight bout: Alvin Cacdac vs.

Bao Quach Bao Quach (born September 4, 1979) is an American featherweight professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Bellator, Affliction, M-1 Global, EliteXC, Strikeforce, World Extreme Cagefighting, King of the Cage, and Shooto promotions. ...

:Quach defeated Cacdac via submission (triangle/armbar) at 3:33 of Round 1.

References

External links

M-1 Global Homepage (in English)
{{M-1 Challenge seasons M-1 Challenge Season

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Events

M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

M-1 Challenge XXIV: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa

Main card (Showtime TV)

Preliminary card

M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

M-1 European Battle

Main card (Ustream.com)

Preliminary card

European Gran Prix

M-1 Challenge XXVI: Bennett vs. Garner II

Main card (Showtime TV)

Preliminary card (Allboxing.tv)

М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats

Main card (Showtime TV)

Preliminary card

M-1 Challenge XXVIII: Emelianenko vs. Malikov

Main Card (PPV and Russia 2)

Preliminary card

M-1 Challenge XXIX: Samoilov vs. Miranda

Main Card

Preliminary card

M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson

Main card

Preliminary card

M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II

Main Card (Showtime)

See also

References

External links