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The year 2018 is the 21st year in the history of 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 ...
, a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
promotion based in Russia.


List of events


M-1 Challenge 87 - Ashimov vs. Silander

''M-1 Challenge 87 - Ashimov vs. Silander'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on February 9, 2018 at the M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
, Russia.


Background

This event will feature an interim world title fight for the M-1 Flyweight Championship between Arman Ashimov and Mikael Silander as M-1 Challenge 87 headliner. Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa was injured and could not fight at M-1 Challenge 87. Levan Solodovnik will take his place against Shavkat Rakhmonov.


Results


M-1 Challenge 88 - Ismagulov vs. Tutarauli

''M-1 Challenge 88 - Ismagulov vs. Tutarauli'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on February 22, 2018 at the Olimpiyskiy in
Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background

This event will feature two world title fight, first for the M-1 Lightweight Championship between Damir Ismagulov and Raul Tutarauli as M-1 Challenge 88 headliner, and a Bantamweight pairing between Movsar Evloev and Sergey Morozov for the M-1 Bantamweight Championship as co-headliner. Giga Kukhalashvili was injured three weeks before the event, Khadis Ibragimov stepped in to face Stephan Puetz.


Results


M-1 Challenge 89 - Buchinger vs. Krasnikov

''M-1 Challenge 89 - Buchinger vs. Krasnikov'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on March 10, 2018 at the M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
,
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background

Chris Kelades had to withdraw due to visa issues. Oleg Aduchiev will step in as a replacement against Vitali Branchuk.


Results


M-1 Challenge 90 - Kunchenko vs. Butenko

''M-1 Challenge 90 - Kunchenko vs. Butenko'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on March 30, 2018 at the M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background


Results


M-1 Challenge 91 - Swain vs. Nuertiebieke

''M-1 Challenge 91 - Swain vs. Nuertiebieke'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on May 12, 2018 at the Nanshan Culture & Sports Center in
Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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Background

M-1 Challenge 91 was supposed to be held April 21 at M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
and featured a M-1 Featherweight Championship. bout between the champion Khamzat Dalgiev and Nate Landwehr, but for unknown reasons the event was canceled the M-1 Challenge 91 event will now be held in Shenzhen, China. The fights from the card Saint Petersburg event will be rescheduled for the upcoming M-1 events. Due to visa issues the fight for the undisputed flyweight title between the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion Aleksander Doskalchuk and the interim champion Arman Ashimov was rescheduled for M-1 Challenge 92.


Results


M-1 Challenge 92 - Kharitonov vs. Vyazigin

''M-1 Challenge 92 - Kharitonov vs. Vyazigin'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on May 24, 2018 at the M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background

Kharitonov win over Vyazigin at M-1 Challenge 95 declared no-contest after the commission gathered by the M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein made the decision to change the result. Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu was injured and was replaced by his fellow countryman Aziz Satybaldiev in the fight against Saba Bolaghi Bair Shtepin was injured and was replaced by Ukrainian Ludwig Sholinyan in the fight against Alexander Osetrov.


Results


M-1 Challenge 93 - Shlemenko vs. Silva

''M-1 Challenge 93 - Shlemenko vs. Silva'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on June 1, 2018 at the
Traktor Ice Arena Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (), commonly shortened to Traktor Ice Arena, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of Tra ...
in
Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background

This event has featured a middleweight superfight between the former Bellator Middleweight Champion and Bruno Silva as M-1 Challenge 93 headliner and a Middleweight pairing the champion Artem Frolov and
Joe Riggs Joseph Jonathan Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American professional bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist who was most recently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship where he lost via KO to Lorenzo Hunt. He former ...
for the M-1 Middleweight Championship as co-headliner.


Results


M-1 Challenge 94 - Damkovsky vs. Ismagulov

''M-1 Challenge 94 - Damkovsky vs. Ismagulov'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on June 15, 2018 at the
Traktor Ice Arena Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (), commonly shortened to Traktor Ice Arena, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of Tra ...
in
Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background


Results


M-1 Challenge 95 - Battle in the Mountains 7

''M-1 Challenge 95 - Battle in the Mountains 7'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on July 21, 2018 at The Mountain in
Nazran Nazran (; ) is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital from 1991 to 2000, until it was replaced by Magas, which was built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republic: Etymology The name ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background

Alexander Lunga was injured and was replaced by Zaka Fatullazade in the bantamweight bout against Sergey Morozov. Abubakar Mestoev was injured and was replaced by his fellow countryman Khamzat Aushev in the catchweight bout against Jorge Rodrigues Silva.


Results


M-1 Challenge 96 - Mikutsa vs. Ibragimov

''M-1 Challenge 96 - Mikutsa vs. Ibragimov'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on August 25, 2018 at the M-1 Arena in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
,
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
.


Background

Maksim Grabovich was scheduled to face Ruslan Rakhmonkulov at this event. However, Rakhmonkulov missed weight by over eight pounds and the bout was canceled. Maksim Melnik was injured, Dmitriy Tikhonyuk steps in to replace Melnik against Boris Medvedev.


Results


M-1 Challenge 97 - Bogatov vs. Pereira

''M-1 Challenge 97 - Bogatov vs. Pereira'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on September 28, 2018 at the Basket-Hall Arena in
Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, É‘zanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
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Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
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Background


Fight Card


M-1 Challenge 98 - Frolov vs. Silva

''M-1 Challenge 98 - Frolov vs. Silva'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on November 2, 2018 in
Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...
,
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
.


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Fight Card


M-1 Challenge 99: Battle Of Narts 4

''M-1 Challenge 99: Battle Of Narts 4'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on November 17, 2018 in
Nazran Nazran (; ) is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital from 1991 to 2000, until it was replaced by Magas, which was built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republic: Etymology The name ...
, Russia.


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Fight Card


M-1 Challenge 100 - Battle in Atyrau

''M-1 Challenge 100: Battle in Atyrau'' was a
mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event held by M-1 Global on December 15, 2018 in
Atyrau Atyrau (, ; , ; ), known until 1991 as Guryev (), is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, west of Almaty and east o ...
, Kazakhstan.


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