M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1)
is 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
St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year.
It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with other organizations) entitled M-1 Global Presents Breakthrough on August 28, 2009 at
Memorial Hall in
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City (commonly known as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As ...
.
M-1, in 2009, signed a contract to co-promote with Explosion Entertainment.
History
M-1 Challenge
M-1 Challenge is a competition organized with a series of events held in many places around the world. The events are broadcast in over 100 countries, mainly Russia, Europe and the FSU countries.
M-1 Selection
The M-1 Selection is a MMA competition where the next generation of fighters are given the opportunity to showcase their skills on the world stage with fighters being eliminated after only one loss; victory will advance the winning fighters throughout the tournament and earn them a trip to the championship event where they will compete for a “M-1 Selection” title.
UFC Partnership
On July 18, 2018, it was announced that M-1 has agreed in a partnership with
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor ( ...
(UFC) where M-1 Global serves as the farm league for the UFC to scout
Russian fighters for the UFC and involves in preparation and organizes new shows in Russia. Part of the deal also allows M-1 champions to have the opportunity to sign with the UFC.
List of M-1 Global events
Current M-1 Global champions
Current M-1 USA National champions
List of M-1 Global champions
M-1 Global Heavyweight Championship
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M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Championship
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M-1 Global Middleweight Championship
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M-1 Global Welterweight Championship
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M-1 Global Lightweight Championship
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M-1 Global Featherweight Championship
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M-1 Global Bantamweight Championship
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M-1 Global Flyweight Championship
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M-1 USA National Welterweight Championship
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Notable fighters
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Fedor Emelianenko
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Alistair Overeem
Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch former professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and was the first fight ...
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-rei ...
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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 ...
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Alexander Volkov
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Alexey Oliynyk
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Sergei Kharitonov
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Pedro Rizzo
Pedro Augusto Rizzo (; born 3 May 1974) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed for the UFC, PRIDE, M-1 Global, and Affliction. Although he never captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Rizzo competed for ...
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Alexander Shlemenko
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Vadim Nemkov
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Vinny Magalhães
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Alexander Emelianenko
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Paul Bradley
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Phil De Fries
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Carlos Eduardo
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Ramazan Emeev
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Yasubey Enomoto
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Maiquel Falcão
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Luigi Fioravanti
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Konstantin Gluhov
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Damian Grabowski
Damian Grabowski (born May 12, 1980) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist who last competed in 2019. A professional since 2007, he has fought in the UFC, Bellator, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), Fight Exclusive Night and M-1 Global. ...
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Brandon Halsey
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Satoshi Ishii
is a Japanese-Croatian retired Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional boxer and judoka who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019.
Ishii won the gold medal in Judo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Judo at the Beijing ...
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Chris Kelades
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Rustam Khabilov
Rustam Mikailovich Khabilov (born 4 November 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who last competed in the Welterweight division. He is a Combat Sambo World Champion and a former member of the Legion Sport Club fight team in Rostov-on-Don ...
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Alexey Kudin
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Mickaël Lebout
Mickaël Lebout (born August 16, 1987) is a French people, French former mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight divisions of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, UFC, M-1 Global, and Cage Warriors.
Mixed ...
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Caio Magalhães
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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 ...
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Ronny Markes
Ronny Markes (born April 21, 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2007, Markes has formerly competed for the Ultimate Fig ...
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Cody McKenzie
* Mario Miranda
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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 ...
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Viktor Nemkov
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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 ...
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Shahbulat Shamhalaev
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Kirill Sidelnikov
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Sokoudjou
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Mairbek Taisumov
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Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
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Attila Vegh
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Shamil Zavurov
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Mikhail Zayats
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Hayder Hassan
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Enoc Solves
* Rafał Moks
See also
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List of current mixed martial arts champions
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athlet ...
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M-1 Challenge
M-1 Challenge is a competitions organized by M-1 Global with a series of events held in different places around the world where MMA fighters compete against each other. The events are broadcast in over 100 countries. Fighters in over 30 countries ...
References
External links
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{{MMA organizations
Organizations established in 1997
Mixed martial arts promotions
Mixed martial arts in Russia
1997 establishments in Russia
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