Nazarov vs. Belyaev Added to Oct. 28th M-1 Challenge

Friday, September 17, 2010


By FCF Staff   M-1 Global continues to round out the line-up for the promotion’s upcoming, October 28th, event in St. Petersburg, Russia, which will determine world champions in the lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions. The latest addition to the M-1 Challenge XXI card is a welterweight bout between Alexei Nazarov (9-3) and Alexei Belyaev (10-4).

“The undercard for this event continues to get better,” Evgeni Kogan, Director of Operations for M-1 Global was quoted saying in a press release from the promotion.  “These are the contention bouts which will begin driving the Challenge series into 2011where our Champions will be defending their titles.”

Here is the line-up to date for the M-1 Challenge XXI: Guram vs. Grishin event.

Lightweight Title Fight:
Artiom Damkovsky, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (10-4) vs.
Mairbek Taisumov, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champion (12-2)

Middleweight Title Fight:
Magomed Sultanakhmedov, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (28-4) vs.
Rafał Moks, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champ (5-2) 

Heavyweight Title Fight:
Maxim Grishin, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe champion (7-4) vs.
Guram Gugenishvili, M-1 Selection Western Europe champion (8-0).

Undercard

WW-Alexei Nazarov (9-3) vs. Alexei Belyaev (10-4)
LW-Alexander Sarnavsky (10-0) vs. Victor Kuku (7-5-1)
WW-Rashid Magomedov (6-2) vs. Igor Araujo (18-5)
LHW-Dmitry Samoilov (8-5-1) vs. Gadzhimurad Omarov (5-0)

M-1 Global’s welterweight and light-heavyweight championships will be awarded December 11th, at an event in Atlantic City New Jersey.