The undefeated Artem Frolov entered this fight with a perfect record of 11-0-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.39 middleweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Talekh Nadzhafzade, Caio Magalhaes and Joe Riggs.
His opponent, Bruno Silva, has a mma record of 18-6-0 (83% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.20 in the same weight class. ‘Blindado’ Silva lost to Moise Rimbon in 2016 but then he has won over Matheus Mussato, Gennadiy Kovalev and Alexander Shlemenko (Alexander Shlemenko vs Bruno Silva). Frolov vs Silva the main event of M-1 Challenge 98. Watch the video and rate this fight!
M-1 Global fight videos
2018 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Bruno Silva – full fight Video M-1 Chall 93
The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 56-10-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 middleweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Paul Bradley (Alexander Shlemenko vs Paul Bradley) and Brandon Halsey (Shlemenko vs Halsey) but then he was defeated by Gegard Mousasi (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko).
His opponent, Bruno Silva, has an official record of 17-6-0 (82% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.101 in the same weight class. ‘Blindado’ Silva lost to Moise Rimbon in 2016 but then he has won over Matheus Mussato and Gennadiy Kovalev. Shlemenko vs Silva is the main event of M-1 Challenge 93. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 MMA fight – Sergei Kharitonov vs Anton Vyazigin – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 92
Sergei Kharitonov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 27-6-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.26 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Javy Ayala in 2016 (Kharitonov vs Ayala) but then he has won four consecutive fights beating Geronimo dos Santos (Sergei Kharitonov vs Geronimo dos Santos) and Joey Beltran in his last two (Sergei Kharitonov vs Joey Beltran).
His opponent, Anton Vyazigin, has an official record of 9-2-0 (78% finishing rate) and he lost to Philip De Fries in 2017 but he came back to win in 2018 with Zaur Gadzhibabayev. Kharitonov vs Vyazigin is the main event of M-1 Challenge 92. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Sergei Kharitonov vs Geronimo dos Santos – full fight Video M-1
Sergei Kharitonov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-6-0 (96% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Javy Ayala in 2016 (=Kharitonov vs Ayala) but then he has won over Chase Gormley (=Kharitonov vs Gormley) and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in 2017 (=Kharitonov vs Sokoudjou).
His opponent, Geronimo dos Santos, has an official record of 39-18-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class but ‘Mondragon’ lost two out of his last three fights, against Zelimkhan Umiev and Amir Aliakbari; between these two bouts he beat Evgeny Erokhin. Sergei Kharitonov vs Geronimo dos Santos is on the undercard of Pavel Vitruk vs Movsar Evloev – M-1 Challenge 81. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Sergei Kharitonov vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou – full fight Video
Sergei Kharitonov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-6-0 (96% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.40 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Javy Ayala in 2016 (=Kharitonov vs Ayala) but he came back to win in 2017 against Chase Gormley (=Kharitonov vs Gormley).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and former Ksw light-Hw champion Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, has an official record of 18-17-0 (72% finishing rate) and he has already fought twice in 2017 beating Marcelo Tenorio and losing to Lukasz Jurkowski. Sergei Kharitonov vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou is the main event of M-1 Challenge 80. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey 2 – full fight Video M-1
The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 55-9-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (bout in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey in their first fight (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey); after this bout he has collected five victories and one no-contest beating Paul Bradley in 2017 (=Shlemenko vs Bradley).
His opponent, the former Bellator Mw champion Brandon Halsey, has an official record of 9-2-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Rafal Carvalho in 2015 (=Halsey vs Carvalho) and John Salter in 2016 (=Halsey vs Salter). Alexander Shlemenko vs Brandon Halsey 2 is the main event of M-1 Challenge 79 – M-1 Global. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Viktor Nemkov vs Ronny Markes – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 77
The 2011 World Combat Sambo and former M-1 light-Hw champion Viktor Nemkov entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-6-0 (58% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 light heavyweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Rashid Yusupov (via split decision) and beating Attila Vegh (=Nemkov vs Vegh).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ronny Markes, has an official record of 16-4-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.93 heavyweight. He was defeated by Cassio Barbosa de Oliveira in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 against Tony Lopez. Viktor Nemkov vs Ronny Markes is the main event of M-1 Challenge 77. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Paul Bradley – full fight Video M-1 Chall 75
The former Bellator and M-1 Mw champion Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a professional mma record of 54-9-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Tito Ortiz (fight in which he moved up in weight class to the light-Hw division, Shlemenko vs Ortiz) and Brandon Halsey (losing his Bellator title Shlemenko vs Halsey) but then he has collected four victories and one no-contest beating Kendall Grove in his last bout (=Shlemenko vs Grove).
His opponent, Paul Bradley, has an official record of 23-7-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.59 welterweight. He fought twice last year defeating Chris Honeycutt (=Bradley vs Honeycutt 2) and losing to Yushin Okami. Alexander Shlemenko vs Paul Bradley is the main event of the M-1 Challenge 75. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Rashid Yusupov vs Stephan Puetz – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 74
The undefeated M-1 light-Hw champion Rashid Yusupov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 light heavyweight in the world. He fought once in 2016 winning over Viktor Nemkov.
His opponent, Stephan Puetz, has an official record of 15-2-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He lost the rematch with Viktor Nemkov in 2015 (=Puetz vs Nemkov 2) but then he came back to win in 2016 beating Andrey Seledtsov and Marcus Vinicius Lopes. Rashid Yusupov vs Stephan Puetz, main event of M-1 Challenge 74, is valid for the M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title (Yusupov’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 MMA fight – Ramazan Emeev vs Anatoly Tokov – full fight Video M-1 Chall 73
The M-1 champion Ramazan Emeev entered this fight with a professional mma record of 14-3-0 (71% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world. He lost to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in 2014 (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev) but then he has won three bouts taking revenge on Vasilevsky in 2015 (=Vasilevsky vs Emeev 2) and beating Maiquel Falcao in his last one (=Emeev vs Falcao).
His opponent, Anatoly Tokov, has an official record of 24-1-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.36 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Magomed Magomedkerimov in 2011, since then he has collected 17 consecutive victories defeating Arbi Agujev and Vladimir Filipovic in 2016. Emeev vs Tokov, main event of M-1 Challenge 73, is valid for the M-1 Global middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!