The M-1 Challenge returns on Oct. 28 at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, where a total of three champions will be crowned. M-1 Selection tournament winners from Eastern and Western Europe will face off to crown the best M-1 MMA fighter on the continent.
M-1 Global Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan talked spoke about the event,
“On this historic evening, M-1 Global will be crowning three world champions. For the first time ever in M-1’s history, championship belts will be awarded in the lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight divisions. These are the culminating battles between the M-1 Selection regional champions.”
Here are the match-ups:
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)