2018 in M-1 Global

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 got injured and can't fight at M-1 Challenge 87. Levan Solodovnik will take his place against Shavkat Rakhmonov.

M-1 Challenge 87
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight 57 kg	Arman Ashimov	def.	Mikael Silander	TKO (Punches)	2	3:05	For the interim M-1 Flyweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Timur Nagibin	def.	Jadison Costa	KO (Punches)	3	0:18
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Dimitriy Mikutsa	def.	Kleber Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Pablo Ortmann	def.	Ingiskhan Ozdoev	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:47
Welterweight 77 kg	Shavkat Rakhmonov	def.	Levan Solodovnik	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	4:42
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg	Danila Prikaza	def.	Anderson Queiroz	KO (Punches)	1	1:37
Lightweight 70 kg	Pavel Gordeev	def.	Bobur Kurbonov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Jani Salmi	def.	Nikolay Goncharov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Adam Bogatirov	def.	José Agustin	TKO (Knees and Punches)	1	2:54
Heavyweight 120 kg	Artem Nenakhov	def.	Charles-Henri Tchoungui	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Anatoly Liagu	def.	Aleksandar Rakas	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Tino Gilaranz	def.	Valentin Kryzhanovski	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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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,[2] and a Bantamweight pairing between Movsar Evloev and Sergey Morozov for the M-1 Bantamweight Championship as co-headliner.

Giga Kukhalashvili unfortunately got injured 3 week before the event, Khadis Ibragimov steep in to face Stephan Puetz.

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

M-1 Challenge 89
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight 68 kg	Ivan Buchinger	def.	Andrey Krasnikov	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	2	2:54
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	David de Souza	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:44
Heavyweight 120 kg	Anton Vyazigin	def.	Zaur Gadzhibabayev	KO (Punches)	1	0:16
Lightweight 70 kg	Mickaël Lebout	def.	Sergey Faley	KO (Punch)	1	4:53
Flyweight 57 kg	Oleg Aduchiev	def.	Vitali Branchuk	TKO (Punches)	2	3:09
Preliminary Card
Flyweight 57 kg	Vazha Tsiptauri	def.	Dimitar Kostov	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:28
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Denis Vygovsky	def.	Brendson Ribeiro	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Nikita Solonin	def.	Elazar Tariku	TKO (Punches)	1	0:51
Lightweight 70 kg	Alik Albogachiev	def.	Rasul Magomedov	KO (Punches)	1	2;45
Featherweight 66 kg	Ivan Kibala	def.	Daniel Vasquez	TKO (Punches)	2	4:18
Welterweight 83 kg	Boris Medvedev	def.	Kirill Mazhara	KO (Head Kick)	2	1:33
Heavyweight 120 kg	Dmitry Novikov	def.	Mikhail Makogon	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:03

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M-1 Challenge 90
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight 77 kg	Alexey Kunchenko (c)	def.	Alexander Butenko	TKO (Knees)	3	4:04	For the M-1 Welterweight Championship
Middleweight 84 kg	Joe Riggs		Boris Polezhay	DRAW (Split)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Rafael Dias	def.	Vadim Malygin	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	4:39
Catchweight 73.5 kg	Magomedkamil Malikov	def.	Sado Ucar	TKO (Punches)	2	0:30
Middleweight 84 kg	Oleg Olenichev	def.	Silmar Nunes	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg	Roman Bogatov	def.	Tahir Abdullaev	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	1:21
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Bakary El Anwar	def.	Alexandr Popov	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	0:27
Featherweight 66 kg	Damien Peltier	def.	Maxim Kuldashev	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	4:55
Catchweight 75 kg	Kurban Taigibov	def.	Lom-Ali Nalgiev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 59 kg	Nureles Aidarov	def.	Oleg Lichkovakha	KO (Knee)	1	0:12
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Dmitry Tebekin	def.	Abylkasim Yakubov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Vladimir Trusov	def.	Vyacheslav Babkin	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:48
Welterweight 77 kg	Movsar Bokov	def.	Levan Solodovnik	Submission (Kneebar)	2	1:35

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M-1 Challenge 91 was supposed to be held April 21 at M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia 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.

M-1 Challenge 91
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight 67 kg	Daniel Swain	def.	Musu Nuertiebieke	Submission (Kneebar)	1	1:04
Middleweight 84 kg	Mikhail Zayats	def.	Caio Magalhães	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Michel Silva	def.	Bolin Li	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	3:03
Welterweight 77 kg	Kurbanjiang Tuluosibake	def.	Robert Turnquest	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Andrey Lezhnev	def.	Asikerbai Jinensibieke	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:09
Preliminary Card
Flyweight 57 kg	Vazha Tsiptauri	def.	Hui Liang	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	3:47
Bantamweight 61 kg	Selem Evloev	def.	Xiaolong Wu	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:41
Women's Flyweight 57 kg	Qihui Yan	def.	Olga Golinska	TKO (Punches)	1	3:33
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rafal Kijanczuk	def.	Matt Clempner	KO (Punches)	1	0:14
Bantamweight 61 kg	Huoyixibai Chuhayifu	def.	Janne Elonen-Kulmala	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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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 got injured and was replaced by his fellow countryman Aziz Satybaldiev in the fight against Saba Bolaghi

Bair Shtepin got injured and was replaced by Ukrainian Ludwig Sholinyan in the fight against Alexander Osetrov.

M-1 Challenge 92
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Sergei Kharitonov	vs.	Anton Vyazigin	No Contest	3	0:41
Flyweight 57 kg	Aleksander Doskalchuk (c)	def.	Arman Ashimov (ic)	TKO (Hand Injury)	3	5:00	For the Unification of M-1 Flyweight Championship
Weltereight 77 kg	Tiago Varejão	def.	Sergey Romanov	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Khadis Ibragimov	def.	Giga Kukhalashvili	DQ (Holding the Ropes)	3	3:27
Lightweight 70 kg	Pavel Gordeev	def.	Mickaël Lebout	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg	Daniil Prikaza	def.	Joilton Santos	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Aleksey Ilyenko	def.	Helson Henriques	KO (Knee and Punches)	3	0:27
Heavyweight 120 kg	Maksim Baruzdin	def.	Freddi Gonzalez	TKO (Punches)	1	0:18
Featherweight 66 kg	Saba Bolaghi	def.	Busurmankul Abdibaitov	DQ (Soccer Kick)	2	1:26
Featherweight 66 kg	Mikhail Kuznetsov	def.	Nikita Solonin	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	4:20
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ludwig Sholinyan	vs.	Aleksandr Osetrov	DRAW	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Ruslan Shamilov	def.	Denis Tiuliulin	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Amiran Gogoladze	def.	Taymuraz Guriev	Decision (Split)	3	5:00

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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 for the M-1 Middelweight Championship as co-headliner.

M-1 Challenge 93
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Bruno Silva	def.	Alexander Shlemenko	KO (Punches)	1	2:54
Middleweight 84 kg	Artem Frolov (c)	def.	Joe Riggs	TKO (Knee Injury)	2	0:46	For the M-1 Middleweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Alexey Makhno	def.	Rogerio Matias Da Conceicao	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Alexander Pletenko	def.	Chris Kelades	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Mikal Silander	def.	Nureles Aidarov	Submission (D'Arce Choke)	1	4:26
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Klyuev	def.	Ilya Karetnikov	Submission (Reverse Triangle Kimura)	1	2:25
Middleweight 84 kg	Mark Hulme	def.	Vadim Shabadash	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:20
Flyweight 57 kg	Pierre Ludet	def.	Egor Filidov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:56
Heavyweight 120 kg	Nikolay Savilov	def.	Nikolai Rachek	TKO (Punches)	3	4:26
Heavyweight 120 kg	Yuriy Fedorov	def.	Charles-Henri Lucien	TKO (Punches)	1	1:31
Lightweight 70 kg	Magomed Magomedov	def.	Nikita Podkovalnikov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Vladimir Migovich	def.	Nikita Novikov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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M-1 Challenge 94
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight 70 kg	Damir Ismagulov (c)	def.	Artiom Damkovsky	TKO (Arm Injury)	1	3:53	For the M-1 Lightweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Roman Bogatov	def.	Raul Tutarauli	Submission (Von Flue Choke)	2	3:05
Middleweight 84 kg	Valery Myasnikov	def.	Mikhail Ragozin	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Rubenilton Pereira	def.	Baktybek Uulu Oktom	TKO (Eye Injury)	1	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Maksim Grabovich	def.	Juho Valamaa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight 120 kg	Maksim Yakobyuk	def.	Marcus Vinicius Lopes	KO/TKO (punches)	2	4:52
Women's Flyweight 57 kg	Asia Klyutova	def.	Zejna Krantic	KO/TKO (punches)	3	4:22
Flyweight 57 kg	Kiril Fomenkov	def.	Dimitar Kostov	Submission (choke)	1	2:40
Middleweight 84 kg	Vladimir Trusov	def.	Leonardo Sinis	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 77 kg	Souk Khampasath	def.	Gegham Vardanyan	Submission (choke)	1	3:08

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Alexander Lunga got injured and was replaced by Zaka Fatullazade in the bantamweight bout against Sergey Morozov.

Abubakar Mestoev got injured and was replaced by his fellow countryman Khamzat Aushev in the catchweight bout against Jorge Rodrigues Silva.

M-1 Challenge 95
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Nate Landwehr	def.	Khamzat Dalgiev (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	4:35	For the M-1 Featherweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Movsar Evloev (c)	def.	Rafael Dias	KO (Punches)	5	0:21	For the M-1 Bantamweight Championship.
Catchweight 72 kg	Khamzat Aushev	def.	Jorge Rodrigues Silva	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:02
Heavyweight 120 kg	Zaur Gadzhibabayev	def.	Yuriy Protzenko	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 72 kg	Magomedkamil Malikov	def.	Eduardo Costa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 66 kg	Zalimbeg Omarov	def.	Alexei Nevzorov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Morozov	def.	Zaka Fatullazade	TKO (Punches)	1	4:31
Bantamweight 61 kg	Edward Massey	def.	Mate Sanikidze	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:18
Welterweight 77 kg	Movsar Bokov	def.	Belek Abdyzhaparov	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Pre Undercard
Lightweight 70 kg	Tamerlan Ozdoev	def.	Sado Ucar	TKO (Punches)	1	3:36
Featherweight 66 kg	Musa Khamkhoev	def.	Aleksandr Kutafin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Bekhan Mankiev	def.	Mikhail Akilov	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:50

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Maksim Grabovich was scheduled to face Ruslan Rakhmonkulov at this event. However, Rakhmonkulov missed weight by over 8 pounds and the bout was canceled.

Maksim Melnik got injured, Dmitriy Tikhonyuk steps in to replace Melnik against Boris Medvedev.

M-1 Challenge 96
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Khadis Ibragimov	def.	Dimitriy Mikutsa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:30	For the Vacant M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Daniel Swain	TKO (Leg Kicks)	2	4:21
Lightweight 70 kg	Michel Silva	def.	Aleksey Ilyenko	TKO (Punches)	1	1:34
Featherweight 66 kg	Yuriy Chobuka	def.	Steve Polifonte	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 59 kg	Vazha Tsiptauri	def.	Sanzhar Adilov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg	Boris Medvedev	def.	Dmitriy Tikhonyuk	KO (Punch)	1	1:07
Lightweight 70 kg	Artem Tarasov	def.	Filip Kovařík	TKO(Punches)	1	1:57
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rafał Kijańczuk	def.	Ibrahim Sagov	TKO (Leg Injury)	1	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Nikita Solonin	def.	René Hackl	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 72 kg	Vasily Kozlov	def.	Jurand Lisiecki	KO (Punch)	1	0:42
Pre Undercard
Heavyweight 120 kg	Sergey Goltsov	def.	Yuriy Fedorov	TKO (Punches)	3	1:10
Featherweight 66 kg	Akhmadkhan Bokov	def.	Adam Borovec	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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M-1 Challenge 98
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Bruno Silva	def.	Artem Frolov (c)	TKO (Punches)	4	3:36	For the M-1 Middleweight Championship.
Welterweight 77 kg	Sergey Romanov	def.	Pablo Ortmann	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Morozov	def.	Bair Shtepin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Ivan Bogdanov	def.	Emmanuel Dawa	TKO (Punches)	3	0:58
Welterweight 77 kg	Boris Medvedev	def.	David Zakaryan	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:55
Preliminary Card
Middleweight 84 kg	Oleg Popov	def.	Yuriy Fedorov	TKO (Punches)	2	2:38
Welterweight 77 kg	Jean Patrick	def.	Talekh Nadzhafadze	Submission (North-South Choke)	2	4:55|
Bantamweight 61 kg	Magomed Magomedov	def.	Arnaud Kherfallah	KO (Punches)	1	0:28
Middleweight 84 kg	Ivan Tsigelnik	def.	Maksim Baruzdin	TKO (Punches)	1	0:20
Welterweight 77 kg	Denis Sulimov	def.	Iliskhan Merzhoev	TKO (Punches)	1	4:27
Middleweight 84 kg	Rizvan Simbagaev	def.	Aleksey Shanin	TKO (Punches)	3	2:40
Welterweight 77 kg	Nikita Barkhatov	def.	Agoney Romero	KO (Punch)	1	3:55

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M-1 Challenge 98
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight 57 kg	Aleksander Doskalchuk (c)	def.	Mikael Silander	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the M-1 Flyweight Championship.
Heavyweight 120 kg	Klidson Abreu	def.	Anton Vyazigin	Submission (Straight Armbar)	2	3:16
Featherweight 66 kg	Abubakar Mestoev	def.	Junior Maranhão	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Aleksandr Osetrov	def.	Selem Evloev	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Michel Silva	def.	Magomedkamil Malikov	Submission (Brabo Choke)	2	1:17
Middleweight 84 kg	Vadim Shabadash	def.	Musa Pliev	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:12
Featherweight 66 kg	Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu	def.	Zalimbeg Omarov	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Aridane Romero Rodriguez	def.	Akhmadkhan Bokov	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:28
Welterweight 77 kg	Amiran Gogoladze	def.	Juho Valamaa	KO (Punch)	1	0:10
Middleweight 84 kg	Vladimir Trusov	def.	Aslan Izmaylov	TKO (Submission to Punches)	3	2:50
Catchweight 73 kg	Lom-Ali Nalgiev	def.	Tursunbek Asylgaziev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Gleb Khabibulin	def.	Amir Badiev	KO (Punch)	1	2:14

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M-1 Challenge 98
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Nate Landwehr (c)	def.	Andrey Lezhnev	TKO (Punches)	3	3:10	For the M-1 Featherweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Morozov	def.	Bakhytbek Duishobaev	KO (Punches)	1	4:15
Welterweight 77 kg	Daniil Prikaza	def.	Eduardo Ramon	TKO (Punches)	2	4:06
Flyweight 57 kg	Kayck Alencar	def.	Talgat Zhumagaliev	Submission	2	2:33
Catchweight 94 kg	Rafał Kijańczuk	def.	Giga Kukhalashvili	TKO (Punches)	1	2:42
Preliminary Card
Middleweight 84 kg	Murad Abdurakhmanov	def.	Brandon Bell	TKO (Punches)	3	0:10
Lightweight 70 kg	Khamzat Dalgiev	def.	Bayaman Nurmamat	TKO (Punches)	1	4:40
Featherweight 66 kg	Mikhail Kuznetsov	def.	Nurbek Kabdrakhmanov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 63 kg	Abylai Tolesh	def.	Sergey Klyuev	TKO (Punches)	3	3:06
Flyweight 57 kg	Asu Almabaev	def.	Kiril Fomenkov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:51
Lightweight 70 kg	Vasily Kozlov	def.	Georgiy Akoshvili	KO (Punches)	3	4:55
Featherweight 66 kg	Sabit Zhusupov	def.	Mate Sanikidze	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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