‘M-1 Fighter’ Event Streams Live Saturday Morning
Aug 5, 2011 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- With Europe’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA)
promotion growing increasing popular with two-wheel transportation
enthusiasts, M-1 Global’s Russian MMA ‘proving ground’ scouting
project ‘M-1 Fighter’ airs on Saturday, August 6 as a special event
at the International Festival of Bikers exhibition in Northern
Russia. The card streams live at 6:00 AM ET and features bouts
between aspiring athletes looking to break into the sport.
The ‘M-1 Fighter’ project brings together young and promising athletes that have undergone a rigorous submission review and selection process. According to M-1 Global European matchmaker Alexander Shuldyakov, “These fighters participating in the M-1 Fighter event were selected based on a review of training video, their athletic accomplishments, their combat sports achievements and accomplishments and perceived level of marketability. The undiscovered talent pool within Russia’s MMA community is deep; this project gives these young fighters an opportunity to showcase their talents in front of the right people.”
Kicking off the action is a pair of Featherweight bouts (145 Lbs.)
pitting St. Petersburg natives Sanan Shakhbudagov and Pavel Vitruk
in a head to head battle while Roman Trofimov faces Alexei
Pastirev. The sole lightweight (155 Lbs.) contest features Georgiy
Kovalev versus Radzhi Aliev.
Davrbek Isakov collides with Albert Ahmedov in Welterweight (170 Lbs.) contest while Middleweight (185 Lbs.) affairs see Christian Vuapi meeting Alexei Martinov and Oleg Lvov versus Yuri Tchurov.
Fans wishing to watch the action live, the M-1 Fighter Tournament will be streamed live at 6am ET on August 6th in association with Geniroom. To watch the event, fans must register for a free account which will give you access to all the live action as it takes place. Click for registration information.
For additional information, go to the official M-1 website, www.M-1Global.com and M-1 Global facebook fan page.
About M-1 Global:
Founded in 1998, M-1 Global (www.M-1Global.com) has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged over 100 events worldwide including the M-1 Selection and M-1 Challenge events and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States. Captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 events boast some of the sport’s top names including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Stefan Struve and rising stars Shamil Zavurov, Guram Gugenishvili, Alexander Sarnavskiy and Vinny Magalhaes. 2011 marks a breakthrough year with two Selections tournaments across Eastern & Western Europe, North America and Asia and a full calendar of Challenge events fuelled by a talent-rich contention system ranking M-1 Global’s Champions amongst the greatest in the sport.
M-1 Global’s greatest asset is the number one heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts history, Fedor Emelianenko. With daily coverage on all MMA-related websites in the world, and articles in Time Magazine, LA times and New York times, Fedor and M-1 Global make a lifetime match serving as the catalyst to grow MMA in the 21st century.
The ‘M-1 Fighter’ project brings together young and promising athletes that have undergone a rigorous submission review and selection process. According to M-1 Global European matchmaker Alexander Shuldyakov, “These fighters participating in the M-1 Fighter event were selected based on a review of training video, their athletic accomplishments, their combat sports achievements and accomplishments and perceived level of marketability. The undiscovered talent pool within Russia’s MMA community is deep; this project gives these young fighters an opportunity to showcase their talents in front of the right people.”
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Davrbek Isakov collides with Albert Ahmedov in Welterweight (170 Lbs.) contest while Middleweight (185 Lbs.) affairs see Christian Vuapi meeting Alexei Martinov and Oleg Lvov versus Yuri Tchurov.
Newcomers Maxim Veshnyakov and Dmitrii Nevinniy meet in a Light
Heavyweight (205 Lbs.) bout and Heavyweights (265 Lbs.) Timur
Shikhmagomedov and Dmitrii Alferiev round out the card.
Fans wishing to watch the action live, the M-1 Fighter Tournament will be streamed live at 6am ET on August 6th in association with Geniroom. To watch the event, fans must register for a free account which will give you access to all the live action as it takes place. Click for registration information.
For additional information, go to the official M-1 website, www.M-1Global.com and M-1 Global facebook fan page.
About M-1 Global:
Founded in 1998, M-1 Global (www.M-1Global.com) has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged over 100 events worldwide including the M-1 Selection and M-1 Challenge events and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States. Captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 events boast some of the sport’s top names including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Stefan Struve and rising stars Shamil Zavurov, Guram Gugenishvili, Alexander Sarnavskiy and Vinny Magalhaes. 2011 marks a breakthrough year with two Selections tournaments across Eastern & Western Europe, North America and Asia and a full calendar of Challenge events fuelled by a talent-rich contention system ranking M-1 Global’s Champions amongst the greatest in the sport.
M-1 Global’s greatest asset is the number one heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts history, Fedor Emelianenko. With daily coverage on all MMA-related websites in the world, and articles in Time Magazine, LA times and New York times, Fedor and M-1 Global make a lifetime match serving as the catalyst to grow MMA in the 21st century.
