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Here's a little write-up of the event I did if you're interested:
Main event-
Middleweight Grand Prix final: Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko vs. Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky
Co-main event-
Heavyweight title bout: Alexander "Drago" Volkov vs. Attila "Pumkli" Vegh
Undercard-
Middleweight bout: Valery Myashnikov vs. Enoc Solves Torres
Welterweight bout: Sergey Romanov vs. Andreas Birgels
176-lb catchweight bout: Abukar Yandiev vs. Tony Christodoulou
Lightweight bout: Alexey Makhno vs. Felipe Rego
Heavyweight bout: Daniil Arepyev vs. Anton Vyazigin
Welterweight bout: Daniil Prikaza vs. Maksim Grabovich
Featherweight bout: Mikhail Kuznetsov vs. Andrey Lezhnev
Lightweight bout: Maxim Pugachev vs. Murodzhon Kodirov
Here's a little write-up of the event I did if you're interested:
In a rematch between not only two of the best middleweights in the world, but two of the best Russian fighters in the sport right now, Sasha "Storm" Shlemenko is fighting Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky in the finals of the M-1 middleweight grand prix- and in a rematch of their fight from earlier this year (February, I believe.)
The fight was supposed to be between Shlemenko and current M-1 Global middleweight champion (I think) Ramazan Emeev, who defeated Maiquel Falcao in his bracket of the tournament, but Emeev was injured so a rematch between Shlemenko and Slava's taking its place. 'Not the most climactic grand prix final, but the first fight was a very entertaining, competitive bout, a rematch is still very titillating, and it'll almost-certainly be a very good fight.
Shlemenko is the head trainer of Alexander Sarnavskiy and current Bellator welterweight champion (and current top-15 welterweight) Andrey Koreshkov, a 60+-fight veteran, aformer Bellator middleweight champion and a former top-15 middleweight (some rankings had him in the top-10 at his peak.) In addition to the aforementioned victory over Slava, holds solid, solid victories (especially at the time of the fights) over very good fighters like Bellator tournament winners Maiquel Falcao, Doug Marshall, Brennan Ward, Bellator tournament runner-ups Vitor Vianna, Brett Cooper, Bryan Baker, Pride, DREAM, K-1 and, recently, Bellator titlist Melvin Manhoef [the win overturned due to a botched drug test on the part of the Athletic Commission], Sengoku welterweight grand prix runner-up and former M-1 Global champion Yasubey Enomoto, and a slough of other opponents like Minowaman, Brian Rogers, Zelg Galesic, Sean Salmon, Bubba Mcdaniel, Jared Hess, Beslan Isaev, and Vener Galiev.
Vasilevsky was a veteran of Bellator as well, going 1-1 in the promotion and making it to the semi-finals of their middleweight tournament (losing to eventual winner Maiquel Falcao, albeit controversially to some people) and later went on an impressive 9-fight winning streak that saw him gain very good victories over Vitor Nobrega, Trevor Prangley, Svetoslar Savov, an avenged-loss to Maiquel Falcao, and saw him win the M-1 Global middleweight title over Ramazan Emeev in a very entertaining fight, from what I've heard. That streak ended when he lost his title against Emeev in a rematch.
He also holds victories over Tomasz Narkun and Xavier-Foupa Pokam, and he was a two-divisional M-1 Global champion at middleweight and light-heavyweight, but I think the light-heavyweight title was a regional M-1 title and not the world title.
They also both have ~66% finishing rates, which means there's a 66% chance this fight will end with a finish.
You can check out the first fight here, to get yourself hyped up regardless of whether you've seen it before or not:
In the co-main event and in a bout between former Bellator champions- and top-15-ranked fighters in their respective divisions, former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov is defending his newly-won M-1 Global heavyweight title against former Bellator light-heavyweight champion Attila Vegh. Volkov was controversially cut from Bellator after a two-fight skid which saw him get wrestle-fucked by Cheick Kongo and Tony Johnson, which came after he won a Bellator tournament which promised him a title-shot he never received. Attila Vegh was another controversial cut, albeit less-so, who was cut from the promotion over a year after losing his light-heavyweight title to Emmanuel Newton and despite having a 5-1 record in the promotion. Both fighters have a lot of great victories between them, with Volkov having victories over current WSOF champion Blagoy Ivanov, former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez, Brett Rogers, Vinicius Spartan, Rob Boughton, Mighty Mo, and, most recently in his title-winning effort, Dennis Smoldarev, and with Vegh having victories over Emmanuel Newton, Travis Wiuff, Christian M'pumbu, and Zelg Galesic.
Vegh is moving up to fight Volkov, which, along with him giving up weight and height, will make this a challenge (and M-1 challenge) for him, but, with both of their wealths of experience and with their status as former champions, this'll be an interesting fight.
There're also some fights between a whole bunch of European prospects and veterans, including a heavyweight bout between fighters who hold a combined 11-1 record. So check it out if you're up early tomorrow.
The fight was supposed to be between Shlemenko and current M-1 Global middleweight champion (I think) Ramazan Emeev, who defeated Maiquel Falcao in his bracket of the tournament, but Emeev was injured so a rematch between Shlemenko and Slava's taking its place. 'Not the most climactic grand prix final, but the first fight was a very entertaining, competitive bout, a rematch is still very titillating, and it'll almost-certainly be a very good fight.
Shlemenko is the head trainer of Alexander Sarnavskiy and current Bellator welterweight champion (and current top-15 welterweight) Andrey Koreshkov, a 60+-fight veteran, aformer Bellator middleweight champion and a former top-15 middleweight (some rankings had him in the top-10 at his peak.) In addition to the aforementioned victory over Slava, holds solid, solid victories (especially at the time of the fights) over very good fighters like Bellator tournament winners Maiquel Falcao, Doug Marshall, Brennan Ward, Bellator tournament runner-ups Vitor Vianna, Brett Cooper, Bryan Baker, Pride, DREAM, K-1 and, recently, Bellator titlist Melvin Manhoef [the win overturned due to a botched drug test on the part of the Athletic Commission], Sengoku welterweight grand prix runner-up and former M-1 Global champion Yasubey Enomoto, and a slough of other opponents like Minowaman, Brian Rogers, Zelg Galesic, Sean Salmon, Bubba Mcdaniel, Jared Hess, Beslan Isaev, and Vener Galiev.
Vasilevsky was a veteran of Bellator as well, going 1-1 in the promotion and making it to the semi-finals of their middleweight tournament (losing to eventual winner Maiquel Falcao, albeit controversially to some people) and later went on an impressive 9-fight winning streak that saw him gain very good victories over Vitor Nobrega, Trevor Prangley, Svetoslar Savov, an avenged-loss to Maiquel Falcao, and saw him win the M-1 Global middleweight title over Ramazan Emeev in a very entertaining fight, from what I've heard. That streak ended when he lost his title against Emeev in a rematch.
He also holds victories over Tomasz Narkun and Xavier-Foupa Pokam, and he was a two-divisional M-1 Global champion at middleweight and light-heavyweight, but I think the light-heavyweight title was a regional M-1 title and not the world title.
They also both have ~66% finishing rates, which means there's a 66% chance this fight will end with a finish.
You can check out the first fight here, to get yourself hyped up regardless of whether you've seen it before or not:
In the co-main event and in a bout between former Bellator champions- and top-15-ranked fighters in their respective divisions, former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov is defending his newly-won M-1 Global heavyweight title against former Bellator light-heavyweight champion Attila Vegh. Volkov was controversially cut from Bellator after a two-fight skid which saw him get wrestle-fucked by Cheick Kongo and Tony Johnson, which came after he won a Bellator tournament which promised him a title-shot he never received. Attila Vegh was another controversial cut, albeit less-so, who was cut from the promotion over a year after losing his light-heavyweight title to Emmanuel Newton and despite having a 5-1 record in the promotion. Both fighters have a lot of great victories between them, with Volkov having victories over current WSOF champion Blagoy Ivanov, former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez, Brett Rogers, Vinicius Spartan, Rob Boughton, Mighty Mo, and, most recently in his title-winning effort, Dennis Smoldarev, and with Vegh having victories over Emmanuel Newton, Travis Wiuff, Christian M'pumbu, and Zelg Galesic.
Vegh is moving up to fight Volkov, which, along with him giving up weight and height, will make this a challenge (and M-1 challenge) for him, but, with both of their wealths of experience and with their status as former champions, this'll be an interesting fight.
There're also some fights between a whole bunch of European prospects and veterans, including a heavyweight bout between fighters who hold a combined 11-1 record. So check it out if you're up early tomorrow.
Main event-
Middleweight Grand Prix final: Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko vs. Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky
Co-main event-
Heavyweight title bout: Alexander "Drago" Volkov vs. Attila "Pumkli" Vegh
Undercard-
Middleweight bout: Valery Myashnikov vs. Enoc Solves Torres
Welterweight bout: Sergey Romanov vs. Andreas Birgels
176-lb catchweight bout: Abukar Yandiev vs. Tony Christodoulou
Lightweight bout: Alexey Makhno vs. Felipe Rego
Heavyweight bout: Daniil Arepyev vs. Anton Vyazigin
Welterweight bout: Daniil Prikaza vs. Maksim Grabovich
Featherweight bout: Mikhail Kuznetsov vs. Andrey Lezhnev
Lightweight bout: Maxim Pugachev vs. Murodzhon Kodirov
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