2017 in M-1 Global

M-1 Challenge 74 - Yusupov vs. Puetz
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	February 18, 2017
Venue	Ice Palace
City	Saint Petersburg, Russia

M-1 Challenge 74 - Yusupov vs. Puetz was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on February 18, 2017 at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

This event featured two world title fight, first for the M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship Rashid Yusupov and Stephan Puetz as M-1 Challenge 74 headliner,^[1] and a Lightweight pairing between Abukar Yandiev and Alexander Butenko for the M-1 Lightweight Championship as co-headliner.

M-1 Challenge 74
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rashid Yusupov	def.	Stephan Puetz	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	3	3:26	For the M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship.
Lightweight 70 kg	Abukar Yandiev	def.	Alexander Butenko	TKO (Punches)	1	1:07	For the M-1 Lightweight Championship.
Catchweight 72 kg	Damir Ismagulov	def.	Morgan Heraud	TKO (Punches)	3	1:31
Lightweight 70 kg	Artiom Damkovsky	def.	Erivan Pereira	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Vitali Branchuk	def.	Moktar Benkaci	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Marcus Vinicius Lopes	def.	Evgeni Myakinkin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Dmitry Tebekin	def.	Artur Tyulparov	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:59
Welterweight 77 kg	Pablo Ortmann	def.	Vyacheslav Bogomol	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	1:27
Welterweight 77 kg	Bruce Souto	def.	Payzula Magomedov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	3	2:40
Catchweight 62 kg	Dmitriy Orlov	def.	Mikhail Kuznetsov	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	4:24
Bantamweight 61 kg	Vadim Malygin	def.	Denes Carvalho	KO (Punch)	3	0:45

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M-1 Challenge 75 - Shlemenko vs. Bradley
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	March 3, 2017
Venue	Olimpiyskiy
City	Moscow, Russia

M-1 Challenge 75 - Shlemenko vs. Bradley was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on March 3, 2017 at the Olimpiyskiy in Moscow, Russia.

This event featured a superfight between the former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko and Paul Bradley as M-1 Challenge 75 headliner, and a Welterweight pairing between Alexey Kunchenko and Maksim Grabovich for the M-1 Welterweight Championship as co-headliner.^{[citation needed]}

M-1 Challenge 75
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Alexander Shlemenko	def.	Paul Bradley	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Alexey Kunchenko	def.	Maksim Grabovich	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the M-1 Welterweight Championship.
Welterweight 77 kg	Sergey Romanov	def.	Magomed Sultanakhmedov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Maxim Divnich	def.	Keon Caldwell	TKO (Punches)	2	3:03
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Carlos Eduardo	def.	Boris Polezhay	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Middleweight 84 kg	Valery Myasnikov	def.	Amilcar Alves	KO (Punch)	1	3:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Raul Tutarauli	def.	Mohamed Grabinski	TKO (Punches)	2	3:50
Lightweight 70 kg	Abubakar Mestoev	def.	Niko Samsonidse	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	vs.	Young Bok Kil	Draw (Majority)	3	5:00
Catchweight 80 kg	Daniil Prikaza	def.	Maksim Melnik	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:54
Catchweight 68 kg	Roman Bogatov	def.	Aleksey Sotnikov	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:56

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M-1 Challenge 76 - Nevzorov vs. Evloev
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	April 22, 2017
Venue	Sports Palace "Magas"
City	Nazran, Russia

M-1 Challenge 76 - Nevzorov vs. Evloev was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on April 22, 2017 at the Sports Palace "Magas" in Nazran, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 76
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Movsar Evloev	def.	Alexei Nevzorov	KO (Head Kick)	2	2:15	For the Interim M-1 Bantamweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Timur Nagibin	def.	Diego D'Avila	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Morozov	def.	Fabricio Sarraff	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rene Hoppe	def.	Ilya Bochkov	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Catchweight 72 kg	Abubakar Mestoev	def.	Anatoly Liagu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg	Khamzat Sakalov	def.	Javier Fuentes	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 67 kg	Emil Abbasov	def.	Heliton dos Santos	TKO (Punches)	1	2:39
Featherweight 66 kg	Zalimbeg Omarov	def.	Elnur Veliev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Evgeniy Goncharov	def.	Daniil Arepyev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Ingiskhan Ozdoev	def.	Alexey Valivakhin	TKO (Punches)	1	3:22

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M-1 Challenge 77 - Nemkov vs. Markes
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	May 19, 2017
Venue	Sochi sport palace
City	Sochi, Russia

M-1 Challenge 77 - Nemkov vs. Markes was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on May 19, 2017 at the Sochi sport palace in Sochi, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 77
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Viktor Nemkov	def.	Ronny Markes	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:06
Middleweight 84 kg	Artem Frolov	def.	Talekh Nadzhafadze	TKO (Punches)	1	1:40
Middleweight 84 kg	Moses Murrietta	def.	Andrey Seledtsov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Raul Tutarauli	def.	Artur Lemos	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Felipe Rego	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg	Pavel Gordeev	def.	Till Kinne	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Andrey Lezhnev	def.	Kurbanali Abdusalamov	KO (Liver Shot)	1	1:17
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Klyuev	def.	Sergey Voloshin	KO (Punch)	1	0:32
Lightweight 70 kg	Lom-Ali Nalgiev	def.	Sergey Faley	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Nikolay Savilov	def.	Frank Kortz	TKO (Punches)	1	2:32
Lightweight 70 kg	Alexey Bruss	def.	Daniel Diaz	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	1:08

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M-1 Challenge 78 - Divnich vs. Ismagulov
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	May 26, 2017
Venue	Orenburzhye Sport Arena
City	Orenburg, Russia

M-1 Challenge 78 - Divnich vs. Ismagulov was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on May 26, 2017 at the Orenburzhye Sport Arena in Orenburg, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 78
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight 70 kg	Damir Ismagulov	def.	Maxim Divnich	TKO (Punches)	5	4:47	For the Vacant M-1 Lightweight Championship.
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Mikhail Ragozin	def.	Alan Bispo	TKO (Punches)	3	4:32
Middleweight 84 kg	Caio Magalhães	def.	Dmitry Voitov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:16
Lightweight 70 kg	Keith Johnson	def.	Maksim Grabovich	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	3	4:22
Flyweight 57 kg	Vadim Malygin	def.	Fabricio Sarraff	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Flyweight 57 kg	Aleksander Doskalchuk	def.	Son Le Binh	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Roman Bogatov	def.	Rico Franco	Submission (Bravo choke)	1	4:52
Middleweight 84 kg	Rubenilton Pereira	def.	Marip uulu Orozbek	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Vitali Tverdokhlebov	def.	Oleg Mykhayliv	TKO (Punches)	2	2:13
Bantamweight 61 kg	Selem Evloev	def.	Aleksey Dubrovniy	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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M-1 Challenge 79 - Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	June 1, 2017
Venue	Yubileyny Sports Palace
City	Saint Petersburg, Russia

M-1 Challenge 79 - Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on June 1, 2017 at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 79
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Alexander Shlemenko	def.	Brandon Halsey	TKO (Kick to the Body and Punches)	1	0:25
Welterweight 77 kg	Sergey Romanov	def.	Arda Adas	TKO (Arm Injury)	1	4:19
Lightweight 70 kg	Alexey Makhno	def.	Michel Silva	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Oleg Olenichev	def.	Enoc Solves Torres	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Khamzat Dalgiev	def.	Dragan Pešić	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	3:18
Bantamweight 61 kg	Josh Rettinghouse	def.	Baktiyar Uulu Toichubay	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	4:31
Preliminary Card
Catchweight 79 kg	Timerlan Sharipov	def.	Daniil Prikaza	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Anton Vyazigin	def.	Yuriy Protzenko	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Bair Shtepin	def.	Won Jun Jang	TKO (Punches)	3	2:33
Heavyweight 120 kg	Dimitriy Mikutsa	def.	Dmitry Tebekin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Nikolay Goncharov	vs.	Maxim Pugachev	Draw (Split)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Aleksandr Osetrov	def.	Almog Shay	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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M-1 Challenge 80 - Kharitonov vs. Sokoudjou
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	June 15, 2017
Venue	Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center
City	Harbin, China

M-1 Challenge 80 - Kharitonov vs. Sokoudjou was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on June 15, 2017 at the Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center in Harbin, China.

M-1 Challenge 80
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	KO (Punch)	1	0:40
Featherweight 66 kg	Ivan Buchinger	def.	Timur Nagibin	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	4	3:24	For the M-1 Featherweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Sascha Sharma	def.	Musu Nuertiebieke	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	1:03
Welterweight 70 kg	Alexander Butenko	vs.	Corey Nelson	Draw (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Mikhail Korobkov	def.	Asikerbai Jinensibieke	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	1:18
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Carlos Eduardo	def.	Rene Hoppe	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	1:06
Middleweight 84 kg	Artem Kazbanov	def.	Nosherwan Khanzada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ibragim Navruzov	def.	Huoyixibai Chuhayifu	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Kurbanjiang Tuluosibake	def.	Maksim Melnik	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Adam Tsurov	def.	Kang Kang Fu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

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M-1 Challenge 81 - Battle in the Mountains 6
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	July 22, 2017
Venue	The Mountain
City	Nazran, Russia

M-1 Challenge 81 - Battle in the Mountains 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on July 22, 2017 at The Mountain in Nazran, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 81
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Movsar Evloev	def.	Pavel Vitruk	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the Unification of M-1 Bantamweight Championship.
Heavyweight 120 kg	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Gerônimo Dos Santos	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	2:13
Middleweight 84 kg	Joe Riggs	def.	Dmitry Samoilov	TKO (Punches)	3	1:24
Welterweight 77 kg	Ingiskhan Ozdoev	def.	Spencer Jebb	KO (Spinning Wheel Kick)	1	2:25
Heavyweight 120 kg	Kleber Silva	def.	Konstantin Gluhov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg	Khamzat Sakalov	def.	Charles-Henri Tchoungui	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Arman Ashimov	def.	Gadzhimurad Aliev	KO (Punch)	2	1:08
Welterweight 77 kg	Akhmadian Ozdoev	def.	Alberto Vargas	TKO (Knee and Punches)	1	2:45
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Giga Kukhalashvili	def.	Nurbek Ismailov	TKO (Punches)	1	0:59
Welterweight 77 kg	Movsar Bokov	def.	Igor Onoprienko	TKO (Punches)	1	3:43
Lightweight 70 kg	Alik Albogachiev	def.	Filip Narizhnyi	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:36
Welterweight 77 kg	Amiran Gogoladze	def.	Ibrahim Sagov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	0:53

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M-1 Challenge 82 - Vanttinen vs. Zayats
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	August 5, 2017
Venue	Hartwall Arena
City	Helsinki, Finland

M-1 Challenge 82 - Vanttinen vs. Zayats was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on August 5, 2017 at The Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.

M-1 Challenge 82
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Mikhail Zayats	def.	Marcus Vänttinen	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Janne Elonen-Kulmala	vs.	Heliton dos Santos	Draw (Split)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Mikael Silander	def.	Vitali Branchuk	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Pavel Gordeev	def.	Michel Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Juho Valamaa	def.	Aires Benrois	KO (Knees)	1	4:52
Welterweight 77 kg	Alexander Butenko	def.	Keith Johnson	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg	Arnaud Kherfallah	def.	Patrik Pietilä	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:22
Middleweight 84 kg	Ruslan Shamilov	def.	Moses Murrietta	KO (Punches)	1	3:10
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Boris Polezhay	def.	Toni Valtonen	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Oleg Lichkovakha	def.	Son Le Binh	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Frederico Gutzwiller	def.	Akaki Khorava	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:59
Lightweight 70 kg	Alik Albogachiev	def.	Filip Narizhnyi	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:36
Welterweight 77 kg	Amiran Gogoladze	def.	Ibrahim Sagov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	0:53

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M-1 Challenge 83 - Ragozin vs. Halsey
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	September 23, 2017
Venue	Basket-Hall Kazan
City	Kazan, Russia

M-1 Challenge 83 - Ragozin vs. Halsey will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on September 23, 2017 at The Basket-Hall Kazan in Kazan, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 83
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Brandon Halsey	def.	Mikhail Ragozin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Aleksander Doskalchuk	def.	Vadim Malygin	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	3:34	For the Inaugural M-1 Flyweight Championship.
Lightweight 70 kg	Raul Tutarauli	def.	Vladimir Kanunnikov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Nate Landwehr	def.	Mikhail Korobkov	KO (Punches)	2	1:31
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sergey Morozov	def.	Luan Fernandes	TKO (Punches)	2	4:48
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Brian Hooi	TKO (Punches)	1	3:34
Lightweight 70 kg	Alik Albagachiev	def.	Ruslan Khisamutdinov	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Alexei Nevzorov	vs.	Diego D'Avila	DRAW (Split)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Vadim Shabadash	def.	Kirill Kuzmin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Aleksandr Osetrov	def.	Lenar Suleymanov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Vadim Sinitsyn	def.	Timur Gilimzyanov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Catchweight 63 kg	Nidzhat Imanov	def.	Rinat Shakirov	TKO (Punches)	2	2:06

M-1 Challenge 84 - Kunchenko vs. Romanov
Promotion	M-1 Global
Date	October 27, 2017
Venue	Ice Palace
City	Saint Petersburg, Russia

M-1 Challenge 84 - Kunchenko vs. Romanov will be a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global on October 27, 2017 at The Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 84
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight 77 kg	Alexey Kunchenko	def.	Sergey Romanov	TKO (Punches)	1	2:35	For the M-1 Welterweight Championship.
Middleweight 84 kg	Artem Frolov	def.	Caio Magalhães	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the Vacant M-1 Middleweight Championship.
Middleweight 84 kg	Joe Riggs	def.	Oleg Olenichev	TKO (Punches)	3	3:21
Bantamweight 61 kg	Bair Shtepin	def.	Janne Elonen-Kulmala	Submission (Triangle Choke)	3	4:43
Lightweight 70 kg	Roman Bogatov	def.	Jani Salmi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Middleweight 84 kg	Andrey Seledtsov	def.	Enoc Solves Torres	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:44
Heavyweight 120 kg	Phil De Fries	def.	Anton Vyazigin	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Zalimbeg Omarov	def.	Sascha Sharma	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Danila Prikaza	def.	Akhmadian Ozdoev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Maksim Grabovich	def.	Temirlan Sharipov	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	3	1:57
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Dmitry Tebekin	def.	Vasily Volodko	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Ilya Bochkov	def.	Arkadiy Lisin	TKO (Punches)	2	4:23