2011 M-1 Challenge season
2011 M-1 Challenge season | |
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League | M-1 Global |
Sport | Mixed Martial Arts |
Duration | March 5, 2011 – December 9, 2011 |
The 2011 M-1 Challenge season was the fourth season of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting presented by the M-1 Global promotion. The season began on March 5.
Events
M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram
The first M-1 Challenge event of 2011 took place on March 5, 2011, at the Crocus City in Moscow, Russia.
Main card (Russia 2 TV)
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Georgia (country) Guram Gugenishvili (c) vs. Russia Maxim Grishin
- Gugenishvili defeated Grishin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of round 1.
- Welterweight Championship bout: Russia Shamil Zavurov vs. United States Tom Gallicchio
- Zavurov defeated Gallicchio via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Russia Rashid Magomedov vs. Poland Rafał Moks
- Magomedov defeated Moks via TKO (strikes) at 2:06 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Czech Republic Mairbek Taisumov vs. Russia Yuri Ivlev
- Taisumov defeated Ivlev via TKO (punches) at 1:34 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Russia Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. United States Plinio Cruz
- Sultanakhmedov defeated Cruz via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.
Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)
- Middleweight bout: Russia Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. Germany Daniel Weichel
- Weichel defeated Magomedrasul via technical submission (triangle choke) at 3:13 of round 1.
- Abdulkerimov defeated Salgado via submission (armbar) at 2:29 of round 1.
- Light heavyweight bout: Russia Igor Savelyev vs. United States Byron Byrd
- Saveliev defeated Byrd via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:12 of round 2.
- Light heavyweight bout: Russia Shamil Tinagadjiev vs. Poland Tomasz Narkun
- Narkun defeated Tinagadjiev via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1.
- Ismailov defeated Bulahtin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:47 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Azerbaijan Vusal Bairamov vs. Russia Nikolai Kaushansky
- Kaushansky defeated Bairamov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:31 of round 1.
M-1 Challenge XXIV: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa
The second M-1 Challenge event took place on March 25, 2011, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] This event marked the first M-1 show in the United States since 2009 and aired live on the Showtime cable network.[1] The event drew an estimated 189,000 viewers on Showtime.[2] Due to problems with his visa Arthur Guseinov was unable to compete. Josh Bakkalao got injured during practice and was unable to face Alexander Sarnavskiy. He was replaced by Beau Baker.
Main card (Showtime TV)
- Lightweight Championship bout: Belarus Artiom Damkovsky (c) vs. United States Jose Figueroa
- Figueroa defeated Damkovsky via TKO (punches) at 2:28 of round 2 to become the new M-1 Global Lightweight Champion.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Russia Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. United States Tyson Jeffries
- Sultanakhmedov defeated Jeffries via TKO (knees to the body) at 3:07 of round 2.
- Light heavyweight bout: Brazil Vinny Magalhaes vs. United States Jake Doerr
- Magalhaes defeated Doerr via TKO (punches) at 1:47 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: United States Jason Norwood vs. United States Mojo Horne
- Norwood defeated Horne by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Lightweight bout: Russia Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. United States Beau Baker
- Sarnavskiy defeated Baker via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:32 of round 2.
Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout: United States Marcus Daniels vs. United States Bryan Lasham
- Lasham defeated Daniels via TKO (punches) at 0:57 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: United States Bethany Marshall vs. United States Stacy Grant
- Marshall defeated Grant via submission (toe hold) at 1:49 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: United States Brian Nielson vs. United States Colton Smith
- Smith defeated Nielson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout: United States Johnny Curtis vs. United States Bobby Gurley
- Curtis defeated Gurley via KO (punch to the body) at 0:36 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: United States George Sheppard vs. United States David Derby
- Sheppard defeated Derby via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1.
- Bantamweight bout: United States Jessie Riggleman vs. United States Jason Hilliker
- Riggleman defeated Hilliker via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:13 of round 1.
M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto
28 April 2011 Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in St.Petersburg, Russia. Today it was announced that Dmitry Samoilov and Mike Guerin were injured during the training process and, unfortunately, will not be able to take part in the tournament M-1 Challenge XXV. Zavurov vs Magomedov. Rashid Magomedov was seriously injured and was out of title bout with Shamil Zavurov. M-1 Global has made every effort to in such a short period of time to find a worthy replacement, and literally a few minutes ago to sign the exclusive contract with M-1 Global has put Swiss welterweight Yasubi Enomoto, who last year was a finalist at the Grand Prix at Sengoku in his weight class.
Main card (Russia 2 TV)
- Welterweight Championship bout: Russia Shamil Zavurov (c) vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto
- Zavurov defeated Enomoto by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47).
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Russia Viktor Nemkov vs. Brazil Vinny Magalhaes
- Magalhaes defeated Nemkov via submission (mounted gogoplata) at 1:40 of round 3.
- Middleweight bout: Russia Andrei Semenov vs. United States Luigi Fioravanti
- Semenov defeated Fioravanti by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Russia Mikhail Zayats vs. France Malik Merad
- Zayats defeated Merad via TKO (punches) at 0:49 of round 2.
- Grishin defeated Kuchenko via TKO (punches) at 3:14 of round 3.
- Heavyweight bout: Russia Alexander Volkov vs. Russia Denis Goltsov
- Volkov defeated Goltsov via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Russia Alexander Yakovlev vs. Germany Christian Eckerlin
- Yakovlev defeated Eckerlin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:14 of round 2.
Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)
- Suarez defeated Temirkhanov by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Emeev defeated Magomedov by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
- Esenbaev defeated Akhmetov via TKO (punches) at 2:49 of round 2.
M-1 European Battle
June 4, 2011 ACCO International Center Kyiv, Ukraine
Main card (Ustream.com)
- Welterweight bout: Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto vs. Poland Rafał Moks
- Enomoto defeated Moks via majority decision (29-28, 28-28, 29-28).
- Ivlev defeated Damkovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Haliev defeated Agafonov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Lightweight bout: Azerbaijan Vugar Bakhshiev vs. Croatia Antun Račić
- Račić defeated Bakhshiev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 of 3 round.
Preliminary card
- Kozyr defeated Tyrlya via submission (armbar) at 1:57 of 1 round.
- Khaitulov defeated Talashov via TKO (punch) at 1:24 of 1 round.
- Dryapko defeated Khaskhanov via submission (shoulder injury) 1:57 of 1 round.
- Safarov defeated Ivanets via TKO (punches) at 3:00 of 1 round.
- Zadernovsky defeated Snegovskoy via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of 1 round.
European Gran Prix
- Lightweight bout: Azerbaijan Farkhad Fatalla vs. Belarus Ilya Tiunov
- Fatalla defeated Tiunov via Submission (guillotine choke) at 1:48 of 1 round.
- Lightweight bout: Ukraine Serhiy Adamchuk vs. Belarus Sergey Sinkevich
- Adamchuk defeated Sinkevich via KO (punch) at 2:47 of 2 round.
- Welterweight bout: Ukraine Vladimir Opanasenko vs. Azerbaijan Syanan Yusibov
- Opanasenko defeated Yusibov via submission (armbar) at 0:41 of 1 round.
- Novikov defeated Nimerenko via submission (armbar) at 3:10 of 2 round.
- Dolotenko defeated Anasovich via submission (armbar) at 1:15 of 1 round.
M-1 Challenge XXVI: Bennett vs. Garner II
The second M-1 Challenge event to air on Showtime took place on July 8, 2011, in Costa Mesa, California.[3] Guram Gugenishvili was originally announced for the main event, but suffered a hand injury and was replaced by Garner.[3]
Main card (Showtime TV)
- Heavyweight bout: United States Kenny Garner vs. United States Pat Bennett
- Garner defeated Bennett via KO (punch) at 1:15 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Russia Arthur Guseinov vs. United States Tyson Jeffries
- Guseinov defeated Jeffries via KO (back fist) at 1:32 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Czech Republic Mairbek Taisumov vs. United States Josh Bakkalao
- Taisumov defeated Bakkalao via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Germany Daniel Weichel vs. United States Beau Baker
- Weichel defeated Baker by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25).
- Middleweight bout: United States Eddie Arizmendi vs. United States Jason Norwood
- Arizmendi defeated Norwood via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 2.
Preliminary card (Allboxing.tv)
- Lightweight bout: Russia Max Martyniouk vs. United States Mike De Robles
- Martyniouk defeated Robles via TKO (punches) at 2:30 of 1 round.
- Lightweight bout: United States Diman Morris vs. United States Brandon Michaels
- Morris defeated Michaels by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).
М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats
The third M-1 Challenge show on Showtime took place on October 14, 2011, at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili was originally set to defend his title in a rematch against Kenny Garner, but pulled out of the bout due to an elbow injury.[4]
Main card (Showtime TV)
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Brazil Vinny Magalhaes (c) vs. Russia Mikhail Zayats
- Magalhaes defeated Zayats via TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:13 of round 3.
- Heavyweight Interim Championship bout: United States Kenny Garner vs. Russia Maxim Grishin
- Garner defeated Grishin via submission (punches) at 4:07 of round 5.
- Middleweight bout: United States Eddie Arizmendi vs. Russia Arthur Guseinov
- Guseinov defeated Arizmendi via submission (heel hook) at 0:50 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: United States Josh Thorpe vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto
- Enomoto defeated Thorpe via submission (triangle choke) at 1:07 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: United States Tom Gallicchio vs. United States Daniel Madrid
- Madrid defeated Gallicchio via submission (armbar) at 0:48 of round 1.
Preliminary card
- Catchweight (158 lbs) bout: United States Ryan Crouch vs. United States Fredrik Lumpkin
- Crouch defeated Lumpkin via TKO (punches) at 2:26 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: United States Mike Chavez vs. United States Joe Martinez
- Chavez defeated Martinez via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
M-1 Challenge XXVIII: Emelianenko vs. Malikov
12 November, Star Centre, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast Shamil Zavurov was expected to defend his title against Rashid Magomedov on this card, but had to withdraw due to knee injury.
Main Card (PPV and Russia 2)
- Heavyweight bout: Russia Alexander Emelianenko vs. Russia Magomed Malikov
- Malikov defeated Emelianenko via KO (punches) at 0:23 of round 1
- Light Heavyweight bout: Russia Alihan Magomedov vs. United States Isaiah Larson
- Larson defeated Magomedov via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 2
- Lightweight bout: Azerbaijan Vugar Bakhshiev vs. France Yves Landu
- Bakhshiev defeated Landu by split decision (30–27, 27–29, 29–27)
Preliminary card
- Beaudrier defeated Kostishchin via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 2
M-1 Selection: GP 84 kg
- Torres defeated Khaskhanov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1
- Middleweight bout: Czech Republic Jan Zdansky vs. Russia Anatoly Tokov
- Tokov defeated Zdansky via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of round 1
- Hamidov defeated Martinov via submission (triangle choke) at N/A of round 3
- Babene defeated Dolotenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1
M-1 Challenge XXIX: Samoilov vs. Miranda
19 November, Ufa Arena, Ufa, Bashkortostan Vyacheslav Vasilevsky again was traumatized in a hand and according to its command, doctors have forbidden it to act until January, 2012.[5]
Main Card
- Miranda defeated Samoilov via submission (kimura) at 3:58 of round 2
- Damkovsky defeated Račić via KO (slam) at 2:16 of round 1
- Temirkhanov defeated Eckerlin via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1
- Welterweight bout: Russia Erik Oganov vs. United States Daniel Madrid
- Oganov defeated Madrid via submission (armbar) at 1:24 of round 2
- Gafurov defeated Aropkhanov by split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).
- Emeev defeated Nadzhafaliev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:50 of round 2
- Welterweight bout: Brazil Julio Cesar de Almeida vs. Azerbaijan Bahtiyar Arzumanov
- Almeida defeated Arzumanov by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
Preliminary card
- Istomin defeated Shihmagomedov via TKO (punches) at 0:24 of round 2
M-1 Selection: GP +93 kg
- Goltsov defeated Stepanyan via КО (punches) at 1:34 of round 1
- Heavyweight bout: Russia Taimur Aslanov vs. Russia Denis Goltsov
- Goltsov defeated Aslanov via submission (triangle choke) at 1:55 of round 1
- Sultanov defeated Kuchenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 1
- Smoldarev defeated Safarov via submission (armbar) at 2:10 of round 1
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson | |
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Promotion | MMA-1 |
Date | November 20, 2011 |
Venue | Olympic Stadium |
City | Moscow, Russia |
Attendance | 22,153 |
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global. The event took place on November 20, 2011, at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.[6] In the main fight Fedor Emelianenko defeated Jeff Monson via unanimous decision. At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.[7]
Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Russia Fedor Emelianenko vs. United States Jeff Monson
- Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) .
- Lightweight Championship bout: United States Jose Figueroa (c) vs. Germany Daniel Weichel
- Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Daniel became the new lightweight champion.
- Welterweight bout: Russia Alexander Yakovlev vs. Spain Juan Manuel Suarez
- Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2.
- Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Russia Mairbek Taisumov vs. United States Joshua Thorpe
- Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2.
- Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout: Russia Alexander Volkov vs. Russia Arsen Abdulkerimov
- Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1.
- Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision.
- Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1.
- Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.
M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II
This event took place on December 9, 2011, at The Hangar at the O.C. Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. It aired live on the Showtime cable network. Alexander Sarnavskiy was scheduled to face Francisco Drinaldo, but the bout was cancelled when Drinaldo suffered an injury. Sarnavskiy instead faced Sergio Cortez.[8]
Main Card (Showtime)
- Welterweight Championship bout: Russia Shamil Zavurov (c) vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto
- Enomoto defeated Zavurov via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of Round 5.
- Lightweight bout: Belarus Artiom Damkovsky vs. United States Jose Figueroa
- Damkovsky defeated Figueroa via KO (punch) at 2:19 of Round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Russia Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. United States Sergio Cortez
- Sarnavskiy defeated Cortez via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:46 of Round 1.
- Middleweight bout: United States Eddie Arizmendi vs. United States Tyson Jeffries
- Jeffries defeated Arizmendi via submission (d'arce choke) at 2:08 of Round 2.
- Featherweight bout: United States Alvin Cacdac vs. United States Bao Quach
- Quach defeated Cacdac via submission (triangle/armbar) at 3:33 of Round 1.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "M-1 Announces 5-Fight Televised Card for March 25 Showtime Debut". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ↑ Whitman, Mike. "M-1 Challenge 24 Nets 189,000 Viewers on Showtime". Sherdog.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "M-1 GLOBAL ANNOUNCES M-1 CHALLENGE EVENT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME®". m-1global.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
- ↑ "M-1 CHALLENGE XXVII: MAXIM GRISHIN TO STEP IN FOR INJURED GURAM". m-1global.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ↑ "Structure of participants of tournament M-1 Challenge XXIX". m-1mixfight.ru. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ↑ "Fedor vs. Monson Live on PPV". M-1global.com. 2011-10-29. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Daniel Sandford, "Russian backlash over Putin booing denial", BBC News, 24 November 2011
- ↑ "Cortez vs. Sarnavskiy added to Friday's M-1 Challenge 30 event on Showtime". mmajunkie.com. 2011-12-08. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2011-12-08.