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OFFICIAL WEIGHTS

MAIN CARD

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - 5 X 5

(R) RASHID YUSUPOV (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Champion, Russia 205 lbs. (93.1 kg)

vs.

(L) STEPHAN "T-800" PUETZ (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Challenger, Germany 204 ½ lbs. (92.9 kg)

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - 5 X 5

(R) ALEXANDER "Iron Capture" BOTENKO (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0), Champion, Ukraine 165 lbs. (75 kg)

vs.

(L) ABUKAR YANDIEV (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Challenger, Russia 154 ½ lbs. (70.2 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5

DAMIR ISMAGULOV (9-2-0, M-1: 5-1-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan 159 lbs. (72.3 kg)

MORGAN HERAUD (6-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), France 158 ½ lbs. (72 kg)

LIGHTWEIGHTS -- 3 X 5

ARTIOM DAMKOVSKY (22-10-0, M-1: 12-7-0), Belarus 154 ½ lbs. (70.2 kg)

vs.

ERIVAN "Negao" PEREIRA (7-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil 151 ½ lbs. (68.9 kg)

BANTAMWEIGHTS - 3 X 5

VITALY BRANCHUK (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Ukraine 135 lbs. (61,3 kg)

vs.

MOKTAR "Le Kabyle" BENKACI (13-7-0, M-1: 2-1-0), France 135 lbs. (61.3 kg)

SOCCER CLUB FANS

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - 3 X 5

DMITRY TEBEKIN (4-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 204 lbs. (92.8 kg)

vs.

ARTHUR REIG TSUL'PAROVA (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 203 lbs. (92.1 kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD

HEAVYWEIGHTS - 3 X 5

EVGENI MYAKINKIN (14-1-7, 1 NC, M-1: 2-1-0), Russia. 231 lbs. (105 kg)

vs.

MARCUS VINICIUS "Montanah" LOPES (10-5-0, m-1: 1-1-0), Brazil 238 lbs. (108 kg)

WELTERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5

VYACHESLAV "Bison" BOGOMOL (9-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Ukraine 169 lbs. (76.8 kg)

vs.

PABLO ORTMANN (6-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Switzerland 169 ½ lbs. (77.1 kg)

BRUCE SOUTO (9-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil 169 ½ lbs. (77.1 kg)

vs.

PAYZULA MAGOMEDOV (2-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 160 lbs.  (76.9 kg)

BANTAMWEIGHTS - 3 X 5

MIKHAIL KUZNETSOV (4-2-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Russia136 lbs. (62 kg)

vs.

DMITRY ORLOV (12-6-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Ukraine 136 lbs. (62 kg)

VADIM MALYGIN (7-2-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Russia 134 ½ lbs. (61.2 kg)

vs.

DENES CARVALHO (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil 135 lbs. (61.3 kg)

WHEN:             Saturday, February 18, 2017

WHERE:           St. Petersburg, Russia

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M-1 CHALLENGE EVENT CALENDAR:

M-1 Challenge 74 - Feb. 18, 2017 - St. Petersburg, Russia

M-1 Challenge 75 - March 3, 2017 - Moscow, Russia

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