By Press Release

WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2019

WHERE: Almaty, Kazakhstan

PROMOTER: M-1 Global

LIVE STREAM: www.m1global.tv (10.00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT in USA). Also available on FITE.TV (preliminary card is free, $7.99 for the main card)

M-1 GLOBAL NOTEBOOK

-Danila Prikaza and Shavkat Rakhmonov will fight for the welterweight title, which has been vacant since the former champion Alexey Kunchenko signed with the UFC.
-Fighters in the co-featured event, Khadis Ibragimov and Rafal Kijanczuk, are both unbeaten and have exactly the same records, 7-0.
-10 fighters have perfect records with no loses
-Rakhmonov has finished all 10 of his opponents, 5 by knockout and 5 by submission
-Kijanczuk has finished all 7 of his opponents, all 7 by knockout, 6 of them in the very first round
-The 23-year-old Ibragimov is the youngest M-1 Challenge champion at the moment

MAIN CARD

MAIN EVENT – VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP — 5 X 5
Shavkat Rakhnonov (10-0, M-1: 5-0), Kazakhstan
vs.
Danila Prikaza (11-2-1, M-1: 8-2), Russia

CO-FEATURE – M-1 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5
Khadis Ibragimov (7-0, M-1: 3-0), Champion, Russia
vs.
Rafal “Kijana” Kijanczuk, Challenger, (7-0, M-1: 3-0), Poland

BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Kayck “Chuck” Alencar (9-0, M-1: 1-0), Brazil
vs.
Arman Ashimov (9-3-1, M-1: 3-1), Kazakhstan

150-LBS CATCHWEIGHT – 3 X 5
Abubakar Mestoev (7-0, M-1: 7-0), Russia
vs.
Anthony “La Masse” Dizy (5-1, M-1: 0-0), France

LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Mickael “Ragnar” Lebout (18-9-2 (M-1: 1-0), France
vs.
Alik Albogachiev (5-1, M-1: 5-1), Russia

UNDERCARD

HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Zaur Gadzhibabayev (9-3, M-1: 1-0), Azerbaijan
vs.
Tanner “The Bulldozer” Boser (15-5, M-1: 0-0), Canada

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Jean “Panqueka” Petrick (9-3, M-1: 1-0), Brazil
vs.
Denis Tiuliulin (5-3, 1 NC, M-1: 1-1), Russia

Ivan Bogdanov (6-0, M-1: 1-0), Russia
vs.
Vadim Shabadash (8-3, M-1: 3-1), Ukraine

LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X5
Boris Medvedev (4-0, M-1: 3-0), Russia
vs.
Azamat “Massaget” Bakytov (4-0, M-1: 0-0), Kazakhstan

PRE-UNDERCARD

FLYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Assu “Zulfikhar” Almabaev (9-2, M-1: 1-0), Kazakhstan
vs.
Pierre Ludet (5-0, M-1: 0-0), France

BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Beno Adamia (5-3-1, M-1: 0-0), Georgia
vs.
Abylaikhan Kadyrkhan (4-0, M-1: 0-0), Kazakhstan

(all fights & fighters subject to change)