Thursday, Aug 03, 2017
M-1 Challenge 81 Fact Sheet
By Press Release
This Saturday in Helsinki, Finland: M-1 CHALLENGE 81 FACT SHEET
MAIN CARD
MAIN EVENT – LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Mikhail Zayats (22-8-0, M-1: 12-5-0), Russia
vs.
Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Finland
WELTERWEIGHTS — 3 X 5
Juho Valmaa (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finland
vs.
Aires Bendrouis (10-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Portugal
Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (43-12-3, M-1: 9-2-1), Ukraine
vs.
Keith “The One” Johnson (12-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Pavel Gordeev (7-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia
vs.
Michel “Sassarito” Silva (18-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Janne “Jambo” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finland
vs.
Heilton Davella (15-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil
PRELIMINARY CARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Toni Valtonen (27-15-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Finland
vs.
Boris “Bora” Polezhay (16-6-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Ukraine
MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Ruslan Shamilov (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia
vs.
“Motown” Moses Murrietta (5-0-0, M-1: 10-0), USA
Alberto Vargas (4-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Spain 180 ½ lbs. (82.8 kg)
vs.
Akhmadkhan Ozdoev (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia 185 lbs. (84 kg)
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Arnaud Kherfallah (3-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), France
vs.
Patrik Pietila (8-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finland
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Son Le “Buddah” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Finland
vs.
Oleg Lichkovakha (7-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia by way of Lithuaania
(all fights & fighters subject to change)
WHEN: Saturday, August 5, 2017
WHERE: Helsinki, Finland
PROMOTER: M-1 Global
LIVE STREAM: www.m1global.tv (11.30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. in USA)
posted by FCF Staff @ 8:00 am
