Silva (left) and Frolov (photo via M-1 Global)

By FCF Staff

Here are the weigh-in results for M-1 Challenge 98, which will take place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday.

In the main event, middleweight champ Artem Frolov will take on Bruno Blindado Silva.

MAIN EVENT – M-1 CHALLENGE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP — 5 X 5
Artem Frolov (11-0-0, M-1: 9-0-0), Champion, Russia 184 lbs. (83,7 kg)
vs.
Bruno Blindado Silva (18-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Challenger, Brazil 184 lbs. (83,8 kg)

CO-FEATURE – WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Switzerland 169 lbs. (76,9 kg)
vs.
Sergey Romanov (14-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0), Russia 169 lbs. (77,0 kg)

BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Sergey Morozov (12-4-0, M-1: 6-3-0), Kazakhstan 135 lbs. (61,3 kg)
vs.
Bair Shtepin (7-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), Russia 134 ½ lbs. (61,2 kg)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Emmanuel “Papoe Lele” Dawa (7-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), France 184 lbs. (83,6 kg)
vs.
Ivan Bogdanov (5-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 185 lbs. (84 kg)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Boris Medvedev (3-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia 169 lbs. (76,9 kg)
vs.
David Zakaryan (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Spain 169 lbs. (76,9 kg)

HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Oleg Popov (3-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 245 lbs. (111,2 kg)
vs.
Yuriy Fedorov (1-0-0, 1 NC, M-1: 1-0-0, 1 NC), Russia 262 lbs. (119,1 kg)

Maksim Baruzdin (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 276 lbs. (125,4 kg)
vs.
Ivan Tsygelnik (0-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 261 ½ lbs. (118,8 kg)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Jean “Panqueca” Petrick (8-3-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil 184 ½ lbs. (83,9 kg)
vs.
Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafzade (7-2-1, M-1: 2-2-1), Azerbaijan 185 lbs., 84 kg)

LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Arnaud Kherfallah (5-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia 154 ½ lbs. (70,3 kg)
vs.
Madomed Magomedov (11-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) 154 lbs. (70,2 kg)

Denis Sulimov (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 154 lbs. (70 kg)
vs.
Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-0-0, 1 NC, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia 154 ½ (70,2 kg)

Alexey Shanin (3-0-0, (M-1: 0-0-0), Ukraine 154 lbs. (70 kg)
vs.
Rizvan Simbagaev (3-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 153 lbs. (69,6 kg)

FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Agoney Romero (7-4-1, M-1: 1-0-0), Spain 145 lbs. (65,8 kg)
vs.
Nikita Barkhatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 142 ½ lbs. (64,8 kg)

(all fights & fighters subject to change)

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