M-1 Challenge 47: Marat Gafurov Retains Featherweight Belt, Chaban Ka Stops Jeff Monson
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from Friday’s M-1 Challenge 47 event, which went down in Orenburg, Russia. The card saw featherweight champion Marat Gafurov defend the title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Lee Morrison.
Gafurov extended his record to 9-0 with the victory, while Morrison’s dropped to 13-4.
UFC vet Jeff Monson was also in action, and the heavyweight was stopped by Chaban Ka in the opening round.
M-1 Challenge 47
M-1 Featherweight Championship
Marat Gafurov def. Lee Morrison via Decision
Chaban Ka def. Jeff Monson via TKO, R1
Marcin Tybura def. Mario Perek via TKO, R3
Luis Fernando Miranda def. Vasily Babich via submission (Guillotine Choke), R1
Julien Williams def. Rasul Abdulaev via KO, R2
Alexei Kunchenko def. Anatoly Safronov via Submission (verbal) R3,
Ivan Buchinger def. Sergey Golaev via Submission (rear-naked-choke) R1
Kamil Maron def. Georgy Fursov via Decision
Said Maadziev def. Murad Mirzabekov via Submission (armbar) R1