A victorious Alexander Butenko (photo via M-1 Global)

By FCF Staff

M-1 Global has a new lightweight champion, as Alexander Butenko worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Artiom Damkovsky yesterday, to claim the title.

The bout headlined M-1 Challenge 67, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Here are the results for the card.

MAIN EVENT – VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5

ALEXANDER BUTENKO (41-11-2, M-1: 8-1-0), Ukraine

WDEC5

ARTIOM DAMKOVSKY (20-10-0, M-1: 10-7-0), Belarus

(Butenko wins vacant M-1 Challenge Challenge lightweight title)

FEATHERWEIGHTS

IVAN BUCHINGER (31-4-0, M-1: 6-0-0), Slovakia

WSUB1 (North-South choke)

MIKHAIL KOROBKOV (9-2-1, M-1: 0-2-0), Russia

WELTERWEIGHTS

SHAVKAT RAKHMONOV (6-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Kazakhstan

WTKO1

MARCELO BRITO (13-8-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

TALEKH NADZHFADE (5-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Czech Republic

WDEC3

FELIPE NSUE (11-10-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Spain

HEAVYWEIGHTS

ZAUR GADZHIBABAYEV (5-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Czech Republic

WSUB2 (Rear Naked Choke)

LAZAR TODEV (2-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russia

PRELIMINARY CARD

LIGHTWEIGHTS

ZALIMBEG OMAROV (7-1-1, M-1: 4-0-1), Russia

WDEC3

MIKHAIL SYRBU (4-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Moldova

HEAVYWEIGHTS

EVGENI MYAKINKIN (14-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russia

WSUB1 (Triangle Choke)

EVGENI GURYANOV (8-6-0, M-1: 1-3-0), Ukraine

FEATHERWEIGHTS

AZAMAT ZHANTUDUEV (2-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia

WDEC3

BAIR SHTEPIN (3-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russia

VADIM MALYGIN (6-1-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Russia

DRAW3

IBRAGIM NAVRUZOV (2-0-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Russia