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June 06, 2009
Team USA East, France and World Win at M-1 Challenge
By Lotfi Sariahmed (Photos by M-1)
With Fedor Emelianenko sitting ringside and Gegard Mousasi spending time in the corner of Team Turkey, M-1 held its fifth challenge Saturday night. Three team matches filled the 15-fight bill highlighted by the battle between undefeated teams Finland and USA East.
The tussle started at lightweight between Renato Migliaccio for Team USA East and Niko Puhakka for Team Finland. Migliaccio, a BJJ black belt under Renzo and Ryan Gracie, overwhelmed Puhakka from the bell with his ground acumen. Late in the first frame Puhakka couldn’t fight off an armbar attempt from Migliaccio and was forced to tap at the 4:18 mark.
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