(PRESS RELEASE) -- With Europe’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion growing increasing popular with two-wheel transportation enthusiasts, M-1 Global’s Russian MMA ‘proving ground’ scouting project ‘M-1 Fighter’ airs on Saturday, August 6 as a special event at the International Festival of Bikers exhibition in Northern Russia. The card streams live at 6:00 AM ET and features bouts between aspiring athletes looking to break into the sport.
Kicking off the action is a pair of Featherweight bouts (145 Lbs.) pitting St. Petersburg natives Sanan Shakhbudagov and Pavel Vitruk in a head to head battle while Roman Trofimov faces Alexei Pastirev. The sole lightweight (155 Lbs.) contest features Georgiy Kovalev versus Radzhi Aliev.
Davrbek Isakov collides with Albert Ahmedov in Welterweight (170 Lbs.) contest while Middleweight (185 Lbs.) affairs see Christian Vuapi meeting Alexei Martinov and Oleg Lvov versus Yuri Tchurov.
Newcomers Maxim Veshnyakov and Dmitrii Nevinniy meet in a Light Heavyweight (205 Lbs.) bout and Heavyweights (265 Lbs.) Timur Shikhmagomedov and Dmitrii Alferiev round out the card.
Fans wishing to watch the action live, the M-1 Fighter Tournament will be streamed live at 6am ET on August 6th in association with Geniroom. To watch the event, fans must register for a free account which will give you access to all the live action as it takes place. Click for registration information.
For additional information, go to the official M-1 website, www.M-1Global.com and M-1 Global facebook fan page.
About M-1 Global:
Founded in 1998, M-1 Global (www.M-1Global.com) has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged over 100 events worldwide including the M-1 Selection and M-1 Challenge events and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States. Captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 events boast some of the sport’s top names including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Stefan Struve and rising stars Shamil Zavurov, Guram Gugenishvili, Alexander Sarnavskiy and Vinny Magalhaes. 2011 marks a breakthrough year with two Selections tournaments across Eastern & Western Europe, North America and Asia and a full calendar of Challenge events fuelled by a talent-rich contention system ranking M-1 Global’s Champions amongst the greatest in the sport.
M-1 Global’s greatest asset is the number one heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts history, Fedor Emelianenko. With daily coverage on all MMA-related websites in the world, and articles in Time Magazine, LA times and New York times, Fedor and M-1 Global make a lifetime match serving as the catalyst to grow MMA in the 21st century.