M-1 Announces 5-Fight Televised Card for March 25 Showtime Debut
Chris Nelson Mar 10, 2011
M-1
Global today officially announced the addition of a
middleweight title bout to
M-1 Challenge 24 “Damkovsky vs. Figueroa,” completing the
Showtime-televised main card of the March 25 event.
Magomed Sultanakhmedov and Tyson Jeffries will square off for the vacant M-1 Challenge 185-pound strap, given up by inaugural champion and now-welterweight Rafal Moks shortly after his 17-second heel-hooking of Sultanakhmedov in December.
Emanating from the Ted Constant Convocation Center on the campus of
Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., M-1 Challenge 24 will mark
the Russian promotion’s debut on its new premium cable home. The
show is headlined by a lightweight title tilt between champion
Artiom
Damkovsky and 2010 M-1 Selection Americas tournament winner
Jose
Figueroa.
Also set for the main portion of the card is a bout pitting M-1’s top 155-pound prospect, Alexander Sarnavskiy, against Floridian Josh Bacallao; a 205-pound matchup featuring UFC veteran Vinny Magalhaes and 6-0 Jake Doerr; and a middleweight contest between Indiana-based “Vanilla Gorilla” Mark Palbykin and Russian knockout artist Arthur Guseinov.
Fresh off a second-round smashing of Plinio Cruz at M-1 Challenge 23 on March 5, Sultanakhmedov now looks to claim the belt that many expected him to win last year. Moks’ upset submission of the “White Wolf” snapped a seven-fight win streak, six of which came by way of knockout. The 26-year-old Dagestani tore through the 2010 M-1 Selection Eastern Europe middleweight bracket with a trio of stoppage wins, including one over then-unbeaten Pavel Kusch.
A native of Gresham, Ore., Jeffries won the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas 185-pound tournament in September with a third-round triangle-choking of Mike Geurin. All but one of the Team Quest product’s seven professional wins have come by way of submission.
Magomed Sultanakhmedov and Tyson Jeffries will square off for the vacant M-1 Challenge 185-pound strap, given up by inaugural champion and now-welterweight Rafal Moks shortly after his 17-second heel-hooking of Sultanakhmedov in December.
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Also set for the main portion of the card is a bout pitting M-1’s top 155-pound prospect, Alexander Sarnavskiy, against Floridian Josh Bacallao; a 205-pound matchup featuring UFC veteran Vinny Magalhaes and 6-0 Jake Doerr; and a middleweight contest between Indiana-based “Vanilla Gorilla” Mark Palbykin and Russian knockout artist Arthur Guseinov.
Fresh off a second-round smashing of Plinio Cruz at M-1 Challenge 23 on March 5, Sultanakhmedov now looks to claim the belt that many expected him to win last year. Moks’ upset submission of the “White Wolf” snapped a seven-fight win streak, six of which came by way of knockout. The 26-year-old Dagestani tore through the 2010 M-1 Selection Eastern Europe middleweight bracket with a trio of stoppage wins, including one over then-unbeaten Pavel Kusch.
A native of Gresham, Ore., Jeffries won the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas 185-pound tournament in September with a third-round triangle-choking of Mike Geurin. All but one of the Team Quest product’s seven professional wins have come by way of submission.
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