St. Peterrsburg, Russia — The third edition of the M-1 Selection was held Thursday in St. Petersburg. The M-1 Selection is the newest fight series created by M-1 Global and is intended as a proving ground for the top gyms in Russia to compete against each other in a season-long tournament to determine which team will have the opportunity to represent Russia in the 2010 M-1 Challenge.
Similar M-1 Selection qualifying tournaments will also take place outside of Russia, with Ukraine the next country expected to launch their own M-1 Selection fight series.
Courtesy of our partners at www.Mixfight.ru, the official Russian-language website of M-1, are the results of yesterday’s M-1 Selection.
Rating fights -
1. Roman Mazur def. Levan Persaev by submission at 2:48 of round 12.
Alexander Volkov def. Adam Alikhanov by TKO at 0:20 of round 1
Team Challenge 1: Red Devil vs. Crazy Bears (Perm) -
3. Amirkhan Mazikhov (RD) def. Pavel Balmasov (CB) by submission (choke) at 0:58 of round 1
4. Marat Ilaev (RD) def. Havazh Beldurov (CB) by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:39 of round 1
5. Alexey Nazarov (RD) def. Anatoly Lavrov (CB) by submission at 0:39 of round 2
6. Viktor Nemkov (RD) def. Ilya Malyukov (CB) by unanimous decision
7. Maxim Grishin (RD) def. Rezvan Daniyalov (CB) by submission at 1:30 of round 1
Red Devil defeats the Crazy Bears 5-0…
Team Challenge 2: Team Moscow vs. Team Anapa -
8. Anton Bestaev (Moscow) def. Ratmir Teuvazhukov (Anapa) by three-round unanimous decision
9. Alexender Butenko (Moscow) def. Anzor Kardanov (Anapa) by submission at 1:47 of round 1
10. Alihan Magomedov (Anapa) def. Vadim Khazov (Moscow) by TKO round at 0:59 of round 1
11. Shamil Tinagadjiev (Anapa) def. Shamil Nurmagomedov (Moscow) by unanimous decision
12. Magomed Ibragimov (Anapa) def. Konstntin Strizhak by TKO at 3:43 of round 1
Team Anapa defeats Team Moscow 3-2…
Team Challenge 3: Action Force vs. Rusfighters -
13. Maratbek Kalabekov (Rusfighters) def. Karen Grigoryan (AF) by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:00 of round 2
14. Sergey Baly (Rusfighters) def. Aliev Islam (AF) by KO (body kick) at 2:17 of round 1
15. Arthur Guseinov (AF) def. Stanislav Molodcov (Rusfighters) by KO ( body kick) at 2:44 of round 1
16. Alexey Belyaev (AF) def. Makasharip Makashripov (Rusfighters) by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:37 of round 1
17. Stanislav Shushko (AF) def. Shamil Vajsurov (Rusfighters) by KO (punch) at 3:29 of round 1
Action Force defeats Rusfighters 3-2…
