In recent months M-1 Global opened a brand new branch office in the Ukraine. During the launch of the new office, it was announced that an M-1 Selection fight series would be launched as a complement to the current M-1 Selection taking place in Russia.

The M-1 Selection is a new fight series created by M-1 Global as a way to create a qualifying tournament to establish which team within a country will get the opportunity to represent its homeland in the following year’s M-1 Challenge.

With Ukraine possibly entering next year’s M-1 Challenge, the country’s recently launched version of the M-1 Selection could very well determine which fight gym will represent the country in the 2010 M-1 Challenge. Below are results from the recent event:

Rating Fights (non-team challenge bouts) -

1. Alexander Kozyr def. Ivan Stadnik via submission (leg lock) in round 1
2. Artur Markov def. Konstantin Petruchenya via TKO in round 1
3. Sergey Grytskiv def. Viktor Kiyko via submission (choke) in round 1

Triumph-Phoenix (from Kharkiv) vs. Bars (from Krivoy Rog) -

4. Kirill Krikunov def. Sergey Adamchuk via two-round unanimous decision
5. Evgeni Fomenko def. Rostislav Khvorost via submission (leg lock) in round 1
6. Artem Akopyan def. Dmitri Goncharenko via submission (armbar) in round 1
7. Alexey Gonchar def. Evgeni Boldyrev via TKO in round 1
8. Anton Chuvasov def. Vadim Durnev via disqualification

Triumph-Phoenix (from Kharkiv) def. Bars (from Krivoy Rog) by 3-2 score

Real Fight Promotion (from Lviv) vs. Sprut (from Odessa) -

9. Rostislav Kitun def. Alexey Bibikov via submission (choke) in round 1
10. Igor Grytskiv def. Konstantin Pankov via TKO in round 1
11. Dmitri Emets def. Elshan Tagiev via submission (choke) in round 1
12. Alexey Tsukanov def. Artem Oleinik via TKO in round 1
13. Igor Kukurudzyak def. Ivan Bogdanov via TKO in round 1

Real Fight Promotion (from Lviv) def. Sprut (from Odessa) by 3-2 score