After being scheduled to fight Charlie Brenneman at the M-1 Challenge on Aug. 16 in Holland, Raymond Jarman must now take on USA East's Shamar Bailey.
Amsterdam, Holland — After a successful 16-bout show at Studio 22 in Hilversum, Holland on Saturday night, M-1 will return in just a few short hours with another 15-bout “M-1 Challenge Presented by Affliction” event that will be broadcast live via Internet PPV on M-1Global.com.
To order, simply submit your payment information via SMS in the payment widget on the right hand side of the page. Prices for the stream vary from country-to-country but the general price-range is $5.95. Due to existing broadcast contracts in the United States and Korea, the PPV will be blacked out in those countries.
Tonight’s action will feature USA East and Russia Legion competing to clinch the final two spots in the M-1 Challenge playoffs. Legion is set to face Team Turkey in a best-of-five series while USA East will headline a best-of-five series with host country Team Benelux.
The PPV broadcast will begin promptly at 5 p.m. local Holland time (tickets available at the Studio 22 box office).
The entire card is featured below but matchups to watch closely include Spain’s Abner Lloveras vs. Japan’s Luiz Andrada, Turkey’s Faith Dogan vs. Legion’s Magomed Shihshabekov (voted the number eight best European MMA prospect by Sherdog.com), Benelux’s Raymond Jarman vs. Strikeforce-contracted and USA East fighter Shamar Bailey, the returning Richard Plug of Benelux vs. the resurgent USA East middleweight John Doyle, and WEC vet and USA East heavyweight Charles “The Reverend” Grigsby vs. Benelux’s Jessie Gibbs, who is scheduled to take on England’s Rob Broughton in a featured match during “HDNet Fights Presents M-1 Global: Breakthrough” on Friday. Aug. 28 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City.
Below is the complete card for tonight’s schedule of fights.
Day Two (Sunday, Aug. 16 at 5 p.m.)
Team Challenge #1: Spain vs. Japan
1. Lightweight (154 lbs./-70 kg): Abner Lloveras vs. Luiz Andrada
2. Welterweight (167.2 lbs./-76 kg): Jose Bertran vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
3. Middleweight (184.8 lbs./-84 kg): Rayco Kakin vs. Rikuhei Fuji
4. Light Heavyweight (204.8 lbs./-93 kg): TBA vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
5. Heavyweight (+204.8 lbs./+93 kg): Cirio Tejera vs. Yusuke Kawaguchi
Team Challenge #2: Turkey vs. Russia Legion
6. Lightweight (154 lbs./-70 kg): Akin Duran vs. Rustam Khabilov
7. Welterweight (167.2 lbs./-76 kg): Faith Dogan vs. Magomed Shihshabekov
8. Middleweight (184.8 lbs./-84 kg): Ahmed Bayrak vs. Sergey Kornev
9. Light Heavyweight (204.8 lbs./-93 kg): Abdullah Ahmady vs. Besiki Gerenava
10. Heavyweight (+204.8 lbs./+93 kg): Gurhan Degirmenci vs. Akhmed Sultanov
Team Challenge #3: Benelux vs. USA East
11. Lightweight (154 lbs./-70 kg): Danny van Bergen vs. David Zitnik
12. Welterweight (167.2 lbs./-76 kg): Raymond Jarman vs. Shamar Bailey
13. Middleweight (184.8 lbs./-84 kg): Richard Plug vs. John Doyle
14. Light Heavyweight (204.8 lbs./-93 kg): Jason Jones vs. Mike Connors
15. Heavyweight (+204.8 lbs./+93 kg): Jessie Gibbs vs. Charles Grigsby
