The sixth edition of the M-1 Selection — streamed live on Saturday at both M-1Global.com and Mixfight.ru — was held yesterday in Dagestan, Russia, the home city of the Gorec fight team. Facing a tough and battle tested Russia Legion team — a team that is currently a semifinalist in the 2009 M-1 Challenge after going 3-0 — Gorec was able to pull off a dramatic upset over the heavily favored Legion squad.
In addition to Gorec’s upset victory, Red Devil once again asserted its dominance as one of the premier fight teams in all of Russia by defeating Sochi Star by a 4-1 score. Red Devil was actually leading 4-0 heading into the fifth and final fight — a heavyweight tilt between one-time Affliction veteran Kirill Sidelnikov and Gorec fighter Ibragim Ibragimov. With the fight opening up as an exciting and entertaining brawl, Sidelnikov was upset after being declared the loser via TKO following a doctor’s stoppage.
While trading vicious blows back-and-forth, a punch to the mouth by Ibragimov appeared to have opened a cut inside the mouth of the talented up-and-comer nicknamed “Baby Fedor.” Soon after the punch was delivered, Sidelnikov began to bleed profusely from his mouth and the fight was called to a stop at 1:51 of round 1.
While Sidelnikov suffered a loss and saw his record fall to 6-4, up-and-coming Red Devil middleweight Radmir Gabdullin bounced back from a tough M-1 Challenge loss this past July in South Korea against Giva Santana. Facing Sochi Star’s Magomed Rabadanov, Gabdullin improved to 5-2 following a two-round unanimous decision.
Complete results from the 14-bout card are listed below.
Rating Fights -
1. Oleg Belenky def. Alexander Kosarev by submission (RNC) at 2:11 of round 1
2. Shahbulat Shahbulaev def. Radzha Hizriev by TKO (strikes) at 1:22 of round 2
3. Aloes Ahadov def. Evgeniy Slonskiy by submission at 1:30 of round 1
4. Shahmurad Shamhalaev def. Michael Tigunov by KO at 3:33 of round 1
Team Challenge Matchup #1: Red Devil vs. Sochi Star -
5. Dzhamal Kurbanov (Red Devil) def. Magomed Aliomarov (Sochi Star) by two-round unanimous decision
6. Alexey Nazarov (Red Devil) def. Pasha Bamatov (Sochi Star) by TKO at 3:42 of round 1
7. Radmir Gabdullin (Red Devil) def. Magomed Rabadanov (Sochi Star) by two-round unanimous decision
8. Victor Nemkov (Red Devil) def. Rasul Magomedaliev (Sochi Star) by submission at 2:52 of round 1
9. Ibragim Ibragimov (Sochi Star) def. Kirill Sidelnikov (Red Devil) by TKO (cut) at 1:51 of round 1
Red Devil defeats Sochi Star by 4-1 score
Team Challenge #2: Legion vs. Gorec-
10. Shamil Abdulkerimov (Gorec) def. Zagalav Mahachev (Legion) by three-round decision
11. Rustam Habilov (Legion) def. Gasanali Gasanaliev (Gorec) by three-round split decision
12. Magomed Sultanahmedov (Gorec) def. Ruslan Hashanov (Legion) by two-round split decision
13. Rasul Magmoedov (Legion) def. Hanilav Hanilaev (Gorec) by submission at 1:00 of round 3
14. Ibragim Magomedov (Gorec) def. Gadzhimurad Nurmagomedov (Legion) by submission at 1:30 of round 1
Gorec defeats Legion by 3-2 score
