We’re just hours away from the M-1 Challenge Playoff Semifinals (watch it on M-1Global.com live at 12:00 noon ET on Internet PPV — just submit your payment info through the SMS widget on the right). One of the most anticipated matchups that will be taking place this afternoon is Team England’s rising middleweight superstar Matt Thorpe facing the toughest test of his career in former UFC vet Ansar Chalangov of Team Russia Legion.

Thorpe was recently profiled on television in the U.K. In order to find out more about Thorpe, just watch the video below.