Team Sochi, Action Force and Legion win at M-1 Selection

The second edition of the M-1 Selection — the newest International fight series by M-1 Global — took place Sunday, April 19 in St. Petersburg Russia.

Highlights saw the debuting Team Sochi and Team Legion both win, along with Action Force evening its record to 1-1 following last month’s loss to Dagestan.

The winning team for this year’s M-1 Selection series will be granted the honor of representing their home country of Russia in the 2010 M-1 Challenge.

Results from the second edition of the M-1 Selection are below…

Rating Fights:

1. Middleweight: Alexei Nazarov def. Dmitry Surnev via TKO at 3:37 of round 1
2. Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov def. Nikolay Pleshakov via TKO at 1:20 of round 1

Team Matchup Number One: Team Perm vs. Team Sochi -

3. Lightweight: Jamaldin Kubachev (Team Perm) def. Armen Amanyan (Team Sochi) via two-round unanimous decision
4. Welterweight: Bislan Elteshev (Team Sochi) def. Rustam Thagabsoev (Team Perm) via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:55 of round 1
5. Middleweight: Anatoliy Lavrov (Team Perm) def. Agop Topchyan (Team Sochi) via TKO 4:35 of round 2
6. Light Heavyweight: Rasul Magomedov (Team Sochi) def. Aleksander Gordilov (Team Perm) via submission (armbar) at 1:05 of round 2
7. Heavyweight: Telman Sherifov (Team Sochi) def. Rizvan Ganiyalov (Team Perm) via knockout (knee) at 4:47 of round 1

Team Sochi wins 3-2

Team Matchup Number Two: Team Action Force vs. Team Nizniy Novgorod -

8. Lightweight: Karen Grigoryan (Action Force) def. Maxim Rozhkov (Nizniy Novgorod) via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:10 of round 1
9. Welterweight: Vener Galiev (Nizniy Novgorod) def. Bagavdin Gajimuradov (Action Force) via three-round unanimous decision
10. Middleweight: Artur Guseinov (Action Force) def. Alexei Gagarin (Nizniy Novgorod) via TKO at 4:15 of round 1
11. Light Heavyweight: Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy (Nizniy Novgorod) def. Abdula Mutalimov (Action Force) via TKO at 1:29 of round 1
12. Heavyweight: Alexei Butorin (Action Force) def. Sergey Khramov (Nizniy Novgorod) via TKO at 2:15 of round 1

Team Action Force wins 3-2

Team Matchup Number Three: Team Rusfighters vs. Team Legion -

13. Lightweight: Zagalav Mahachev (Legion) def. Akop Stepanyan (Rusfighters) via submission (armbar) at 4:55 of round 1
14. Welterweight: Rustam Habylov (Legion) def. Vladimir Papusha (Rusfighters) via submission (armbar) at 2:04 of round 1
15. Middleweight: Ruslan Hashanov (Legion) def. Denis Semenov (Rusfighters) via submission (triangle choke) at 1:37 of round 1
16. Light Heavyweight: Gajimurad Omarov (Legion) def. Dmitry Pashinin (Rusfighters) via TKO at 0:43 of round 1
17. Heavyweight: Baga Agaev (Rusfighters) def. Bogdan Hmelnitskiy (Legion) via submission (armbar) at 2:33 of round 1

Team Legions wins 4-1