Updated M-1 Challenge Standings for April 29

M-1 Challenge Standings as of April 29, 2009:

GROUP A -

Team - Overall Won-Loss/Head-to-Head Won-Loss

1. England: 1-0/4-1
2. Spain: 1-0/3-2
3. France: 0-1/2-3
4. Japan: 0-1/1-4

GROUP B -

Team - Overall Won-Loss/Head-to-Head Won-Loss

1. USA West: 2-0/8-2
2. South Korea: 1-1/3-7
3. (tie) - Team Brazil Naja: 0-1/2-3
3. (tie) - Imperial of Russia: 0-1/2/3

GROUP C -

Team/Overall Won-Loss/Head-to-Head Won-Loss

1. USA East: 1-0/5-0
2. Finland: 1-0/4-1
3. Benelux: 0-1/1-4
4. Bulgaria: 0-1/0-5

GROUD D -

Team/Overall Won-Loss/Head-to-Head Won-Loss

1. Germany: 1-0/5-0
2. Russia Legion: 1-0/4-1
3. World Team: 0-1/1-4
4. Turkey: 0-1/0-5

M-1 Challenge 2009 Season to Date Event Results:

M-1 Challenge 1st Edition: Tacoma/Seattle, Washington, USA (2/21/09) -

Group B: South Korea def. Imperial of Russia 3-2…

Lightweight: Do-hyung Kim (KOR) def. Mikhail Malutin (IMP)
Welterweight: Myung-ho Bae (KOR) def. Eric Oganov (IMP)
Middleweight: Dmitriy Samoilov (IMP) def. Hyun-gyu Lim (KOR)
Light heavyweight: Jae-young Kim (KOR) def. Mikhail Zayats (IMP)
Heavyweight: Alexei Oleinik (IMP) def. Sang-soo Lee (KOR)

Group B: USA West def. Brazil 3-2…

Lightweight: David Jansen (USW) def. Flavio Alvaro (BRA)
Welterweight: Eduardo Pamplona (BRA) def. Dylan Clay (USW)
Middleweight: Reggie Orr (USW) def. Juliano Belgine (BRA)
Light heavyweight: Raphael Davis (USW) def. Jair Goncalves (BRA)
Heavyweight: Jose Franca (BRA) def. Carl Seumanutafa (USW)

Group C: Finland def. Benelux 4-1…

Lightweight: Danny van Bergen (BEN) def. Juha-Pekka Vainikainen (FIN)
Welterweight: Janne Tulirinta (FIN) def. Tommy Depret (BEN)
Middleweight: Lucio Linhares (FIN) def. Kamil Uygun (BEN)
Light heavyweight: Marcus Vanttinen (FIN) def. Jason Jones (BEN)
Heavyweight: Toni Valtonen (FIN) def. Sander Duyvis (BEN)

M-1 Challenge 2nd Edition: Bourgas, Bulgaria (3/28/09) -

Group C: USA East def. Bulgaria 5-0…

Lightweight: Renato Migliaccio (USE) def. Yanko Yanev (BUL)
Welterweight: Steve Carl (USE) def. Ivan Ivanov (BUL)
Middleweight: Herbert Goodman (USE) def. Jordan Radev (BUL)
Light heavyweight: Chuck Grigsby (USE) def. Atanas Dzhambazov (BUL)
Heavyweight: Lloyd Marshbanks (USE) def. Emil Samoilov (BUL)

Group D: Germany def. Turkey 5-0…

Lightweight: Franco de Leonardis (GER) def. Akin Duran (TUR)
Welterweight: Daniel Weichel (GER) def. Fatih Dogan (TUR)
Middleweight: Gregor Herb (GER) def. Ahmed Bayrak (TUR)
Light heavyweight: Martin Zawada (GER) def. Samy Turky (TUR)
Heavyweight: David Baziak (GER) def. Tugrul Okay (TUR)

Group D: Russia Legion def. World 4-1…

Lightweight: Yura Ivlev (LGN) def. Romano de los Reyes (WOR)
Welterweight: Magomed Shikshabekov (LGN) def. Jason Ponet (WOR)
Middleweight: Sergey Kornev (LGN) def. Nathan Schoutern (WOR)
Light heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Omarov (LGN) def. Nils van Noord (WOR)
Heavyweight: Michal Kita (WOR) def. Ahmed Sultanov (LGN)

M-1 Challenge 3rd Edition: Tokyo, Japan (4/29/09) -

Group A: Spain def. France 3-2…

Lightweight: Jose Luiz Zapater Aguirre (SPN) def. Makhtar Gueye (FRA)
Welterweight: Abner Lloveras (SPN) def. Gael Grimaud (FRA)
Middleweight: Christophe Dafreville (FRA) def. Rayco “Kakin” Romero Silva (SPN)
Light Heavyweight: Christian Mpumbu (FRA) def. Enoc Solbes (SPN).
Heavyweight: Rogent Lloret (SPN) def. Soufian Elgarne (FRA) via submission (Anaconda choke)

Group A: England def. Japan 4-1…

Lightweight: Luiz Andrada (JPN) def. Ian Butlin (ENG)
Welterweight: Simon Phillips (ENG) def. Hidehiko Hasgawa (JPN)
Middleweight: Matt Thorpe (ENG) def. Yusuke Masuda (JPN)
Light Heavyweight: Tom Blackledge (ENG) def. Tatsuya Mizuno (JPN)
Heavyweight: Rob Broughton (ENG) def. Yusuke Kawaguchi (JPN)

Group B: USA West def. South Korea 5-0…

Lightweight: David Jansen (USW) def. Yui Chul Nam (KOR)
Welterweight: Fabio Negao (USW) def. Myung Ho Bae (KOR)
Middleweight: Giva Santana (USW) def. Min Suk Heo (KOR)
Light Heavyweight: Raphael Davis (USW) def. Jae Young Kim (KOR)
Heavyweight: Shane Del Rosario (USW) def. Doo Hee Lee (KOR)