– An injury has forced 2008 Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii (12-3-1, 1 KO/TKO, 4 SUB) to withdraw from his much anticipated showdown next month with Russian heavyweight Sergei “The Paratrooper” Kharitonov (21-5-0, 11 KO/TKO, 9 SUB) in M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire, airing on www.M1Global.TV, live from Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China.  » Read Full Article

Undefeated featherweight Pavel Vitruk (11-0-0. 2 KO/TKO, 2 SUB) has been added to the already star-studded M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire, airing November 11 on www.M1Global.TV, live from Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China.  » Read Full Article

Slovakian MMA technician Ivan “Buki” Buchinger (28-4-0, 7 KO/TKO, 16 SUB) captured the vacant M-1 Challenge featherweight title by stopping Azerbaijan striker Tural Ragimov (9-2-0, 4 KO/TKO, 4 SUB) at his own game in tonight’s M-1 Challenge 52: Battle of Narts main event at Summer Amphiteatre Magas in Ingushetia, Russia.  » Read Full Article

(L-R) Tural Ragimov, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Ivan Buchinger

MAIN EVENT – VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5 Ivan “Buki” Buchinger (27-4-0, 6 KO/TKO.  » Read Full Article

Global has announced two more fights for M-1 Challenge 52: Battle of Narts, airing live October 17 on www.M1Global.TV from Summer Amphitheatre Magas in Ingushetia, Russia.  » Read Full Article

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (September 12, 2014) – M-1 Global announced today that two of the top heavyweight fighters in the world, Sergei “The Paratrooper” Kharitonov (21-5-0, 11 KO/TKO, 9 SUB) and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii (12-3-1, 1 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), will square-off November 11 on M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Kingdom at Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China.  » Read Full Article

Red-hot MMA fighters Ivan “Buki” Buchinger (27-4-0, 6 KO/TKO, 16 SUB) and Tural Ragimov (9-1-0, 4 KO/TKO, 4 SUB) will fight October 17 for the coveted M-1 Challenge featherweight title, recently vacated by Marat Gafurov, in M-1 Challenge 52: Battle of Narts, airing live on www.M1Global.TV from Summer Amphitheatre Magas in Ingushetia, Russia.  » Read Full Article

KILPONO, Moscow, Russia (September 7, 2014) – In an all-out war between Russian countrymen, Vyacheslav “Slav” Vasilevsky (25-2-0, 11 KO/TKO, 7 SUB) captured the M-1 Challenge middleweight title tonight, stopping defending champion Ramazan Emeev (11-3-0, 2 KO/TKO, 5 SUB) in the fourth round, tonight in M-1 Challenge 41: Fightspirit at Izhorets Stadium in Kolpino, Moscow, Russia.  » Read Full Article

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (September 4, 2014) — M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in China is shaping up as an MMA heavyweight extravaganza, November 11 at Wukesong Arena in Beijing, to be held in conjunction with the International Economic Forum.  » Read Full Article