The 2011 M-1 Challenge Season is the current fourth season of mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 (MMA) fighting presented by the M-1 Global

M-1 Global

M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...

 promotion. The season is began on March 5.

M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram

The first M-1 Challenge event of 2011 took place on March 5, 2011 at the Crocus City in Moscow, Russia.

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

• Heavyweight Championship bout:   Guram Gugenishvili
  Guram Gugenishvili
  Guram Gugenishvili is a Georgian mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight for M-1 Global. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Gugenishvili has mostly competed in Russia, most notably for M-1 Global. He is undefeated in his career to date, having taken the majority of his victories...
  
   (c) vs.   Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Grishin has fought all over the world, though mostly in Central and Eastern Europe. He defeated Alexander Volkov for the 2010 M-1 Global Eastern Europe Heavyweight...
  
  

Gugenishvili defeated Grishin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of round 1.

• Welterweight Championship bout:   Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...
  
   vs.   Tom Gallicchio

Zavurov defeated Gallicchio via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Rashid Magomedov
  Rashid Magomedov
  Rashid Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. Professional MMA began in 2008.-M-1 Global:...
  
   vs.   Rafał Moks
  Rafał Moks
  Rafał "Kulturysta" Moks is a Polish mixed martial artist and practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Moks has mostly fought in Central and Eastern Europe although he also won the 2010 M-1 Global Western European...
  
  

Magomedov defeated Moks via TKO (strikes) at 2:06 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov is a Czechs-Austrians mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Taisumov has competed all over Europe, most notably for M-1 Global.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. M-1 Global Veteran.-Championships and Accomplishments:Mixed Martial Arts*M-1 Global**M-1 Challenge 2009 Lightweight Champion....
  
  

Taisumov defeated Ivlev via TKO (punches) at 1:34 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:   Magomed Sultanakhmedov
  Magomed Sultanakhmedov
  Magomed "White Wolf" Bazayevich Sultanakhmedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003 who is proficient in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Sultanakhmedov has competed primarily in Russia. He compiled a 7-3 record prior...
  
   vs.   Plinio Cruz

Sultanakhmedov defeated Cruz via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

• Middleweight bout:   Hasbulaev Magomedrasul vs.   Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel is a German professional mixed martial artist who has fought for BAMMA, M-1 Global, Shooto, King of the Cage, and Cage Warriors...
  
  

Weichel defeated Magomedrasul via technical submission (triangle choke) at 3:13 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Goncalo Salgado vs.   Arsen Abdulkerimov

Abdulkerimov defeated Salgado via submission (armbar) at 2:29 of round 1.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Igor Savelyev vs.   Byron Byrd

Saveliev defeated Byrd via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:12 of round 2.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Shamil Tinagadjiev vs.   Tomasz Narkun
  Tomasz Narkun
  Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Narkun has won all of his professional fights by submission. He is the M-1 Global Western Europe champion in his weight division.-Career:Weighing in at...
  
  

Narkun defeated Tinagadjiev via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Maxim Bulahtin vs.   Magomed Ismailov

Ismailov defeated Bulahtin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:47 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Vusal Bairamov vs.   Nikolai Kaushansky

Kaushansky defeated Bairamov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:31 of round 1.

M-1 Challenge XXIV: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa

The second M-1 Challenge event took place on March 25, 2011 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center

Ted Constant Convocation Center

The Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 9,520-seat multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, located on the campus of Old Dominion University. "The Ted" has 7,519 fully cushioned seats, 16 luxury suites, and a state-of-the-art scoreboard. The arena currently seats 8,639 for basketball games...

 in Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

. This event marked the first M-1 show in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 since 2009 and aired live on the Showtime cable network. The event drew an estimated 189,000 viewers on Showtime.

Due to problems with his visa Arthur Guseinov

Arthur Guseinov

Arthur Guseinov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division.-M-1 Global:Team Quest middleweight Tyson Jeffries found himself on the wrong end of a Arthur Guseinov spinning backfist at 1:32 of the first round Friday night at M-1 Challenge 26 in Costa Mesa, Calif...

 was unable to compete. Josh Bakkalao got injured during practice and was unable to face Alexander Sarnavskiy

Alexander Sarnavskiy

Alexander Sarnavskiy is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran....

. He was replaced by Beau Baker.

Main card (Showtime TV)

• Lightweight Championship bout:   Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky is a Belarussian professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Damkovsky has mostly competed in Eastern Europe, most notably for Shooto and M-1 Global...
  
   (c) vs.   Jose Figueroa

Figueroa defeated Damkovsky via TKO (punches) at 2:28 of round 2 to become the new M-1 Global Lightweight Champion.

• Middleweight Championship bout:   Magomed Sultanakhmedov
  Magomed Sultanakhmedov
  Magomed "White Wolf" Bazayevich Sultanakhmedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003 who is proficient in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Sultanakhmedov has competed primarily in Russia. He compiled a 7-3 record prior...
  
   vs.   Tyson Jeffries

Sultanakhmedov defeated Jeffries via TKO (knees and punches) at 3:07 of round 2.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Vinny Magalhaes
  Vinny Magalhães
  Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...
  
   vs.   Jake Doerr

Magalhaes defeated Doerr via TKO (punches) at 1:47 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Jason Norwood vs.   Mojo Horne

Norwood defeated Horne by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• Lightweight bout:   Alexander Sarnavskiy
  Alexander Sarnavskiy
  Alexander Sarnavskiy is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran....
  
   vs.   Beau Baker

Sarnavskiy defeated Baker via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:32 of round 2.

Preliminary card

• Bantamweight bout:   Marcus Daniels vs.   Bryan Lasham

Lasham defeated Daniels via TKO (punches) at 0:57 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Bethany Marshall vs.   Stacy Grant

Marshall defeated Grant via submission (toe hold) at 1:49 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Brian Nielson vs.   Colton Smith

Smith defeated Nielson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Johnny Curtis vs.   Bobby Gurley

Curtis defeated Gurley via KO (punch to the body) at 0:36 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   George Sheppard vs.   David Derby

Sheppard defeated Derby via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1.

• Bantamweight bout:   Jessie Riggleman vs.   Jason Hilliker

Riggleman defeated Hilliker via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:13 of round 1.

M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto

28 April, 2011 Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in St.Petersburg, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.
Today it was announced that Dmitry Samoilov and Mike Guerin were injured during the training process and, unfortunately, will not be able to take part in the tournament M-1 Challenge XXV. Zavurov vs Magomedov. Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. Professional MMA began in 2008.-M-1 Global:...

 was seriously injured and was out of title bout with Shamil Zavurov

Shamil Zavurov

Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...

. M-1 Global has made every effort to in such a short period of time to find a worthy replacement, and literally a few minutes ago to sign the exclusive contract with M-1 Global has put Swiss welterweight Yasubi Enomoto, who last year was a finalist at the Grand Prix at Sengoku in his weight class.

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

• Welterweight Championship bout:   Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...
  
   (c) vs.   Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals.-Early life:Enomoto was born in Zürich,...
  
  

Zavurov defeated Enomoto by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47).

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:   Viktor Nemkov
  Viktor Nemkov
  Viktor Nemkov is a Russian Combat Sambo competitor and mixed martial artist. Nemkov is a multiple time Combat Sambo champion and is also among the youngest champions in the nation.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Vinny Magalhaes
  Vinny Magalhães
  Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...
  
  

Magalhaes defeated Nemkov via submission (mounted gogoplata) at 1:40 of round 3.

• Middleweight bout:   Andrei Semenov
  Andrei Semenov
  Andrei Vladimirovich Semenov is a Russian mixed martial artist and Sambo practitioner. He has also made forays into acting.Semenov has fought within the UFC middleweight division, in M-1 events and Pride Bushido, with an overall MMA record of 30 wins, 9 losses and 2 draws...
  
   vs.   Luigi Fioravanti
  Luigi Fioravanti
  Luigi Fioravanti is an American mixed martial artist who fights out of Orlando, Florida with American Top Team. He was released by the UFC shortly after his first round TKO defeat to Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 17...
  
  

Semenov defeated Fioravanti by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Mikhail Zayats
  Mikhail Zayats
  Mikhail Zayats is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweigh division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Zayats mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran....
  
   vs.   Malik Merad

Zayats defeated Merad via TKO (punches) at 0:49 of round 2.

• Heavyweight bout:   Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Grishin has fought all over the world, though mostly in Central and Eastern Europe. He defeated Alexander Volkov for the 2010 M-1 Global Eastern Europe Heavyweight...
  
   vs.   Vladimir Kuchenko

Grishin defeated Kuchenko via TKO (punches) at 3:14 of round 3.

• Heavyweight bout:   Alexander Volkov
  Alexander Volkov (fighter)
  Alexander Yevgenievich Volkov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Volkov has competed almost exclusively for the M-1 Global promotion.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Denis Goltsov

Volkov defeated Goltsov via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Alexander Yakovlev vs.   Christian Eckerlin

Yakovlev defeated Eckerlin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:14 of round 2.

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru)

• Middleweight bout:   Juan Manuel Suarez vs.   Arsen Temirkhanov

Suarez defeated Temirkhanov by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

• Middleweight bout:   Murad Magomedov vs.   Ramazan Emeev

Emeev defeated Magomedov by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

• Welterweight bout:   Ramazan Esenbaev vs.   Albert Akhmetov

Esenbaev defeated Akhmetov via TKO (punches) at 2:49 of round 2.

Main card (Ustream.com)

• Welterweight bout:   Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals.-Early life:Enomoto was born in Zürich,...
  
   vs.   Rafał Moks
  Rafał Moks
  Rafał "Kulturysta" Moks is a Polish mixed martial artist and practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Moks has mostly fought in Central and Eastern Europe although he also won the 2010 M-1 Global Western European...
  
  

Enomoto defeated Moks via decision majority (29-28, 28-28, 29-28)

• Lightweight bout:   Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. M-1 Global Veteran.-Championships and Accomplishments:Mixed Martial Arts*M-1 Global**M-1 Challenge 2009 Lightweight Champion....
  
   vs.   Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky is a Belarussian professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Damkovsky has mostly competed in Eastern Europe, most notably for Shooto and M-1 Global...
  
  

Ivlev defeated Damkovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

• Welterweight bout:   Alexander Agafonov vs.   Husein Haliev

Haliev defeated Agafonov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• Lightweight bout:   Vugar Bakhshiev vs.   Antun Račić

Račić defeated Bakhshiev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 of 3 round.

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:   Alexander Kozyr vs.   Semen Tyrlya

Kozyr defeated Tyrlya via submission (armbar) at 1:57 of 1 round.

• Welterweight bout:   Vadim Khaitulov vs.   Viktor Talashov

Khaitulov defeated Talashov via TKO (punch) at 1:24 of 1 round.

• Middleweight bout:   Ruslan Khaskhanov vs.   Andrei Dryapko

Dryapko defeated Khaskhanov via submission (shoulder injury) 1:57 of 1 round.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Saparbek Safarov vs.   Denis Ivanets

Safarov defeated Ivanets via TKO (punches) at 3:00 of 1 round.

• Heavyweight bout:   Igor Zadernovsky vs.   Yuri Snegovskoy

Zadernovsky defeated Snegovskoy via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of 1 round.

European Gran Prix

• Lightweight bout:   Farkhad Fatalla vs.   Ilya Tiunov

Fatalla defeated Tiunov via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:48 of 1 round.

• Lightweight bout:   Sergey Adamchuk vs.   Sergey Sinkevich

Adamchuk defeated Sinkevich via KO (punch) at 2:47 of 2 round.

• Welterweight bout:   Vladimir Opanasenko vs.   Syanan Yusibov

Opanasenko defeated Yusibov via submission (armbar) at 0:41 of 1 round.

• Welterweight bout:   Vasily Novikov vs.   Alexander Nimerenko

Novikov defeated Nimerenko via submission (armbar) at 3:10 of 2 round.

• Middleweight bout:   Alexander Dolotenko vs.   Filip Anasovich

Dolotenko defeated Anasovich via submission (armbar) at 1:15 of 1 round.

M-1 Challenge XXVI: Bennett vs. Garner II

The second M-1 Challenge event to air on Showtime took place on July 8, 2011 in Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...

. Guram Gugenishvili

Guram Gugenishvili

Guram Gugenishvili is a Georgian mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight for M-1 Global. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Gugenishvili has mostly competed in Russia, most notably for M-1 Global. He is undefeated in his career to date, having taken the majority of his victories...

 was originally announced for the main event, but suffered a hand injury and was replaced by Garner.

Main card (Showtime TV)

• Heavyweight bout:   Kenny Garner
  Kenny Garner
  Kenny "Deuce" Garner is an American mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the heavyweight division. Garner began his MMA career in 2008 and has competed mostly for M-1 Global, where he became the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas Heavyweight Champion by defeating Patrick Bennett.-Early...
  
   vs.   Pat Bennett

Garner defeated Bennett via KO (punch) at 1:15 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:   Arthur Guseinov
  Arthur Guseinov
  Arthur Guseinov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division.-M-1 Global:Team Quest middleweight Tyson Jeffries found himself on the wrong end of a Arthur Guseinov spinning backfist at 1:32 of the first round Friday night at M-1 Challenge 26 in Costa Mesa, Calif...
  
   vs.   Tyson Jeffries

Guseinov defeated Jeffries via KO (back fist) at 1:32 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov is a Czechs-Austrians mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Taisumov has competed all over Europe, most notably for M-1 Global.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Josh Bakkalao

Taisumov defeated Bakkalao via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel is a German professional mixed martial artist who has fought for BAMMA, M-1 Global, Shooto, King of the Cage, and Cage Warriors...
  
   vs.   Beau Baker

Weichel defeated Baker by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25).

• Middleweight bout:   Eddie Arizmendi
  Eddie Arizmendi
  Eduardo Arizmendi Jr. is a Mexican and Native American mixed martial artist. Arizmendi competes in the middleweight division, where he held the Rage in the Cage middleweight championship.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Jason Norwood

Arizmendi defeated Norwood via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 2.

Preliminary card (Allboxing.tv)

• Lightweight bout:   Max Martyniouk vs.   Mike De Robles

Martyniouk defeated Robles via TKO (punches) at 2:30 of 1 round.

• Lightweight bout:   Diman Morris vs.   Brandon Michaels

Morris defeated Michaels by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).

М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats

The third M-1 Challenge show on Showtime took place on October 14, 2011 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

.

Heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili

Guram Gugenishvili

Guram Gugenishvili is a Georgian mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight for M-1 Global. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Gugenishvili has mostly competed in Russia, most notably for M-1 Global. He is undefeated in his career to date, having taken the majority of his victories...

 was originally set to defend his title in a rematch against Kenny Garner

Kenny Garner

Kenny "Deuce" Garner is an American mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the heavyweight division. Garner began his MMA career in 2008 and has competed mostly for M-1 Global, where he became the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas Heavyweight Champion by defeating Patrick Bennett.-Early...

, but pulled out of the bout due to an elbow injury.

Main card (Showtime TV)

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:   Vinny Magalhaes
  Vinny Magalhães
  Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...
  
   (c) vs.   Mikhail Zayats
  Mikhail Zayats
  Mikhail Zayats is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweigh division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Zayats mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran....
  
  

Magalhaes defeated Zayats via TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:13 of round 3.

• Heavyweight Interim Championship bout:   Kenny Garner
  Kenny Garner
  Kenny "Deuce" Garner is an American mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the heavyweight division. Garner began his MMA career in 2008 and has competed mostly for M-1 Global, where he became the 2010 M-1 Selection Americas Heavyweight Champion by defeating Patrick Bennett.-Early...
  
   vs.   Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin
  Maxim Grishin is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Grishin has fought all over the world, though mostly in Central and Eastern Europe. He defeated Alexander Volkov for the 2010 M-1 Global Eastern Europe Heavyweight...
  
  

Garner defeated Grishin via submission (punches) at 4:07 of round 5.

• Middleweight bout:   Eddie Arizmendi
  Eddie Arizmendi
  Eduardo Arizmendi Jr. is a Mexican and Native American mixed martial artist. Arizmendi competes in the middleweight division, where he held the Rage in the Cage middleweight championship.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Arthur Guseinov
  Arthur Guseinov
  Arthur Guseinov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division.-M-1 Global:Team Quest middleweight Tyson Jeffries found himself on the wrong end of a Arthur Guseinov spinning backfist at 1:32 of the first round Friday night at M-1 Challenge 26 in Costa Mesa, Calif...
  
  

Guseinov defeated Arizmendi via submission (heel hook) at 0:50 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Josh Thorpe vs.   Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals.-Early life:Enomoto was born in Zürich,...
  
  

Enomoto defeated Thorpe via submission (triangle choke) at 1:07 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Tom Gallicchio vs.   Daniel Madrid

Madrid defeated Gallicchio via submission (armbar) at 0:48 of round 1.

Preliminary card

• Catchweight (158 lbs) bout:   Ryan Crouch vs.   Fredrik Lumpkin

Crouch defeated Lumpkin via TKO (punches) at 2:26 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Mike Chavez vs.   Joe Martinez

Chavez defeated Martinez via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

M-1 Challenge XXVIII: Emelianenko vs. Malikov

12 November, Star Centre, Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...

, Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan.-Demographics:Population: Ethnic groups...

Shamil Zavurov

Shamil Zavurov

Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...

 was expected to defend his title against Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. Professional MMA began in 2008.-M-1 Global:...

 on this card, but had to withdraw due to knee injury.

Main Card (PPV and Russia 2)

• Heavyweight bout:   Alexander Emelianenko vs.   Magomed Malikov

Malikov defeated Emelianenko via TKO (punches) at 0:23 of round 1

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Alihan Magomedov vs.   Isaiah Larson

Larson defeated Magomedov via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 2

• Lightweight bout:   Vugar Bakhshiev vs.   Yves Landu

Bakhshiev defeated Landu by split decision

Preliminary card

• Middleweight bout:   Anton Kostishchin vs.   David Beaudrier

Beaudrier defeated Kostishchin via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 2

M-1 Selection: GP 84kg

• Middleweight bout:   Enoc Solves Torres vs.   Ruslan Khaskhanov

Torres defeated Khaskhanov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1

• Middleweight bout:   Jan Zdansky vs.   Anatoly Tokov

Tokov defeated Zdansky via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of round 1

• Middleweight bout:   Sunay Hamidov vs.   Alexei Martinov

Hamidov defeated Martinov via submission (triangle choke) at N/A of round 3

• Middleweight bout:   Gregory Babene vs.   Alexander Dolotenko

Babene defeated Dolotenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1

M-1 Challenge XXIX: Samoilov vs. Miranda

19 November, Ufa Arena

Ufa Arena

The Ufa Arena is a 7,950-seat multi-purpose arena in Ufa, Russia that opened in 2007. It has replaced Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev as the home of Russian Super League ice hockey team, Salavat Yulaev Ufa....

, Ufa

Ufa

-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

, Bashkortostan

Bashkortostan

The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa...

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky

Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Vasilevsky has amassed an impressive 13–1 win-loss record...

 again was traumatized in a hand and according to its command, doctors have forbidden it to act till January, 2012.

Main Card

• Middleweight bout:   Dmitry Samoilov vs.   Mario Miranda
  Mario Miranda (fighter)
  Mario Miranda is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed most recently for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in their middleweight division.-Mixed martial arts:...
  
  

Miranda: defeated Samoilov via Submission (kimura) at 3:58 of round 2

• Lightweight bout:   Antun Račić vs.   Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky is a Belarussian professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Damkovsky has mostly competed in Eastern Europe, most notably for Shooto and M-1 Global...
  
  

Damkovsky defeated Račić via TKO (punches) at 2:16 of round 1

• Middleweight bout:   Arsen Temirkhanov vs.   Christian Eckerlin

Temirkhanov defeated Eckerlin via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1

• Welterweight bout:   Erik Oganov vs.   Daniel Madrid

Oganov defeated Madrid via submission (armbar) at 1:24 of round 2

• Middleweight bout:   Magomed Aropkhanov vs.   Marat Gafurov

Gafurov defeated Aropkhanov by split decision.

• Middleweight bout:   Ramazan Emeev vs.   Ruslan Nadzhafaliev

Emeev defeated Nadzhafaliev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:50 of round 2

• Welterweight bout:   Julio Cesar de Almeida vs.   Bahtiyar Arzumanov

Almeida defeated Arzumanov by unanimous decision.

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout:   Mikhail Istomin vs.   Timur Shihmagomedov

Istomin defeated Shihmagomedov via TKO (punches) at 0:24 of round 2

M-1 Selection: GP +93kg

• Heavyweight bout:   Denis Komkin vs.   Ruslan Stepanyan

Goltsov defeated Stepanyan via КО (punches) at 1:34 of round 1

• Heavyweight bout:   Taimur Aslanov vs.   Denis Goltsov

Goltsov defeated Aslanov via submission (triangle choke) at 1:55 of round 1

• Heavyweight bout:   Akhmed Sultanov vs.   Vladimir Kuchenko

Sultanov defeated Kuchenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 1

• Heavyweight bout:   Denis Smoldarev vs.   Niyazi Safarov

Smoldarev defeated Safarov via submission (armbar) at 2:10 of round 1

M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II

This event will take place on December 9, 2011 at the The Hangar at the O.C. Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...

. It will air live on the Showtime cable network.

Main Card

• Welterweight Championship bout:   Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov
  Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...
  
   (c) vs.   Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto
  Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals.-Early life:Enomoto was born in Zürich,...
  
  
• Lightweight bout:   Alexander Sarnavskiy
  Alexander Sarnavskiy
  Alexander Sarnavskiy is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran....
  
   vs.   Francisco Drinaldo
  Francisco Drinaldo
  Francisco Drinaldo, better known as Massaranduba is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Drinaldo has mostly fought in Brazil's largest promotions....
  
  
• Lightweight bout:   Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky
  Artiom Damkovsky is a Belarussian professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Damkovsky has mostly competed in Eastern Europe, most notably for Shooto and M-1 Global...
  
   vs.   Jose Figueroa
• Middleweight bout:   Eddie Arizmendi
  Eddie Arizmendi
  Eduardo Arizmendi Jr. is a Mexican and Native American mixed martial artist. Arizmendi competes in the middleweight division, where he held the Rage in the Cage middleweight championship.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Tyson Jeffries
• Featherweight bout:   Alessandro Ferreira vs.   Bao Quach
  Bao Quach
  Bao Quach is a Vietnamese-American featherweight professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Bellator, Affliction, EliteXC, Strikeforce, World Extreme Cagefighting, King of the Cage, ICON Sport and Shooto promotions. Bao has defeated the likes of Chris David, Cole Escovedo, and Doug Evans...
  
  

External links

• http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/3/25/Europe/
• M-1 Global Homepage (in English)
• http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/2/28/M_1_Challenge_XXIII_final_fightcard/
• http://mixfight.ru/promos/M_1_Challenge_XXIV_Damkovsky_vs_Figeroa/
• http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/3/14/M_1_Challenge_XXV_Andrei_Semenov_vozvrashaetsya/