The 2011 M-1 Selection Season is the upcoming 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 expected to start on April 1. The best fighters in the M-1 Selection selected in the M-1 Challenge at the end of the year.

M-1 Selection Europe #1

1 April, 2011 Ali Aliyev Center in Makhachkala

Makhachkala

-Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*...

, Republic of Dagestan

Main card (Russia 2 TV)

• Welterweight bout:   Radik Iboyan
  Radik Iboyan
  Radik Iboyan is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division.-Championships and Accomplishments:Sambo*Combat Sambo**Champion of the Volga Federal District Sambo**Medalist Russia in Sambo...
  
   vs.   Yunus Tagirov

Tagirov defeated Iboyan via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:00 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Stanislav Molodcov vs.   Magomedsalam Kaynurov

Molodtsov defeated Kaynurov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:55 of round 1.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Santiago Pereira vs.   Khanilav Khanilaev

Khanilaev defeated Pereira via TKO (soccer kicks) at 0:56 of round 1.

Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru and Russia 2 TV)

• Lightweight bout:   Jack Magee vs.   Vugar Bakhshiev

Bakhshiev defeated Magee via Submission (heel hook) at 0:46 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Ramadan Esenbaev vs.   Gadji Gadjiyev

Esenbaev defeated Yakovlev via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• Lightweight bout:   Pavel Kokarev vs.   Alex Tokarev

Tokarev defeated Kokarev via submission (armbar) at 2:22 of round 1.

• Light heavyweight bout:   Sergey Filimonov vs.   Gadzhimurad Antigulov

Filimonov defeated Antigulov via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:54 of round 2.

European Grand Prix (European Tournament)

Others battle grand prix in weight categories up to 77 kg to 93 kg will be held at the M-1 Ukraine European Battle in Kiev.

Quarter finals

Grand Prix -70kg (155 lb)

• Lightweight bout:   Antun Račić vs.   Alexei Nevzorov

Nevzorov defeated Račić via submission (armbar) at 3:55 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Eves Lundy vs.   Shahbulat Shamhalaev

Shamhalaev defeated Lundy via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26).

• Lightweight bout:   Jerome Bouisson vs.   Alexander Kozyrev

Busson defeated Kozyrev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:25 round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Suli Meguro vs.   Shamil Abdulkerimov

Abdulkerimov defeated Meguro via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:20 of round 3.

Grand Prix -77kg (170 lb)

• Welterweight bout:   Gael Grimaud
  Gaël Grimaud
  Gaël Grimaud is a French mixed martial artist, fighting out of Toulouse, France.Grimaud is the current Cage Warriors welterweight champion, having at Cage Warriors Fight Night 2 in Amman, Jordan on September 8, 2011 to capture the vacant title....
  
   vs.   Ramadan Abdulzhalilov

Grimaud defeated Abdulzhalilov via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:39 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Josef Kral vs.   Gasanali Gasanaliev

Gasanaliyev defeated Kral via TKO (punches) at 1:33 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Acoidan Duque vs.   Sergei Faustov

Duque defeated Faustov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:58 of round 1.

Grand Prix -93kg (205 lb)

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Adrian Malebranche vs.   Saparbek Safarov

Safarov defeated Malebranche via KO (punch) at 0:06 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Antonio Gonzalez vs.   Sergey Kornev

Kornev defeated Gonzalez submission (strikes) at 2:41 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Roman Bagin vs.   Salim Dawood

Daudov defeated Bagin via TKO (punches) at 0:22 of round 2.

Semi Finals

Grand Prix -70kg (155 lb)

• Lightweight bout:   Jerome Bouisson vs.   Shamil Abdulkerimov
• Lightweight bout:   Alexei Nevzorov vs.   Shahbulat Shamhalaev

Finals

Grand Prix -77kg (170 lb)

• Welterweight bout:   Acoidan Duque vs.   Gasanali Gasanaliev

Grand Prix -93kg (205 lb)

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Sergey Kornev vs.   Salim Dawood

Main card

• Lightweight Bout:   Kim Jin Hyoung vs.   Kim Jun Woo

Hyoung def Woo via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:21 of Round 1

• Lightweight Bout:   Kim Dae Myeong vs.   Gwon Il Jin

Kim def. Jin via unanimous decision.

• Welterweight Bout:   Son Se Joong vs.   Jang Ji Hoon

Joong def. Hoon via TKO (punches) at 2:10 of Round 2

Preliminary card

• Lightweight Bout:   Hwang Gyo Pyung vs.   Hamamatsu Yamato

Pyung def. Yamato via KO (punch) at 0:10 of Round 1

• Welterweight Bout:   Lee Dong Young vs.   Mano Young

Young def. Young via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:18 of Round 1

• Middleweight Bout:   Kim Hee Seung vs.   Yasuoka Kazuyuki

Seung def. Kazuyuki via TKO (punches) at 2:00 of Round 1

• Light Heavyweight Bout:   Kuwabara Kiyoshi vs.   Han Hae Yong

Kiyoshi def. Yong via TKO (punches) at 1:28 of Round 1

• Lightweight Bout:   Kwak Myung Sik vs.   Yuichiro Ohno

Sik def. Ohno via TKO (punches) at 0:22 of Round 1

• Welterweight Bout:   Ahn Seung Ho vs   Fujita Katsutoshi

Ho def. Katsutoshi via submission (Armbar) at 2:56 of Round 2

• Middleweight Bout:   Moon Jun Hee vs.   Kuroki Yoshihito

Hee def. Yoshihito via submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:40 of Round 1

• Light Heavyweight Bout:   Kim Doo Hwan vs.   Niyama Makoto

Hwan def. Makoto via submission (rear-naked choke) Round 1

• Heavyweight Bout:   Yu Young Woo vs.   Masanori Iwamoto

Woo def. Iwamoto via TKO (strikes) at 2:28 of Round 1

External links

• http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/3/25/Europe/
• http://www.m-1global.com/2011/03/30/the-2011european-m-1-selection-kicks-off-in-makhachkala/
• http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/4/8/m-1-selection-semis/
• http://www.punchdrunkgamer.com/gaming/game-analysis/48-fl_new/1670-2011-asian-m-1-selection-tournaments-opening-round-results