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Zayats defeats Vanttinen by decision in M-1 Challenge 82 main event |
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OFFICIAL RESULTS |
HELSINKI, Finland (August 6, 2017) - Russian light heavyweight Mikhail Zayatsdefeated Marcus "Caveman" Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night's M-1 Challenge 82 main event, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during the last nine years.
Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0) returned to an M-1 Global-promoted event for the first time in nearly six years. The Russian strongman see pictured below), who had fought the past few years in Bellator, ruined the night for local favorite Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-3-0), one of six Finnish fighters on the Helsinki card. International fighters represented nine different countries: Russia, Finland, Brazil, USA, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Ukraine and Sweden. Finnish bantamweight Janne "Jambo" Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1) and Brazilian veteran fighter Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1) fought to a three-round split-draw, Finnish flyweight Mikhail "Hulk" Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), of Ukraine.
Also on the main card, Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa (15-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made a successful M-1 debut with a first-round technical knockout victory of Portugal's Aires Bendrouis (10-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0).
On the preliminary card, Swedish bantamweight Son Le "Buddah" Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0) lost a three-round unanimous decision to Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), fighting out of Russia, and Ukrainian heavyweight Boris "Bora" Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0) defeated Finland's Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0) by decision.
Russian middleweight Ruslan Shamolov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0) stopped American "Motown" Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) in the opening round, French lightweight Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a guillotine choke to force Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), of Finland, to tap-out in round one, and Russian flyweight Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) tapped out in the second round as his Swiss opponent, Frederico "Muskito" Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), locked on an arm-bar.
In M-1's popular Medieval Fight, Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Nicheporenkodefeated Russian Yuro Slobodyanik by way of a first-round knockout. Complete results below:
OFFICIAL RESULTS
MAIN CARD
MAIN EVENT - LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS Mikhail Zayats (23-8-0, M-1: 13-5-0), Russia WDEC3 Marcus Vanttinen (24-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Finland lbs. (kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS Juho Valmaa (14-4-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Finland WTKO1 (4:52 - referee stoppage) Aires Bendrouis (10-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Portugal
Alexander Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), Ukraine WDEC3 Keith Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia WDEC3 Michel Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brazil
BANTAMWEIGHTS Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Finland D3 Heilton (Dos Santos) Davella (15-6-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Brazil
FLYWEIGHTS Mikael Silander (17-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Finland WDEC3 Vitali Branchuk (22-7-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Ukraine
PRELIMINARY CARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS Boris Polezhay (17-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukraine WDEC3 Toni Valtonen (27-16-0, M-1: 6-3-0), Finland
MIDDLEWEIGHTS Ruslan Shamilov (3-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia WKO1 (3:10) Moses Murrietta (5-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS Arnaud Kherfallah (4-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), France WSUB1 (4:22 - guillotine choke) Patrik Pietila (8-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Finland
BANTAMWEIGHTS Oleg Lichkovakha (8-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia WDEC3 Son Le Binh (5-3-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Sweden
FLYWEIGHTS Frederico Gutzwiller (3-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Switzerland WSUB2 (1:59 - armbar) Akaki Khorava (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Georgia
MEDIEVAL FIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 Vladimir Nicheporenko, Ukraine WKO1 (1:22) Yuri Sloboyanik, Russia
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