M-1 Global

M-1 Global / MMA-1
Private
Industry Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded 1997
Founder Vadim Finkelchtein
Headquarters St. Petersburg, Russia
Key people
 Fedor Emelianenko
Parent M-1 Global Holding[1]
Website http://www.m1global.tv

M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1)[2] is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 100 and 200 competitions per year. The public faces of M-1 Global are President, Vadim Finkelstein[3] and part-owner Fedor Emelianenko.[4]

It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with other organizations) entitled M-1 Global Presents Breakthrough on August 28, 2009 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.[5]

M-1, in 2009, signed a contract to co-promote with Explosion Entertainment.[6]

M-1 Challenge

Main article: M-1 Challenge

M-1 Challenge is a competition organized with a series of events held in many places around the world. The events are broadcast in over 100 countries, mainly Russia, Europe and the FSU countries.[3]

M-1 Selection

Main article: M-1 Selection

The M-1 Selection is a MMA competition where the next generation of fighters are given the opportunity to showcase their skills on the world stage with fighters being eliminated after only one loss; victory will advance the winning fighters throughout the tournament and earn them a trip to the championship event where they will compete for a “M-1 Selection” title.[7]

Current M-1 Global champions

Men's division Upper weight limit Champion Nationality Since Title Defenses Next Fight
Heavyweight no limit Vacant N/A N/A N/A
Light Heavyweight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) Rashid Yusupov  Russia May 27, 2016 (M1G66) 0 Victor Nemkov ?
Middleweight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) Ramazan Emeev  Russia April 10, 2015 1 Anatoly Tokov @ 73
Welterweight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) Alexey Kunchenko  Russia April 9, 2016 (M1G65) 1
Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) Alexander Butenko  Ukraine June 4, 2016 (M1G67) 0 Artiom Damkovsky ?
Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) Ivan Buchinger  Slovakia October 17, 2014 1 Magomed Idrisov @ 73
Bantamweight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) Pavel Vitruk  Russia October 21, 2016 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://m1global.tv/contacts/
  2. ↑ Вадим Финкельштейн о ребрендинге М-1 в ММА-1 (in Russian). Mixfight.ru. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. 1 2 "M-1 Global Press Conference". M-1Global.com. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  4. ↑ Morgan, John. "M-1 Global's Jerry Millen: Fedor Emelianenko is not dodging Brock Lesnar". MMAjunkie.
  5. ↑ "King Mo vs. Mark Kerr and exhibition match between Fedor and Mousasi set for "M-1 Breakthrough"". Five Ounces of Pain.
  6. ↑ "M-1 and Fedor officially join forces with Strikeforce". M-1Global.com. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  7. ↑ "M-1 Selection 2011 – Asia: Opening Round 1 Announced". M-1Global.com. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-07.

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