MAIN CARD
MAIN EVENT - VACANT M-1 CHALLENGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP -- 5 X 5
Shavkat Rakhnonov (10-0, M-1: 5-0), Kazakhstan
vs.
Danila Prikaza (11-2-1, M-1: 8-2), Russia
CO-FEATURE - M-1 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - 5 X 5
Khadis Ibragimov (7-0, M-1: 3-0), Champion, Russia
vs.
Rafal "Kijana" Kijanczuk, Challenger, (7-0, M-1: 3-0), Poland
BANTAMWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Kayck "Chuck" Alencar (9-0, M-1: 1-0), Brazil
vs.
Arman Ashimov (9-3-1, M-1: 3-1), Kazakhstan
150-LBS CATCHWEIGHT - 3 X 5
Abubakar Mestoev (7-0, M-1: 7-0), Russia
vs.
Anthony "La Masse" Dizy (5-1, M-1: 0-0), France
LIGHTWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Mickael "Ragnar" Lebout (18-9-2 (M-1: 1-0), France
vs.
Alik Albogachiev (5-1, M-1: 5-1), Russia
UNDERCARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Zaur Gadzhibabayev (9-3, M-1: 1-0), Azerbaijan
vs.
Tanner "The Bulldozer" Boser (15-5, M-1: 0-0), Canada
MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Jean "Panqueka" Petrick (9-3, M-1: 1-0), Brazil
vs.
Denis Tiuliulin (5-3, 1 NC, M-1: 1-1), Russia
Ivan Bogdanov (6-0, M-1: 1-0), Russia
vs.
Vadim Shabadash (8-3, M-1: 3-1), Ukraine
LIGHTWEIGHTS - 3 X5
Boris Medvedev (4-0, M-1: 3-0), Russia
vs.
Azamat "Massaget" Bakytov (4-0, M-1: 0-0), Kazakhstan
PRE-UNDERCARD
FLYWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Assu "Zulfikhar" Almabaev (9-2, M-1: 1-0), Kazakhstan
vs.
Pierre Ludet (5-0, M-1: 0-0), France
BANTAMWEIGHTS - 3 X 5
Beno Adamia (5-3-1, M-1: 0-0), Georgia
vs.
Abylaikhan Kadyrkhan (4-0, M-1: 0-0), Kazakhstan
(all fights & fighters subject to change)
WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2019
WHERE: Almaty, Kazakhstan
PROMOTER: M-1 Global
LIVE STREAM: www.m1global.tv (10.00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT in USA). Also available on FITE.TV (preliminary card is free, $7.99 for the main card)
M-1 GLOBAL NOTEBOOK
Danila Prikaza and Shavkat Rakhmonov will fight for the welterweight title, which has been vacant since the former champion Alexey Kunchenko signed with the UFC.
Fighters in the co-featured event, Khadis Ibragimov and Rafal Kijanczuk, are both unbeaten and have exactly the same records, 7-0.
10 fighters have perfect records with no loses
Rakhmonov has finished all 10 of his opponents, 5 by knockout and 5 by submission
Kijanczuk has finished all 7 of his opponents, all 7 by knockout, 6 of them in the very first round
The 23-year-old Ibragimov is the youngest M-1 Challenge champion at the moment
INFORMATION:
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Apr. 4 - "Road to M-1: USA 2 in California
Mar. 30 - M-1 Challenge 101: Rakhmonov-Prikaza, Ibragimov-Kijanczuk
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