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Zayats defeats Vanttinen by decision in M-1 Challenge 82 main event PhilBoxing.com Mon, 07 Aug 2017  HELSINKI, Finland (August 6, 2017) - Russian light heavyweight Mikhail Zayats defeated 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. Russian lightweight prospect Pavel Gordeev (8-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) and Ukrainian welterweight Alexander "Iron Capture" Butenko (44-12-3, M-1: 10-2-1), respectively, won three-round unanimous decisions over Brazilian Michel "Sassarito" Silva (18-7-0, M-1: 0-2-0) and American Keith "The One" Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0). 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 Nicheporenko defeated 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 INFORMATION: www.M1Global.tv www.mixfight.ru www.wmmaa.org Twitter & Instagram: @M1GlobalNews @VFinkelchtein @M1Global Facebook: www.facebook.com/M-1-GlobalNews  |
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