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M-1 CHALLENGE 98 RESULTS: New M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Bruno Blindado Silva PhilBoxing.com Tue, 06 Nov 2018  CHELYABINSK, Russia (November 5, 2018) -- Fists were flying last Friday night at M-1 Challenge 98 as ten of 12 fights ended prematurely, eight by way of knockout punches and two submissions, highlighted by Brazilian mixed-martial-arts veteran Bruno Blindado Silva's title-winning stoppage of previously undefeated M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Artem Frolov, in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Silva (19-6-0) has taken M-1 Global by storm. He became the top middleweight contender by knocking out Russian MMA star Alexander Shlemenko (56-11-1) in the opening round of M-1 Challenge 93 last June. With his fourth-round knockout by punches of another Russian, Frolov (11-1-0), the power-punching Silva has how stopped 16 of his 19 defeated opponents during his outstanding pro career.  Silva (top) finished off Frolov to win the M-1 Challenge middleweight title. The 27-year-old Frolov, who was 9-0-0 in M-1 competition going into his second title defense last Friday versus Silva, had signed a UFC contract and he was scheduled to fight last month at UFC Moscow. He was forced to withdraw due to injury. In the co-featured event another undefeated fighter was knocked off, when Russian welterweight Sergey Romanov (15-3-0) handed his Swiss opponent, Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-1-0), his first pro loss, by way of a three-round unanimous decision. Kazakhstan bantamweight Sergey Morozov (13-4-0) won a three-round unanimous decision over Bair Shtepin (7-3-0), of Russia. Russian middleweight Ivan Bogdanov kept his unbeaten record intact, improving to 6-0-0, when he punched out Frenchman Emmanuel "Papou Lele" Dawa (7-3-0) in the third round. Russian welterweight Boris Medvedev (4-0-0) remained unbeaten, locking in a Rear Naked Choke on his fellow countryman, David Zakaryan (1-1-0) for a win by first-round technical submission. On the preliminary card, late replacement Oleg Popov (4-1-0) registered a second-round technical knockout of fellow Russian heavyweight, Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC), in round two, while Russian lightweight Magomed Magomedov (12-3-0) put Frenchman Arnaud Kherfallah (5-2-0) to sleep in the opening round. French middleweight Jean "Panqueca" Petrick (9-3-0) made an impressive M-1 debut by submitting always dangerous Talekh "The Azerbaijan Terminator" Nadzhafzade (7-3-1) with a North-South choke, and Ivan Tsygelnik (2-1-0) won his second pro bout by way of a first-round technical knockout via punches versus Maksim Baruzdin (1-1-0) in a battle of Russian heavyweights. Denis Sulimov (3-0-0) knocked out Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0) in the opening round on punches in a match between Russian lightweights, Russian lightweight Rizvan Simbagaev (4-1-0) was too much for his Ukrainian rival, Alexey Shanin (2-1-0), who was stopped on punches midway through the third and final round, and Russian featherweight Nikita Barkhajov (2-0-0) blasted-out Agoney Romero (7-5-1), of Spain, in round one. The 24 competing fighters represented eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, France, Ukraine, Switzerland, Spain, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Complete results and additional pictures below: MAIN CARD MAIN EVENT - M-1 CHALLENGE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Bruno Blindado Silva (19-6-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Brazil WTKO4 (punches - 3:36) Artem Frolov (11-1-0, M-1: 9-1-0), Russia (Silva won M-1 Challenge middleweight title) CO-FEATURE - WELTERWEIGHTS Sergey Romanov (15-3-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Russia WDEC3 Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-1-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Switzerland BANTAMWEIGHTS Sergey Morozov (13-4-0, M-1: 7-3-0), Kazakhstan WDEC3 Bair Shtepin (7-3-0, M-1: 3-3-0), Russia MIDDLEWEIGHTS Ivan Bogdanov (6-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia WTKO3 (0:58 - punches) Emmanuel Dawa (732-0, M-1: 0-1-0), France MIDDLEWEIGHTS Boris Medvedev (4-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia WSUB1 (3:55 - Rear Naked Choke) David Zakaryan (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Spain PRELIMINARY CARD HEAVYWEIGHTS Oleg Popov (4-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia WTKO2 (2:38 - punches) Yuriy Fedorov (1-1-0, 1 NC, M-1: 1-1-0, 1 NC), Russia Ivan Tsygelnik (1-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia WTKO1 (0:20 - punches) Maksim Baruzdin (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russia MIDDLEWEIGHTS Jean Petrick (9-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Brazil WSUB2 (4:55 - North-South Choke) Talekh Nadzhafzade (7-3-1, M-1: 2-3-1), Azerbaijan LIGHTWEIGHTS Magomed Magimedov (12-2-0, M-1: 3-1-0) WKO1 (0:28 - punches) Arnaud Kherfallah (5-2-0, M-1: 2-1-1) Denis Sulimov (3-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia WTKO1 (4:27 - punches) Iliskhan Merzhoev (2-1-0, 1 NC, M-1: 2-1-0), Russia Rizvan Simbagaev (4-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia WTKO3 (2:40 - punches) Alexey Shanin (3-1-0, (M-1: 0-1-0), Ukraine FEATHERWEIGHTS Nikita Barkhatov (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia WKO1 (3:56 - punches) Agoney Romero (7-5-1, M-1: 1-1-0), Spain  |
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