2011 M-1 Challenge season

Mixed martial arts events 2011 M-1 Challenge season M-1 Global Mixed Martial Arts March 5, 2011 – December 9, 2011 M-1 Challenge M-1 Challenge 2010 M-1 Challenge season 2010 2012 M-1 Challenge season 2012 The 2011 M-1 Challenge season was the fourth season of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting presented by the M-1 Global promotion. The season began on March 5. Events M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram The first M-1 Challenge event of 2011 took place on March 5, 2011, at the Crocus City in Moscow, Russia. Main card (Russia 2 TV) Heavyweight Championship bout: GEO Guram Gugenishvili (c) vs. RUS Maxim Grishin Gugenishvili defeated Grishin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of round 1. Welterweight Championship bout: RUS Shamil Zavurov vs. USA Tom Gallicchio Zavurov defeated Gallicchio via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2. Welterweight bout: RUS Rashid Magomedov vs. POL Rafał Moks Magomedov defeated Moks via TKO (strikes) at 2:06 of round 1. Lightweight bout: Czech Republic Mairbek Taisumov vs. RUS Yuri Ivlev Taisumov defeated Ivlev via TKO (punches) at 1:34 of round 2. Middleweight bout: RUS Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. USA Plinio Cruz Sultanakhmedov defeated Cruz via TKO (strikes) at 1:11 of round 2. Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru) Middleweight bout: RUS Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. GER Daniel Weichel Weichel defeated Magomedrasul via technical submission (triangle choke) at 3:13 of round 1. Heavyweight bout: POR Goncalo Salgado vs. RUS Arsen Abdulkerimov Abdulkerimov defeated Salgado via submission (armbar) at 2:29 of round 1. Light heavyweight bout: RUS Igor Savelyev vs. USA Byron Byrd Saveliev defeated Byrd via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:12 of round 2. Light heavyweight bout: RUS Shamil Tinagadjiev vs. POL Tomasz Narkun Narkun defeated Tinagadjiev via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1. Light heavyweight bout: RUS Maxim Bulahtin vs. RUS Magomed Ismailov Ismailov defeated Bulahtin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:47 of round 2. Lightweight bout: AZE Vusal Bairamov vs. RUS Nikolai Kaushansky Kaushansky defeated Bairamov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:31 of round 1. M-1 Challenge XXIV: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa The second M-1 Challenge event took place on March 25, 2011, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia.http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/M-1-Announces-5-Fight-Televised-Card-for-March-25-Showtime-Debut-30745 M-1 Announces 5-Fight Televised Card for March 25 Showtime Debut sherdog.com 2011-03-10 This event marked the first M-1 show in the United States since 2009 and aired live on the Showtime cable network. The event drew an estimated 189,000 viewers on Showtime.Whitman Mike M-1 Challenge 24 Nets 189,000 Viewers on Showtime http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/M-1-Challenge-24-Nets-189000-Viewers-on-Showtime-31211 Sherdog Due to problems with his visa Arthur Guseinov was unable to compete. Josh Bakkalao got injured during practice and was unable to face Alexander Sarnavskiy. He was replaced by Beau Baker. Main card (Showtime TV) Lightweight Championship bout: BLR Artiom Damkovsky (c) vs. USA Jose Figueroa Figueroa defeated Damkovsky via TKO (punches) at 2:28 of round 2 to become the new M-1 Global Lightweight Champion. Middleweight Championship bout: RUS Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. USA Tyson Jeffries Sultanakhmedov defeated Jeffries via TKO (knees to the body) at 3:07 of round 2. Light heavyweight bout: BRA Vinny Magalhaes vs. USA Jake Doerr Magalhaes defeated Doerr via TKO (punches) at 1:47 of round 1. Middleweight bout: USA Jason Norwood vs. USA Mojo Horne Norwood defeated Horne by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Lightweight bout: RUS Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. USA Beau Baker Sarnavskiy defeated Baker via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:32 of round 2. Preliminary card Bantamweight bout: USA Marcus Daniels vs. USA Bryan Lasham Lasham defeated Daniels via TKO (punches) at 0:57 of round 1. Featherweight bout: USA Bethany Marshall vs. USA Stacy Grant Marshall defeated Grant via submission (toe hold) at 1:49 of round 2. Welterweight bout: USA Brian Nielson vs. USA Colton Smith Smith defeated Nielson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 of round 1. Heavyweight bout: USA Johnny Curtis vs. USA Bobby Gurley Curtis defeated Gurley via KO (punch to the body) at 0:36 of round 1. Lightweight bout: USA George Sheppard vs. USA David Derby Sheppard defeated Derby via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Bantamweight bout: USA Jessie Riggleman vs. USA Jason Hilliker Riggleman defeated Hilliker via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:13 of round 1. M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto 28 April 2011 Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in St.Petersburg, Russia. On this day it was announced that Dmitry Samoilov and Mike Guerin were injured during the training process and, unfortunately, will not be able to take part in the tournament M-1 Challenge XXV. Zavurov vs Magomedov. Rashid Magomedov was seriously injured and was out of title bout with Shamil Zavurov. M-1 Global has made sure to in such a short period of time to find a replacement, and literally a few minutes ago to sign the exclusive contract with M-1 Global has put Swiss welterweight Yasubi Enomoto, who last year was a finalist at the Grand Prix at Sengoku in his weight class. Main card (Russia 2 TV) Welterweight Championship bout: RUS Shamil Zavurov (c) vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto Zavurov defeated Enomoto by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47). Light Heavyweight Championship bout: RUS Viktor Nemkov vs. BRA Vinny Magalhaes Magalhaes defeated Nemkov via submission (mounted gogoplata) at 1:40 of round 3. Middleweight bout: RUS Andrei Semenov vs. USA Luigi Fioravanti Semenov defeated Fioravanti by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Light Heavyweight bout: RUS Mikhail Zayats vs. FRA Malik Merad Zayats defeated Merad via TKO (punches) at 0:49 of round 2. Heavyweight bout: RUS Maxim Grishin vs. UKR Vladimir Kuchenko Grishin defeated Kuchenko via TKO (punches) at 3:14 of round 3. Heavyweight bout: RUS Alexander Volkov vs. RUS Denis Goltsov Volkov defeated Goltsov via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 2. Welterweight bout: RUS Alexander Yakovlev vs. GER Christian Eckerlin Yakovlev defeated Eckerlin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:14 of round 2. Preliminary card (stream on mixfight.ru) Welterweight bout: Spain Juan Manuel Suarez vs. RUS Arsen Temirkhanov Suarez defeated Temirkhanov by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Middleweight bout: RUS Murad Magomedov vs. RUS Ramazan Emeev Emeev defeated Magomedov by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). Welterweight bout: RUS Ramazan Esenbaev vs. RUS Albert Akhmetov Esenbaev defeated Akhmetov via TKO (punches) at 2:49 of round 2. M-1 European Battle June 4, 2011 ACCO International Center Kyiv, Ukraine Main card (Ustream.com) Welterweight bout: Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto vs. POL Rafał Moks Enomoto defeated Moks via majority decision (29-28, 28-28, 29-28). Lightweight bout: RUS Yuri Ivlev vs. BLR Artiom Damkovsky Ivlev defeated Damkovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Welterweight bout: RUS Alexander Agafonov vs. RUS Husein Haliev Haliev defeated Agafonov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Lightweight bout: AZE Vugar Bakhshiev vs. Croatia Antun Račić Račić defeated Bakhshiev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 of 3 round. Preliminary card Lightweight bout: UKR Alexander Kozyr vs. UKR Semen Tyrlya Kozyr defeated Tyrlya via submission (armbar) at 1:57 of 1 round. Welterweight bout: UKR Vadim Khaitulov vs. UKR Viktor Talashov Khaitulov defeated Talashov via TKO (punch) at 1:24 of 1 round. Middleweight bout: RUS Ruslan Khaskhanov vs. UKR Andrei Dryapko Dryapko defeated Khaskhanov via submission (shoulder injury) 1:57 of 1 round. Light Heavyweight bout: RUS Saparbek Safarov vs. UKR Denis Ivanets Safarov defeated Ivanets via TKO (punches) at 3:00 of 1 round. Heavyweight bout: UKR Igor Zadernovsky vs. UKR Yuri Snegovskoy Zadernovsky defeated Snegovskoy via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of 1 round. European Gran Prix Lightweight bout: AZE Farkhad Fatalla vs. BLR Ilya Tiunov Fatalla defeated Tiunov via Submission (guillotine choke) at 1:48 of 1 round. Lightweight bout: UKR Serhiy Adamchuk vs. BLR Sergey Sinkevich Adamchuk defeated Sinkevich via KO (punch) at 2:47 of 2 round. Welterweight bout: UKR Vladimir Opanasenko vs. AZE Syanan Yusibov Opanasenko defeated Yusibov via submission (armbar) at 0:41 of 1 round. Welterweight bout: UKR Vasily Novikov vs. Moldova Alexander Nimerenko Novikov defeated Nimerenko via submission (armbar) at 3:10 of 2 round. Middleweight bout: UKR Alexander Dolotenko vs. RUS Filip Anasovich Dolotenko defeated Anasovich via submission (armbar) at 1:15 of 1 round. M-1 Challenge XXVI: Bennett vs. Garner II The second M-1 Challenge event to air on Showtime took place on July 8, 2011, in Costa Mesa, California.http://www.m-1global.com/2011/06/14/m-1-global-announces-m-1-challenge-event-to-air-live-on-showtime%C2%AE/ M-1 GLOBAL ANNOUNCES M-1 CHALLENGE EVENT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME® m-1global.com 2011-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110616102020/http://www.m-1global.com/2011/06/14/m-1-global-announces-m-1-challenge-event-to-air-live-on-showtime%C2%AE/ 2011-06-16 dead Guram Gugenishvili was originally announced for the main event, but suffered a hand injury and was replaced by Garner. Main card (Showtime TV) Heavyweight bout: USA Kenny Garner vs. USA Pat Bennett Garner defeated Bennett via KO (punch) at 1:15 of round 2. Middleweight bout: RUS Arthur Guseinov vs. USA Tyson Jeffries Guseinov defeated Jeffries via KO (back fist) at 1:32 of round 1. Lightweight bout: Czech Republic Mairbek Taisumov vs. USA Josh Bakkalao Taisumov defeated Bakkalao via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1. Lightweight bout: GER Daniel Weichel vs. USA Beau Baker Weichel defeated Baker by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25). Middleweight bout: USA Eddie Arizmendi vs. USA Jason Norwood Arizmendi defeated Norwood via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 2. Preliminary card (Allboxing.tv) Lightweight bout: RUS Max Martyniouk vs. USA Mike De Robles Martyniouk defeated Robles via TKO (punches) at 2:30 of 1 round. Lightweight bout: USA Diman Morris vs. USA Brandon Michaels Morris defeated Michaels by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28). M-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats The third M-1 Challenge show on Showtime took place on October 14, 2011, at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili was originally set to defend his title in a rematch against Kenny Garner, but pulled out of the bout due to an elbow injury.http://www.m-1global.com/2011/10/07/m-1-challenge-xxvii-maxim-grishin-to-step-in-for-injured-guram/ M-1 CHALLENGE XXVII: MAXIM GRISHIN TO STEP IN FOR INJURED GURAM m-1global.com 2011-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20111009011953/http://www.m-1global.com/2011/10/07/m-1-challenge-xxvii-maxim-grishin-to-step-in-for-injured-guram/ 2011-10-09 dead Main card (Showtime TV) Light Heavyweight Championship bout: BRA Vinny Magalhaes (c) vs. RUS Mikhail Zayats Magalhaes defeated Zayats via TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:13 of round 3. Heavyweight Interim Championship bout: USA Kenny Garner vs. RUS Maxim Grishin Garner defeated Grishin via submission (punches) at 4:07 of round 5. Middleweight bout: USA Eddie Arizmendi vs. RUS Arthur Guseinov Guseinov defeated Arizmendi via submission (heel hook) at 0:50 of round 1. Welterweight bout: USA Josh Thorpe vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto Enomoto defeated Thorpe via submission (triangle choke) at 1:07 of round 1. Welterweight bout: USA Tom Gallicchio vs. USA Daniel Madrid Madrid defeated Gallicchio via submission (armbar) at 0:48 of round 1. Preliminary card Catchweight (158 lbs) bout: USA Ryan Crouch vs. USA Fredrik Lumpkin Crouch defeated Lumpkin via TKO (punches) at 2:26 of round 2. Welterweight bout: USA Mike Chavez vs. USA Joe Martinez Chavez defeated Martinez via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28). M-1 Challenge XXVIII: Emelianenko vs. Malikov 12 November, Star Centre, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast Shamil Zavurov was expected to defend his title against Rashid Magomedov on this card, but had to withdraw due to knee injury. Main Card (PPV and Russia 2) Heavyweight bout: RUS Alexander Emelianenko vs. RUS Magomed Malikov Malikov defeated Emelianenko via KO (punches) at 0:23 of round 1 Light Heavyweight bout: RUS Alihan Magomedov vs. USA Isaiah Larson Larson defeated Magomedov via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 2 Lightweight bout: Azerbaijan Vugar Bakhshiev vs. FRA Yves Landu Bakhshiev defeated Landu by split decision (30–27, 27–29, 29–27) Preliminary card Middleweight bout: RUS Anton Kostishchin vs. FRA David Beaudrier Beaudrier defeated Kostishchin via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 2 M-1 Selection: GP 84 kg Middleweight bout: Spain Enoc Solves Torres vs. RUS Ruslan Khaskhanov Torres defeated Khaskhanov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1 Middleweight bout: Czech Republic Jan Zdansky vs. RUS Anatoly Tokov Tokov defeated Zdansky via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of round 1 Middleweight bout: Bulgaria Sunay Hamidov vs. RUS Alexei Martinov Hamidov defeated Martinov via submission (triangle choke) at N/A of round 3 Middleweight bout: FRA Gregory Babene vs. UKR Alexander Dolotenko Babene defeated Dolotenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:33 of round 1 M-1 Challenge XXIX: Samoilov vs. Miranda 19 November, Ufa Arena, Ufa, Bashkortostan Vyacheslav Vasilevsky again was traumatized in a hand and according to its command, doctors have forbidden it to act until January, 2012.http://www.mixfight.ru/news/2011/10/26/Sostav_uchastnikov_turnira_M_1_Challenge_XXIX/ Structure of participants of tournament M-1 Challenge XXIX m-1mixfight.ru 2011-10-27 Main Card Middleweight bout: RUS Dmitry Samoilov vs. BRA Mario Miranda Miranda defeated Samoilov via submission (kimura) at 3:58 of round 2 Lightweight bout: Croatia Antun Račić vs. BLR Artiom Damkovsky Damkovsky defeated Račić via KO (slam) at 2:16 of round 1 Middleweight bout: RUS Arsen Temirkhanov vs. GER Christian Eckerlin Temirkhanov defeated Eckerlin via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1 Welterweight bout: RUS Erik Oganov vs. USA Daniel Madrid Oganov defeated Madrid via submission (armbar) at 1:24 of round 2 Middleweight bout: RUS Magomed Aropkhanov vs. RUS Marat Gafurov Gafurov defeated Aropkhanov by split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28). Middleweight bout: RUS Ramazan Emeev vs. RUS Ruslan Nadzhafaliev Emeev defeated Nadzhafaliev via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:50 of round 2 Welterweight bout: BRA Julio Cesar de Almeida vs. AZE Bahtiyar Arzumanov Almeida defeated Arzumanov by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27). Preliminary card Heavyweight bout: RUS Mikhail Istomin vs. RUS Timur Shihmagomedov Istomin defeated Shihmagomedov via TKO (punches) at 0:24 of round 2 M-1 Selection: GP +93 kg Heavyweight bout: RUS Denis Komkin vs. RUS Ruslan Stepanyan Goltsov defeated Stepanyan via KO (punches) at 1:34 of round 1 Heavyweight bout: RUS Taimur Aslanov vs. RUS Denis Goltsov Goltsov defeated Aslanov via submission (triangle choke) at 1:55 of round 1 Heavyweight bout: RUS Akhmed Sultanov vs. UKR Vladimir Kuchenko Sultanov defeated Kuchenko via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 1 Heavyweight bout: Estonia Denis Smoldarev vs. RUS Niyazi Safarov Smoldarev defeated Safarov via submission (armbar) at 2:10 of round 1 M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson MMA-1 November 20, 2011 Olympic Stadium 22,153 Moscow, Russia M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global. The event took place on November 20, 2011, at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.http://www.m-1global.com/fedor-vs-monson-live-on-ppv/ Fedor vs. Monson Live on PPV M-1global.com 2011-10-29 2012-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20130406194838/http://www.m-1global.com/fedor-vs-monson-live-on-ppv/ 2013-04-06 dead In the main fight Fedor Emelianenko defeated Jeff Monson via unanimous decision. At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.Daniel Sandford, "Russian backlash over Putin booing denial", BBC News, 24 November 2011 Main card Heavyweight bout: RUS Fedor Emelianenko vs. USA Jeff Monson Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) . Lightweight Championship bout: USA Jose Figueroa (c) vs. GER Daniel Weichel Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Daniel became the new lightweight champion. Welterweight bout: RUS Alexander Yakovlev vs. Spain Juan Manuel Suarez Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2. Lightweight bout: RUS Yuri Ivlev vs. FRA Jerome Bouisson Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1. Lightweight bout: RUS Mairbek Taisumov vs. USA Joshua Thorpe Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2. Middleweight bout: RUS Albert Duraev vs. FRA Xavier Foupa-Pokam Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2. Preliminary card Heavyweight bout: RUS Alexander Volkov vs. RUS Arsen Abdulkerimov Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1. Light Heavyweight bout: RUS Salim Davidov vs. RUS Sergey Kornev Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision. Lightweight bout: RUS Mikhail Malyutin vs. FRA Seydina Seck Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1. Lightweight bout: RUS Nicholas Kaushansky vs. RUS Alexander Vinogradov Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2. M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II This event took place on December 9, 2011, at The Hangar at the O.C. Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. It aired live on the Showtime cable network. Alexander Sarnavskiy was scheduled to face Francisco Drinaldo, but the bout was cancelled when Drinaldo suffered an injury. Sarnavskiy instead faced Sergio Cortez.http://mmajunkie.com/news/26436/cortez-vs-sarnavskiy-added-to-fridays-m-1-challenge-30-event-on-showtime.mma Cortez vs. Sarnavskiy added to Friday's M-1 Challenge 30 event on Showtime mmajunkie.com 2011-12-08 2011-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000223/http://mmajunkie.com/news/26436/cortez-vs-sarnavskiy-added-to-fridays-m-1-challenge-30-event-on-showtime.mma 2012-01-08 dead Main Card (Showtime) Welterweight Championship bout: RUS Shamil Zavurov (c) vs. Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto Enomoto defeated Zavurov via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of Round 5. Lightweight bout: Belarus Artiom Damkovsky vs. USA Jose Figueroa Damkovsky defeated Figueroa via KO (punch) at 2:19 of Round 1. Lightweight bout: RUS Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. USA Sergio Cortez Sarnavskiy defeated Cortez via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:46 of Round 1. Middleweight bout: USA Eddie Arizmendi vs. USA Tyson Jeffries Jeffries defeated Arizmendi via submission (d'arce choke) at 2:08 of Round 2. Featherweight bout: USA Alvin Cacdac vs. USA Bao Quach Quach defeated Cacdac via submission (triangle/armbar) at 3:33 of Round 1. See also M-1 Global References External links M-1 Global Homepage (in English) M-1 Challenge Season 2011