Abdulaev Defends Welterweight Belt Against Kunchenko at M-1 Challenge 65
M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Murad
Abdulaev will make his first title defense on April 8 when he
fights Alexey
Kunchenko at
M-1 Challenge 65, M-1 Global announced on Wednesday.
The event will be held at Ice Palace Sports Center in St. Petersburg, Russia. The action will be streamed live at M1Global.tv.
The 170-pound title tilt replaces the rescheduled lightweight
championship between defending titlist Mansour
Barnaoui and Artem Damkovsky due to both men becoming injured
in training.
The Russian organization also announced that a lightweight showdown between former 155-pound king Maxim Divnich and Robert Turnquest will take place on the card as well.
M-1 Challenge 65 will be anchored by a skirmish between reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight titleholder Ramazan Emeev and Maiquel Falcao. Their match is a semifinals duel in the M-1 Middleweight Grand Prix with the victor set to take on Alexander Shlemenko, the other semifinals winner, later in the year.
The event will be held at Ice Palace Sports Center in St. Petersburg, Russia. The action will be streamed live at M1Global.tv.
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The Russian organization also announced that a lightweight showdown between former 155-pound king Maxim Divnich and Robert Turnquest will take place on the card as well.
M-1 Challenge 65 will be anchored by a skirmish between reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight titleholder Ramazan Emeev and Maiquel Falcao. Their match is a semifinals duel in the M-1 Middleweight Grand Prix with the victor set to take on Alexander Shlemenko, the other semifinals winner, later in the year.
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