M-1 Challenge XXV (4/28 on www.M-1Global.com)

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Free LIVE broadcast coverage of the entire M-1 Challenge XXV event from St. Petersburg, Russia will be available to viewers worldwide on the official M-1 Global website (www.M-1Global.com) and here at Blood Elbow starting at 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST on Thursday April 28th.

M-1 Challenge XXV Main Card (Streaming Live):

Maxim Grishin (224.75 Lbs) vs. Vladimir Kuchenko (287.0 Lbs) Heavyweight (205+ Lbs.)

Mikhail Zayats (201.25 Lbs) vs. Malik Merad (197.75 Lbs) Light Heavyweight

Arsen Temirkhanov (166.75 Lbs) vs. Juanma Suarez (168.0 Lbs) Welterweight

Murad Magomedov (181.75 Lbs) vs. Ramazan Emeev (183.75 Lbs) Middleweight (185 Lbs)

Alexander Volkov (220.25 Lbs) vs. Denis Goltsov (213.0 Lbs) Heavyweight

Alexander Yakovlev (169.75 Lbs) vs. Christian Eckerlin (169.0 Lbs) Welterweight

Andrei Semenov (184.0 Lbs) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (184.50 Lbs) Middleweight

Welterweight Championship Bout:

Shamil Zavurov (169.75 Lbs) vs. Yasubey Enomoto (169.50 Lbs)

Light Heavyweight (205 Lbs) Championship Bout:

Vinny Magalhaes (204.0 Lbs) vs. Viktor Nemkov (204.75 Lbs)

The starting time is a bitch, but I hope I can find footage later on. I'm really looking forward to the main event and there are some other pretty solid fighters on the undercard. TUF alum Vinny Magalhaes (who has looked good lately) and former UFC fighter Luigi Fioravanti will be on the undercard.

Yasubey Enomoto is my guy, but he got styled on grappling-wise against K-Taro in Sengoku and Zavurov is a fierce ground guy.

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So the card wasn't anything special outside of the main two fights.

Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto (Hotly contested. Questionable decision.)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5okAOdk_0[/ame]

Vinny Magalhaes pulled off a spectacular gogoplata from mount to win the LHW title.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkZ3_JR-o60[/ame]

[Warner2BruceTD]

Shit, I was off from work and would have watched this, or at least the main event.

Good thread, reminds me of some of my puro threads that nobody ever reads. but for the three people who care, it helps us keep up.

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vinny with the mounted gogo/neck crank, he was gassed also, nice show of heart

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Yasubey looked really good for someone on short notice. Unfortunately, he let Zavurov have the takedowns and was too content to and work from bottom. He completely stymied almost all of Zavurov's offense but being on your back for most of the round isn't going to convince the judges that you're winning.

They are supposed to have a rematch and I'm interested to see how it goes.