On March, 2 Dutch Topsportcentrum in Almere experienced the first ever M-1 Challenge show when Russia (represented by Red Devil) took on France.
Mikhail Malyutin vs Bendy Casimir
First round was all parter and wrestling. Frenchman caught Mikhail in a hold and tried to apply guillotine. Russian could avoid the critical situation and end up dominating Bendy. The rest of the round saw the volatile domination from both figters. In the round 2 the hard struggle resumed. Bendy switched from one submission attempt to another still with no success. Mikhail skillfully escaped all of them and answered with blows in parter. The fight finished and the judges gave the split decision to Bendy.
Erik Oganov vs Farouk Lakebir
Fighting the whole bout on the ground French representative demonstrated that his background in wrestling was superior. The judges agreed giving the unanimous decision victory to Mohamed.
Dmitry Samoilov vs Karl Amoussou
The fight started with an instant attack by Karl but Dmitry handled this rush pretty well taking his opponent to the horizontal dimension. Referee halted the bout immediately as it was too close to the ropes. Replacing the competitors in the center of the ring took much more time than one would expect as the referee seemd to forget the initial position of the fighters. The second when the bout was resumed both fighters broke the hold of each other and got to the feet. Dmitry punched his adversary but Karl returned the favor with the devastating highkick while standing up. He managed to deliver a couple blows to the head of unconscious Russian before the referee decided to intervene.
Mikhail Zayats vs Christophe Daffreville
This was the most exciting and dynamic bout. The competitors punched each other while standing constantly aiming for a takedown where attack wouldn't stop even for a second and every submission attempt got nullified by excellent ground defense. However Red Devil's own was more active and seemed to be the first number during that encounter while the Frenchman was in defensive mode giving Mikhail run for his money though. By the end of the bout the judges even comprised of two Frenchmen had no doubt as for who'd come out with a W. Unanimous decision victory for Mikhail Zayats.
Kirill Sidelnikov vs Martin Soltisyk
The huge Martin rushed into the battle not paying any attention to the Kirill's hand stretched to greet his opponent. Aiming for the KO with hulk punches Martin initially pressed the action. Kirill correctly avoided his aggression, breaking the distance and delivering more accurate strikes and several knees. Couple minutes later it was Russian dictating the pace of the fight. So the logical conclusion of the confrontation was right hook courtesy of Kirill bringing KO loss to the Frenchman's record.
