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MMA news: May 2008

M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria

May, 31, 2008

Most people go to Gran Canaria for a sunny holiday to enjoy the sun, the sea, the beaches and the Spanish food, but not the M-1 Challenge teams.

Fighters from Spain, Finland, the USA and the Netherlands all gathered for the third edition of the already wellknown M-1 Challenge.

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EliteXC "Primetime" weigh-ins

May, 31, 2008

The weigh-ins were held today and the first show ever to be televised on a major network like CBS will hit your TV tomorrow evening. In the main event Intrnet sensation turned MMA profighter Kimbo Slice will lock horns with Pride veteran and brawler in James Thompson

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Fedor thanks his fans

May, 30, 2008

I was extremely pleased to be nominated on "Sobaka.ru Top-50: prominent citizens of Saint Petersburg" which is great honor for me. It's always nice to know people like and value what you do. I want to thank everyone who voted for me. I know that not only people from St. Petersburg in particluar but Russians in general and international fans like those in the USA, Korea and other countries supported and voted for me all the time. That's what makes this award the most valuable for me personally!

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M-1 Global & Affliction "Banned" details.

May, 29, 2008

Tickets, telecast, pay-per-view

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M-1 Spain

May, 29, 2008

05/31/2008 ‘Iberian Eye': Spain vs. Holland, USA vs. Finland. Daniel Tabera Finally Will Fight At Home (from adcombat.com)

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The M-1 Global press-conferences are announced

May, 28, 2008

On June, 3 in Japan and June, 5 in Korea the conferences will be held. Present are expected to be Vadim Finkelstein and probably Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko. Three M-1 Global major projects (namely M-1 Challenge tournament, Fighting Fedor reality-show and the M-1 Global and Affliction "Banned" event scheduled for July, 19) will be covered during these conferences. Moreover M-1 Global will shed the light on the contracts with Japanese and Korean TV networks.

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Fedor won in Top-50 at sobaka.ru

May, 26, 2008

Thanks to the devoted voters Fedor won in the nomination "Sportsman of the year". He shared the gold with Andrey Arshavin (prominent soccer player)

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Vote for Fedor! Today is the last day!!!

May, 26, 2008

"Sobaka.RU TOP 50" opens up the poll to choose the most prominent figure of Saint Petersburg. One of the athletes represented in the sports section is Fedor Emelianenko.

http://top50.sobaka.ru/member.php?id=62

The poll will be opened till May, 26. Thereafter the winners will be rewarded at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre of opera and ballet.

Instructions how to poll after the jump

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UFC 84 results

May, 25, 2008

DREAM 4 fightcard

May, 23, 2008

The brackets for the DREAM middleweight Grand Prix tournament were revealed today. Check out against who Red Devil's Gegard Mousasi is facing off.

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Sengoku news

May, 20, 2008

Shortly before Sengoku II Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi stated he'll return to the ring at Sengoku IV come August. He added that his respective opponent's name will be revealed during Sengoku II.

Kazuo Misaki seeks confrontaion with Jorge Santiago in hopes of revenging the teammate Yuki Sasaki's recent loss. Unfortunately for Misaki, the Brazilian injured his hand and won't be able to compete probably until Sengoku V.

Also the fightcard for the upcoming Sengoku III scheduled for June 8 was revealed recently...

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Fedor Emelianenko class act for the kids

May, 20, 2008

Everyone in the orphans' home "Sun" in Nizhny Novgorod is pumped up since the dawn because children wait for the coming of the Fedor Emelianenko. Kids have properly prepared for the visit of the athlete: the hall is decorated, every room sparkles with cleanness. The presents for Fedor are gathered and the concert is well organized. Of course the boys are the ones who are eager to meet the legend.

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Godz of War fightcard

May, 19, 2008

Kevin "The Monster" Randleman faces Jeff "The Snowman" Monson at 'Godz of war' in Charlotte, NC on June, 21. Also return of Murilo Bustamante

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Sengoku II results

May, 18, 2008

Here are the results of the second installment of Sengoku where Josh Barnett faced Jeff Monson in the main event of the evening

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IFL May 16th results

May, 17, 2008

The results ofthe last IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut. IFL put three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight. Tho defending champions retained their respective belts.

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IFL May 16th Weigh Ins

May, 16, 2008

The weigh-ins for the today's IFL event in Uncasville, Connecticut took place. Every fighter made weight. Tonight IFL puts three titles on the line: heavy-, middle- and lightweight.

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"Fedor Emelianenko cup" results

May, 16, 2008

Below are the results of the first Fedor Emelianenko Cup held on May, 15 in Nizhny Novgorod

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M-1 Challenge news and the third event

May, 15, 2008

On May, 31 the third installment will hit the sunny shore of Gran Canaria (Spain) in Soiux City (San Augustin). This will be the first M-1 Challenge 2008 open stage event and can be considered the predecessor of prestigious 'on water event' that will take place June 27, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia...

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Affliction & M-1: Banned fightcard

May, 13, 2008

What: M-1 and Affliction: Banned
When: Saturday, July 19
Where: Honda Center / Anaheim, California

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Cage Rage 26 results

May, 11, 2008

Cage Rage 26: Extreme was held on Saturday, May 10 at NEC Arena in Birmingham, England

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KSW 9 results

May, 11, 2008

May, 9 another instalment of Polish major MMA event KSW 9 - Konfrontacja took place in Warsaw where the eight man tournament was mixed with the single bouts. Results after the jump

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DREAM 3 results

May, 11, 2008

Dream 3 is the history now as the event finished just moments ago. Let's take a look at the results of the single bouts as well as the second round of the lightweight Grand Prix

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MFC 16: Anger Management Results

May, 11, 2008

MFC 16 was held on May, 9 in River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton Enoch, Alberta, Canada

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PFC 8 results

May, 9, 2008
The results of the latest promotion's show in California held on May, 8

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Adrenaline MMA 1 fightcard

May, 8, 2008

Adrenaline MMA, a new organization started by Monte Cox officially announced the fightcard for its inaugural show on June, 14 in Chicago, Il.

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Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo

May, 6, 2008

The debut card for the upcoming Affliction promotion is starting to unveil itself before the promotion has even been officially announced. Josh Barnett, on MMAWeekly Radio on Monday night, revealed that he will return to U.S. soil to face Pedro Rizzo in a heavyweight rematch from a fight the two had in 2001.

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EliteXC announced june 14th fightcard.

May, 5, 2008

 

EliteXC announced Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu to be the location of their June 14 event headlined by EliteXC lightweight title-bout between champion KJ Noons and Yves Edwards.

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Shooto 20th results

May, 5, 2008

Kirill Sidelnikov became European Combat Sambo Champion!

May, 2, 2008

This Thursday European Sambo Championship came to the end in Tbilisi, Georgia. The third day of the event saw combat sambo practitioners compete against each other in nine different male weight classes. Russian team scored the highest number of medals, having conquered the gold eight times and bronze once.

Russians to win the medals were: Urmat Chulunov (-52 kg), Sergei Luzin (-57 kg), Sergei Kamilov (-62 kg), Maksim Kuptsov (-68 kg), Igor Isaykin (-74 kg), Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy (-90 kg), Kirill Sidelnikov (-100 kg), Stanislav Shushko (+100 kg). Igor Antonyuk (-82 kg) has won the bronze.

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WEC 34 fightcard

May, 1, 2008

Official fightcard for WEC's 34-th installment scheduled for June, 1 in California

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Updates: May 2008

Photoreview of today's M-1 Challenge Gran Canaria

May, 31, 2008

Below are the photos from M-1 Challenge 3 on Gran Canaria where four teams will compete against each other: Finland vs. USA and Spain vs. the Netherlands

The photo from rewarding ceremony "Top-50 sobaka.ru"

May, 30, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko on the ceremony "Top-50 sobaka.ru"

Fedor Emelianenko vs Chris Haseman (VIDEO)

May, 28, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chris Haseman at Rings - World Title Series Grand Final on 15.02.2002. Victory via TKO.

Press conference M-1 Global & Affliction figther quotes

May, 28, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Ben Rothwell, Matt Lidland, Pedro Rizzo, Renato Sobral about a forthcoming tournament.

Fedor Emelianenko vs Egidijus Valavicius (VIDEO)

May, 27, 2008

This fight took place at Rings Lithuania - Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas on 05.04.2003

Fedor Emelianenko vs Kerry Schall (VIDEO)

May, 26, 2008

The Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kerry Schall bout took place at Rings - World Series 1 on 20.04.2001. Fedor finished the opponent early in the first via submission

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa (VIDEO)

May, 25, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa at Rings - World Title Series 4, that took place on 20.10.2001

The photos from the second M-1 Global & Affliction press-conference

May, 24, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko, Tym Silvia, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo, Ben Rothwell, M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelstein

M-1 Global & Affliction press-conference review

May, 21, 2008

Yesterday the first press-conference dedicated to the upcoming inaugural event of Affliction in association with M-1 was held in Los Angeles. Present were Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Renato Sobral, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo and others. Afterwards an autograph session was arranged for the fans. The news from the conference after the jump...

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Lee Hasdell (VIDEO)

May, 19, 2008

Fedor Emelianenko vs Lee Hasdell at Rings - World Title Series 5 that had taken place on December 21, 2001.

Pictures from 'Fedor Emelianenko Cup'

May, 19, 2008

A bunch of photos from the inaugural Fedor's cup after the jump. Watch Kirill Sidelnikov and others in action!

M-1 Challenge: Bruno Carvalho vs. Dave Dalgliesh (VIDEO)

May, 15, 2008

M-1 Challenge #1 in the Netherlands (March, 2)

Superfight

Bruno Carvalho vs. Dave Dalgliesh

Fedor Emelianenko vs Hiroya Takada (VIDEO)

May, 15, 2008

Probably the fastest bout in Fedor's career. This one took less than a minute leaving no doubts about the skillset of the Russian

Overview: Aleksander Emelianenko's career

May, 13, 2008

Alexander Emelianenko is a tough as nails fighter out of Russia. He has an extensive background in Sambo, and is a brother of the world class renowned Fedor Emelianenko. Alexander spent time competing in the now defunct Pride Fighting Championship. He is a hard hitter, and has the future ahead of him if he keeps his head in the game.

Fedor Emelianenko vs Yuji Nagata @ Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye

May, 6, 2008

The Fedor Emelianenko vs Yuji Nagata fight that had taken place at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003

Interview with Lenne Hardt

May, 6, 2008

Punchdrunkgamer.com had interview with the legendary voice of Pride and DREAM Lenne Hardt

New video ! M-1 Challenge ¹2: Jacek Buczko vs. Amar Suloev

May, 5, 2008

The first superfight of M-1 Challenge 2 in Saint Petersburg where Red Devil's Amar Suloev took on Polish Jacek Buczko

Amar Suloev vs Jacek Buczko

M-1 Challenge trailer

May, 5, 2008

Now you can watch the M-1 Challenge trailer dedicated to the first two tournaments from the of M-1 Challenge series 

New fights added (VIDEO)

May, 4, 2008

This time we added some of the best bouts from the M-1 Challenge inaugural show in the Netherlands.

Team Germany vs Team Holland

Alexander Murawski vs Jessie Gibs

Jacoub Ünül vs Gegard Mousasi

Everybody Gym

May, 1, 2008

mixfight.ru / m1mixfight.com in collaboration with our friends from mixfight.nl continues the series of info/photoreviews of the Dutch Martial Arts gyms.

The seventh review is dedicated to Everybody Gym

T-shirt of Fedor Emelianenko

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