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.
The M-1 Challenge is an initiative of Vadim Finkelchtein and Fedor Emilianenko.
The idea behind it is that aspiring young MMA fighters get the chance to present themselves on an international level. For this first M-1 Challenge the participating teams are in:
Poule A : The Netherlands, Spain, Japan and the World Team (previously known as team Germany)
Poule B : Red Devil Russia, Russia Legion, Korea and France.
Up to now The Netherlands defeated The World Team with 5 – 0 in Poule A and France won by 3 – 2 from Red Devil Russia in Poule B in the first round that took place in Almere in Holland March 2008. One month later the second round was scheduled in former Russian President Putin’s hometown St. Petersburg.
It's good to know that Putin and his longtime friend from Italy Silvio Berlusconi were invited by M-1’s initiator Vadim to attend a M-1 MMA show last year April, which they accepted.
In poule A Russian Legion faced The Japanese team which ended in a 3 -2 victory for the fighters from the land of the Rising sun. And in poule B Finland demolished Korea with 4-1.
So at the start of this editon Holland was leading in Poule A and Finland in B.
Gegard Mousasi, Dutch team member has been replaced by Kamil Uygun due to his participation in de Dream GP.
The Spanish team with worldclass fighter Daniel Tabera as a member will fight the Dutch team in their first appearance in the Challenge.
In the other poule the Newcomer is the USA team. They face the tough task to defeat the strong Finnish team which is the other poule leader.
By tomorrow night the MMA world will know if Dutch and Finnish will still be the leaders in the M-1 Challenge.
