M-1 Global Explained

M-1 Global
Current Season:	2020 in M-1 Global
Owner:	Private
Founder:	Vadim Finkelchtein
Sport:	Mixed martial arts promotion
Headquarters:	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Website:	http://www.m-1global.com

M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1)^[1] is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year.

It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with other organizations) entitled M-1 Global Presents Breakthrough on August 28, 2009 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.^[2]

M-1, in 2009, signed a contract to co-promote with Explosion Entertainment.^[3]

History

M-1 Challenge

See main article: M-1 Challenge. M-1 Challenge is a competition organized with a series of events held in many places around the world. The events are broadcast in over 100 countries, mainly Russia, Europe and the FSU countries.^[4]

M-1 Selection

See main article: M-1 Selection. The M-1 Selection is a MMA competition where the next generation of fighters are given the opportunity to showcase their skills on the world stage with fighters being eliminated after only one loss; victory will advance the winning fighters throughout the tournament and earn them a trip to the championship event where they will compete for a “M-1 Selection” title.^[5]

UFC Partnership

On July 18, 2018, it was announced that M-1 has agreed in a partnership with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) where M-1 Global serves as the farm league for the UFC to scout Russian fighters for the UFC and involves in preparation and organizes new shows in Russia. Part of the deal also allows M-1 champions to have the opportunity to sign with the UFC.^{[6] [7]}

List of M-1 Global events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location
47	M-1 Selection Online: Tournament in Support of Maksim Shugaley		Tinkoff Arena	St. Petersburg, Russia
46	MMA SERIES-10: WKG & M-1 Online		Tinkoff Arena	St. Petersburg, Russia
45	Road to M-1 USA 4		Charles F. Dodge City Center	Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
44	M-1 Challenge 105 - Morozov vs. Rettinghouse		Barys Arena	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
43	Road To M-1 USA 3		Paducah Convention Center	Paducah, Kentucky, United States
42	M-1 Challenge 104 - Bogatov vs. Lebout		Orenburzhye Sport Arena	Kazan, Russia
41	M-1 Challenge 103 - Pletenko vs. Kelades			Shenzhen, China
40	M-1 Challenge 102 - Rakhmonov vs. Lacerda		Barys Arena	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
39	Road To M-1		Chelyabinsk Palace Of Culture	Chelyabinsk, Russia
38	Road To M-1 USA 2		Quechan Casino Resort	Winterhaven, California, United States
37	M-1 Challenge 101 - Prikaza vs. Rakhmonov		Halyk Arena	Almaty, Kazakhstan
36			Nanshan Culture & Sports Center	Harbin, China
35	M-1 Challenge 100 - Battle in Atyrau			Atyrau, Kazakhstan
34				M1 Arena	Nazran, Russia
33				Traktor Ice Arena	Chelyabinsk, Russia
32				Basket-Hall Arena	Kazan, Russia
31				M-1 Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
30				The Mountain	Nazran, Russia
29				Sports Complex "Orenburg"	Orenburg, Russia
28				Traktor Ice Arena	Chelyabinsk, Russia
27				M-1 Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
26				Nanshan Culture & Sports Center	Shenzhen, China
25				M-1 Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
24				M-1 Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
23				Olimpiyskiy	Moscow, Russia
22				M1 Arena	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
20				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
19					Moscow, Russia
18					Saint Petersburg, Russia
17					Kazan, Russia
16				Grand Restaurant Qin	Moscow, Russia
15				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
14					Helsinki, Finland
13				The Mountain	Nazran, Russia
12				Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center	Harbin, China
11				A2 Green Concert Hall	Saint Petersburg, Russia
10				Yubileyny Sports Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia
9				Orenburzhye Sport Arena	Orenburg, Russia
8				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
7				Sochi sport palace	Sochi, Russia
6				A2 Green Concert Hall	Saint Petersburg, Russia
5				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
4				Sports Palace "Magas"	Nazran, Russia
3					Moscow, Russia
2					Saint Petersburg, Russia
1				A2 Green Concert Hall	Saint Petersburg, Russia

Current M-1 Global champions

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	Vacant		0
Light Heavyweight	Vacant		0
Middleweight	Vacant		0
Welterweight	Vacant		0
Lightweight	Vacant		0
Featherweight	Vacant		0
Bantamweight	Vacant		0
Flyweight	Vacant		0

List of M-1 Global champions

M-1 Global Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: 1201NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Alexander Volkov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
5	align=left	Alexander Volkov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 64	align=center	February 19, 2016	align=left
Marcin Tybura vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
4	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 50	align=center	August 15, 2014	align=left
3	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 44	align=center	November 30, 2013	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Kenny Garner	align=left	M-1: Fedor vs. Rizzo	align=center	June 21, 2012	align=left
Interim	align=left	Kenny Garner	align=left	M-1 Challenge 27	align=center	October 14, 2011	align=left
1	align=left	Guram Gugenishvili	align=left	M-1 Challenge 21	align=center	October 28, 2010	align=left

M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: 931NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Khadis Ibragimov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
8	align=left	Khadis Ibragimov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 96	align=center	August 25, 2018	align=left
Rashid Yusupov vacated the title when he signed for PFL.
7	align=left	Rashid Yusupov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 66	align=center	May 27, 2016	align=left
6	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 63	align=center	December 4, 2015	align=center	N/A
5	align=left	Stephan Puetz	align=left	M-1 Challenge 46	align=center	March 14, 2014	align=left
4	align=left	Viktor Nemkov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 43	align=center	November 16, 2013	align=center	N/A
Sergey Kornev vacated the title.
3	align=left	Sergey Kornev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 34	align=center	September 30, 2012	align=center	N/A
Vinny Magalhães vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
2	align=left	Vinny Magalhães	align=left	M-1 Challenge 25	align=center	April 28, 2011	align=left
Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vacated the title when he moved down to middleweight.
1	align=left	Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	align=left	M-1 Challenge 22	align=center	December 10, 2010	align=center	N/A

M-1 Global Middleweight Championship

Weight limit: 841NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Bruno Silva vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
7	align=left	Bruno Silva	align=left	M-1 Challenge 98	align=center	November 2, 2018
6	align=left	Artem Frolov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 84	align=center	October 27, 2017	align=left
Ramazan Emeev vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
5	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 56	align=center	April 10, 2015	align=left
4	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 51	align=center	September 7, 2014	align=center	N/A
3	align=left	Ramazan Emeev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 35	align=center	November 15, 2012	align=align=left
Magomed Sultanakhmedov vacated the title due to health issue.
2	align=left	Magomed Sultanakhmedov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 24	align=center	March 25, 2011	align=center	N/A
Rafał Moks vacated the title when he moved down to welterweight.
1	align=left	Rafał Moks	align=left	M-1 Challenge 22	align=center	December 10, 2010	align=center	N/A

M-1 Global Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 771NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Rakhmonov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
6	align=left	Shavkat Rakhmonov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 101	align=center	March 30, 2019
Alexey Kunchenko vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
5	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 65	align=center	April 8, 2016	align=left
4	align=left	Murad Abdulaev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 58	align=center	June 6, 2015	align=center	N/A
Rashid Magomedov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
3	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 31	align=center	March 16, 2012	align=left
2	align=left		align=left	M-1 Challenge 30	align=center	December 9, 2011	align=center	N/A
1	align=left	Shamil Zavurov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 22	align=center	December 10, 2010	align=left

M-1 Global Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 701NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Roman Bogatov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
9	align=left	Roman Bogatov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 97	align=center	September 28, 2018	align=left
Damir Ismagulov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
9	align=left	Damir Ismagulov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 78	align=center	May 26, 2017	align=left
Abukar Yandiev vacated the title.
8	align=left	Abukar Yandiev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 74	align=center	February 18, 2017	align=center	N/A
7	align=left	Alexander Butenko	align=left	M-1 Challenge 67	align=center	June 4, 2016	align=center	N/A
Mansour Barnaoui vacated the title when he signed for KSW.
6	align=left	Mansour Barnaoui	align=left	M-1 Challenge 57	align=center	May 2, 2015	align=center	N/A
5	align=left	Maxim Divnich	align=left	M-1 Challenge 54	align=center	December 17, 2014	align=center	N/A
Musa Khamanaev vacated the title.
4	align=left	Musa Khamanaev	align=left	M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Pedro Rizzo	align=center	June 21, 2012	align=left
3	align=left		align=left	M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson	align=center	November 20, 2011	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Jose Figueroa	align=left	M-1 Challenge 24	align=center	March 25, 2011	align=center	N/A
1	align=left	Artiom Damkovsky	align=left	M-1 Challenge 21	align=center	October 28, 2010	align=center	N/A

M-1 Global Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 651NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:15%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Nate Landwehr vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
4	align=left	Nate Landwehr	align=left	M-1 Challenge 95	align=center	July 21, 2018	align=left
3	align=left	Khamzat Dalgiev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 86	align=center	November 24, 2017	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Ivan Buchinger	align=left	M-1 Challenge 52	align=center	October 17, 2014	align=left
Marat Gafurov vacated the title when he signed for ONE FC.
1	align=left	Marat Gafurov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 35	align=center	November 15, 2012	align=left

M-1 Global Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 611NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:15%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:56%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Sergey Morozov vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
3	align=left	Sergey Morozov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 102	align=center	June 28, 2019	align=left
Movsar Evloev vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
2	align=left	Movsar Evloev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 81	align=center	July 22, 2017	align=left
Title Unification
Interim	align=left	Movsar Evloev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 76	align=center	April 22, 2017	align=center	N/A
1	align=left	Pavel Vitruk	align=left	M-1 Challenge 71	align=center	October 21, 2016	align=center	N/A

M-1 Global Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 571NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:15%;"	Event	style=width:15%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=center	Vacant	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A	align=center	N/A
Aleksander Doskalchuk vacated the title when he signed for UFC.
Interim	align=left	Asu Almabayev	align=left	M-1 Challenge 105	align=center	October 19, 2019	align=center	N/A
Interim	align=left	Chris Kelades	align=left	M-1 Challenge 103	align=center	August 3, 2019	align=center	N/A
2	align=left	Aleksander Doskalchuk	align=left	M-1 Challenge 92	align=center	May 24, 2018	align=left
Title Unification
Interim	align=left	Arman Ashimov	align=left	M-1 Challenge 87	align=center	February 9, 2018	align=center	N/A
1	align=left	Aleksander Doskalchuk	align=left	M-1 Challenge 83	align=center	September 23, 2017	align=center	N/A

M-1 USA National Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 771NaN1

style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:17%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style= width:48%;"	Defenses
Current	align=left	Dakota Cochrane	align=left	M-1 Challenge: Road to M-1 USA 2	align=center	April 4, 2019

Notable fighters

• Fedor Emelianenko
• Alistair Overeem
• Khabib Nurmagomedov
• Jeff Monson
• Alexander Volkov
• Alexey Oliynyk
• Sergei Kharitonov
• Pedro Rizzo
• Alexander Shlemenko
• Vadim Nemkov
• Vinny Magalhães
• Alexander Emelianenko
• Paul Bradley
• Phil De Fries
• Carlos Eduardo
• Ramazan Emeev
• Yasubey Enomoto
• Maiquel Falcão
• Luigi Fioravanti
• Konstantin Gluhov
• Damian Grabowski
• Brandon Halsey
• Satoshi Ishii
• Chris Kelades
• Rustam Khabilov
• Alexey Kudin
• Mickaël Lebout
• Caio Magalhães
  • Rashid Magomedov Ronny Markes
• Cody McKenzie
• Mario Miranda
• Tomasz Narkun
• Viktor Nemkov
• Joe Riggs
• Shahbulat Shamhalaev
  • Kirill Sidelnikov Sokoudjou
• Mairbek Taisumov
• Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
• Attila Vegh
• Daniel Weichel
• Alexander Yakovlev
• Shamil Zavurov
• Mikhail Zayats
• Hayder Hassan
• Enoc Solves
• Rafał Moks

See also

• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• M-1 Challenge

External links

• (English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fastpanel. ru:Вадим Финкельштейн о ребрендинге М-1 в ММА-1. ru. Mixfight.ru. 2012-02-23. 2012-11-18. 2019-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190617121623/http://mixfight.ru/mma/interviews/2012/2/23/M1_v_MMA1/. live.
2. Web site: King Mo vs. Mark Kerr and exhibition match between Fedor and Mousasi set for "M-1 Breakthrough". Five Ounces of Pain. 2009-08-11. 2016-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20161025121827/http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/08/10/king-mo-vs-mark-kerr-and-exhibition-match-between-fedor-and-mousasi-set-for-m-1-breakthrough/. live.
3. Web site: M-1 and Fedor officially join forces with Strikeforce . M-1Global.com . 2009-08-03 . 2012-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819132516/http://www.m-1global.com/lang/en/2009/08/03/m-1-and-fedor-officially-join-forced-with-strikeforce/ . 2010-08-19 .
4. Web site: M-1 Global Press Conference . M-1Global.com . 2009-07-30 . 2012-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090907064243/http://www.m-1global.com/lang/en/2009/07/30/m-1-global-press-conference/ . 2009-09-07 .
5. Web site: M-1 Selection 2011 – Asia: Opening Round 1 Announced . M-1Global.com . 2011-03-07 . 2012-05-07 . 2012-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326081633/http://www.m-1global.com/2011/03/07/m-1-selection-2011-%e2%80%93-asia-opening-round-1-announced/ . live .
6. Web site: M-1 Challenge Announces Partnership with UFC to Focus on Russian MMA Talent. Sherdog.com. Sherdog. 2018-07-21. 2018-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180721123931/http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/M1-Challenge-Announces-Partnership-with-UFC-to-Focus-on-Russian-MMA-Talent-139655. live.
7. News: Russian MMA promotion M-1 announces deal with the UFC BJPenn.com. 2018-07-18. BJPenn.com. 2018-07-21. en-US. 2018-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180721102933/https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/m-1/russian-mma-promotion-m-1-announces-deal-ufc/. live.