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M-1 held it’s own event this past weekend in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the Ice Palace culminating with a heavyweight bout between Alexander Emelianenko and Lithuanian Tadas Rimkevi?ius in the headliner for the M-1 Challenge 31 show. Emelianenko would pick up his second straight win by finishing Rimkevi?ius via TKO in the second round.
Also picking up a win at the M-1 event was Jeff Monson, who earned a split decision over opponent Alexey Oleinik. It was the second straight bout under M-1 for Monson, who lost a decision to Fedor Emelianenko last November.
The full results after the jump
Heavyweight bout: Alexander Emelianenko def. Tadas Rimkevi?ius via TKO (punches) – R2 @ 1:52
Welterweight Championship bout: Rashid Magomedov def. Yasubey Enomoto via UnanimousDecision (50-45, 49-47, 50-45)
Heavyweight bout: Jeff Monson def. Alexey Oleinik via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Alexander Yakovlev def. Shamil Zavurov via TKO (retirement) – R3
Heavyweight bout: Deniss Smoldarev def. Denis Komkin via Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Middleweight bout: Abdulmajid Magomedov def. Arthur Shumakov via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R1 @ 3:53
Lightweight bout: Vugar Bakhshiev def. Jerome Bouisson via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – R2 @ 5:00
Lightweight bout: Marat Gafurov def. David Kozma via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R2 @ 2:10
Middleweight bout: Ilya Doderkin def. Alexey Martynov via Submission (Triangle choke) – R1 @ 1:57
Welterweight bout: Bruno Carvalho def. Ramazan Esenbaev via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)