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M-1 Challenge 25 Results: Magalhaes vs. Nemkov, Zavurov vs. Enomoto, More

Filed under: M-1 Global, ResultsMMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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MMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In two M-1 title bouts, The Ultimate Fighter 8 runner-up Magalhaes will take on Nemkov for the vacant light heavyweight title and Sengoku GP runner-up Enomoto will challenge for the welterweight strap against Zavurov.

Also, UFC veterans Luigi Fioravanti and Andrei Semenov will battle in a middleweight contest.

M-1 Challenge results are below.

M-1 Challenge 25 Results: Magalhaes vs. Nemkov, Zavurov vs. Enomoto, More

Filed under: M-1 Global, ResultsMMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In two M-1 title bo…

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MMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In two M-1 title bouts, The Ultimate Fighter 8 runner-up Magalhaes will take on Nemkov for the vacant light heavyweight title and Sengoku GP runner-up Enomoto will challenge for the welterweight strap against Zavurov.

Also, UFC veterans Luigi Fioravanti and Andrei Semenov will battle in a middleweight contest.

M-1 Challenge results are below.

Yasubey Enomoto Signs With M-1 Global, Gets Title Shot

Filed under: Sengoku, M-1 Global, News, JapanYasubey Enomoto, the runner-up in Sengoku’s 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix, recently signed an exclusive contract with the M-1 Global promotion and already has a title shot lined up.

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Yasubey Enomoto, the runner-up in Sengoku’s 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix, recently signed an exclusive contract with the M-1 Global promotion and already has a title shot lined up.

M-1 Global announced the signing Wednesday and MMAFighting.com has also learned that Enomoto’s deal is for a total of six fights in a two-year period.

Enomoto (6-2) will replace the injured Rashid Magomedov against welterweight champion Shamil Zavurov (19-1) at M-1 Challenge 25 on April 28 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Yasubey Enomoto Wanted to Be a Chef, Not a Fighter

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TOKYO — Yasubey Enomoto seemingly came from nowhere but quickly made his presence on the Japanese scene as he took out Grabaka boss Sanae Kikuta, Kenta Takagi and Taisuke Okuno in dominating fashion.

During his preparations for his Dec. 30 welterweight GP final bout with Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura at Sengoku: Soul of Fight, the Swiss prospect spoke candidly with MMA Fighting at Brave Gym in Adachi-ku, Tokyo about training with his brother in a garage in Zürich, his take on the philosophy of fighting and why he doesn’t consider mixed martial arts to be a real sport.

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TOKYO — Yasubey Enomoto seemingly came from nowhere but quickly made his presence on the Japanese scene as he took out Grabaka boss Sanae Kikuta, Kenta Takagi and Taisuke Okuno in dominating fashion.

During his preparations for his Dec. 30 welterweight GP final bout with Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura at Sengoku: Soul of Fight, the Swiss prospect spoke candidly with MMA Fighting at Brave Gym in Adachi-ku, Tokyo about training with his brother in a garage in Zürich, his take on the philosophy of fighting and why he doesn’t consider mixed martial arts to be a real sport.

Sengoku 15: Hiroshi Izumi Wins a Robbery; Cobb and Blanco Victorious

Filed under: SengokuA Sengoku 15 fight card that was short on big names and short on fireworks and probably would have been quickly forgotten will instead be remembered for the Japanese judges giving an absolutely ridiculous decision to a Japanese figh…

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A Sengoku 15 fight card that was short on big names and short on fireworks and probably would have been quickly forgotten will instead be remembered for the Japanese judges giving an absolutely ridiculous decision to a Japanese fighter in the main event.

That main event featured Englishman James Zikic opening a cut over Hiroshi Izumi‘s right eye early in the fight and controlling the bout standing up most of the rest of the way, and it appeared that Zikic would win an easy unanimous decision. Instead, when the judges’ scorecards were announced, Izumi had won a split decision.

Sengoku has tried hard to push Izumi, who has a great background, but the truth is he’s just not that good. Zikic beat him handily, and it’s absurd that the judges handed Izumi the victory.

Brian Cobb 7.3 Pounds Over Weight for Sengoku 15

Filed under: Sengoku, News, JapanAll fighters with the exception of Brian Cobb made weight for Saturday’s Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 to be held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan and broadcast live from 2 AM Saturday on HDNet.

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All fighters with the exception of Brian Cobb made weight for Saturday’s Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 to be held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan and broadcast live from 2 AM Saturday on HDNet.

Cobb, who is scheduled to face Grabaka’s Kazunori Yokota, weighed-in 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs) over weight and was not present for the pre-fight press conference as he was still working to lose the excess weight.

Although former SRC featherweight champ Masanori Kanehara and four-time BJJ World Cup champion Leo Santos were forced off the card, a plethora of talent will still be on show as Maximo Blanco takes on Pancrase legend Kiuma Kunioku, Yasubey Enomoto battles the much improved Taisuke “Gouten” Okuno in the welterweight GP semifinals and the seeded fighters enter the quarterfinals of the bantamweight Asia GP.