Did Gegard Mousasi’s dominant performances throughout the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix put him on your radar? Want to see more? Here’s Mousasi giving German fighter Steve Mensing an absolute beatdown.
Gegard Mousasi is rumored to be fighting Vitor Belfort at the next Affliction event.
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DREAM Middleweight Champ Gegard Mousasi was in action in this week’s episode.
M-1 Global and Affliction keep strengthening the ties in MMA. Officially from now on all the M-1 Challenge events will be organized in association with Affliction.
This sounds like a sponsorship more than anything else. Considering the M-1 Challenge takes place in various locations around the world, Affliction likely sees this as a way to break their clothing line into the international marketplace.
If Affliction Entertainment proves everyone wrong and becomes a long-term player, the M-1 Challenge could become a good feeder league for Affliction as well. It’s been said to have some very talented up-and-coming fighters competing in it. I’m not Jordan Breen so I’m really not familiar with too many of them but there’s a lot of buzz surrounding Fedor’s pupil, Kiril Sidelnikov, who I mentioned the other day. I posted a video of him trading bombs with Martin Szoltysik after the jump. It’s an entertaining fight with a great finish. Watch it.
Here’s a recap of the first episode of M-1 Global’s M-1 Challenge that aired on HDNet last Friday night. One fighter you should pay attention to is Kiril Sidelnikov. He’s a 19 year old member of Russia’s Red Devil Team, and trains under Fedor Emelianenko, which has led to his nickname, “Baby Fedor.” The kid’s really good, and will likely be someone we’ll hear a lot more about in the future.
From the people at M-1 Global who bring you Fedor Emelianenko comes the M-1 Challenge. It consists of 10 teams from eight countries competing all over the world in what is being billed as the “World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts.” Sorry, no Fedor, but the tournament is said to have some really good up-and-coming international talent competing in it.
The M-1 Challenge premiers tonight on HDNet at 8PM ET.
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