M-1 Challenge 2009 Finals Set
by Chris Nelson on Nov 28, 2009 3:05 PM EST
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[Update] M-1 Global announced this week that Lloyd "Kadillac" Marshbanks will rejoin Team USA East, replacing the previously announced Ness Harris at heavyweight for the finals.
Teams USA East and Russian Legion punched their tickets to the 2009 M-1 Challenge finals back in September, and last Thursday M-1 announced the official lineups for both squads. Below are the finals pairings, set to take place in St. Petersburg on December 3rd:
1. Lightweight (154 lbs.): Ivan "Batman" Jorge (11-0 / USA East) vs. Yuri Ivlev (11-5 / Russian Legion)
2. Welterweight (167 lbs.): Gerson "Indio" Cordeiro (5-8-1 / USA East) vs. Magomed Shikshabekov (5-0 / Russian Legion)
3. Middleweight (185 lbs.): Danilo "Motoserra" Pereira (16-6 / USA East) vs. Ansar Chalangov (10-4 / Russian Legion)
4. Light Heavyweight (205 lbs.): Chuck Grigsby (17-5 / USA East) vs. Besike Gerinava (9-1-1 / Russian Legion)
5. Heavyweight (+205 lbs.): Lloyd "Kadillac" Marshbanks (19-10 / USA East) vs. Akhmed Sultanov (8-4 / Russian Legion)
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Interesting to note that this is Team Legion and not Team Imperial (AKA Red Devil), which had a combined record of 2-13 this year. That’s worse than MMA powerhouses Bulgaria and Spain. The only team that did worse was Turkey.
Makes you wonder what the UFC would be like if they had caved to Fedor’s demands and signed these terrible fighters.
Is there any word on why Delson Heleno isn’t fighting?
There is a difference between Team Legion or Team Imperial fighters and M-1 Global fighters. They are not the same thing.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 30, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Team Russia Imperial is made up of the same Red Devil fighters that M-1 was trying to sign to the UFC as part of a rider on Fedor’s contract.
They changed their name from Red Devil to Imperial because Fedor was uncomfortable with such an un-Christian name.
by George Lucas on Nov 30, 2009 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Will this be televised in the US?
Ricky Hatton came closer to beating Manny Pacquiao than Marquez did to beating Floyd.
-SC
by The Lethal Haze on Nov 29, 2009 1:45 AM EST reply actions
On a more positive note
Could this springboard Ansar Chalangov back into the UFC?
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No, but it’ll springboard Kadillac into God status. Fat boys who can pass guard by belly flopping are always enjoyable.
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by Leland Roling on Dec 1, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hmm
I don’t seem to be able to reply to posts at the moment, but my comment above was supposed to be in response to the Team Legion vs Team Imperial comment above.
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Something weird is happening with my browser wherin "reply" has no effect
However, let me say in response to Leland above that if this springboards Kadillac into any sort of status at all I’ll be thrilled, because the man is awesome.
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Teams USA East
Teams USA East is more likely to be a Team Brasil 2! ‘cause more than half team is brazilian ! I don’t know why they have two american(actually is a brazilian) teams, two russians teams, and not two brazilian teams, when everyone knows that brazilians are the best mma figthers all around the globe !
Results so far...
Yuri Ivlev, Magomed Shikshabekov and Ansar Chalangov seal victory for Russia early with three straight wins. 205 and HW still to come.
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