M-1 Challenge 35 results, full fight videos & gifs: Jeff Monson vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

Watch Jeff Monson vs. Aleksander Emelianenko and another six fights from today's M-1 Challenge 35 including Magomedev vs. Yakovlev for the M-1 welterweight title.

M-1 Challenge 35 took place earlier today in the Ice Palace at St. Petersburg, Russia.

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The scheduled heavyweight title fight between Kenny Garner vs. Guram Gugenishvili was not held for reasons unknown.

Here's the fights:Alexander Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson

Mikhail Malyutin vs Artem Boiko

Leon Del Gaudio vs Mairbek Taisumov

Akhmed Sultanov vs Denis Smoldarev

Marat Gafurov vs Vugar Bahshiev

Mario Miranda vs Ramazan Emeev

Rashid Magomedov vs Alexander Yakovlev (for M-1 welterweight title)

The gifs:

Mikhail Malyutin vs Artem Boiko

Leon Del Gaudio vs Mairbek Taisumov

Marat Gafurov vs Vugar Bahshiev

Mario Miranda vs. Ramazan Emeev

Jeff Monson vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

Here's an interview from Mix Fight RU I'm sharing strictly because I'm amused at the Google translation:

Artiom Damkovsky: I was always well received in St. Petersburg

In a League match, which will take place at the international tournament in the mixed martial arts M-1 Challenge 35-year anniversary of the MMA will meet Damkovsky Artiom (13-7), representing the Belarusian club SK-55 "and Croat Ivica Trušček (19-12) from Croatian Top Team. Interview Artem Damkovskogo site mixfight.ru.

Artiom Damkovsky performs on the rings of the M-1 Global in 2007, when the first "Battle on the Neva", he held very hard duel against Mikhail Malyutin and lost by decision of the judges.

Prior to 2010, Artyom performed with varying degrees of success, he has alternated WINS with annoying injuries.

The fighter began their statements were assessed as not very felicitous.

- Your first fight I held within the framework of the international tournament "battle on the Neva" June 21, 2007, in St. Petersburg near the "Flying Dutchman" with Michael, "said Artem can erect a in 2010-m.-it was hard for me 3-raund fight, but Michael was stronger at the time and, despite my best efforts, the judges unanimously awarded him the victory. The second fight I held again in Petersburg in the qualifying tournament for a trip to Japan, Bushido FC Legend in November 2009. First battle of Japanese Hiroyuki Ajbè I won a second met with Sergei Golâevym, who after three rounds before losing to the separate opinion of judges.