ORENBURG, Russia (May 2, 2015) – M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title holder Stephan “T-800” Puetz defeated previously undefeated M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Marcin “Tybur” Tubura in tonight’s heavyweight super fight that headlined M-1 Challenge 57: Battle in the Heart of the Continent in Orenburg, Russia.
In the co-feature, challenger Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui upset defending champion Max Divnich to capture the M-1 Challenge lightweight championship.
Puetz (13-1-0, 6 KO/TKO, 4 SUB) established himself as a genuine MMA star by defeating the larger Tybura (12-1-0, 3 KO/TKO, 4 SUB). The ultra-talented German won his fourth straight M-1 Challenge fight with a third-round technical knockout of the Polish heavyweight, who was unbeaten in six previous M-1 Challenge bouts, resulting from the doctor’s stoppage.
Barnaoui (12-2-0, 4 KO/TKO, 7 SUB), fighting out of France, stopped previously undefeated champion Divnich (11-1-0, 6 KO/TKO, 1 SUB), of Russia, in the second round via punches.
Also fighting on the main card, Russian welterweight Alexei Kunchenko (9-0-0, 6 KO/TKO, 2 SUB) knocked out British challenger Dez “The Arm Collector” Parker (4-2-0, 1 KO/TKO, 3 SUB) in the opening round, Russian featherweight Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0, 2 KO/TKO, 0 SUB) won a three-round decision over German invader Max Coga (11-4-0, 2 KO/TKO, SUB), and Russian featherweight Nikita “Piranha” Chistyakov (4-1-0, 0 KO/TKO, 1 SUB) took a hard fought three-round decision from Frenchman Moktar “Le Benkaci” Benkaci (11-6-0, 3 KO/TKO, 7 SUB).
In preliminary bouts, lightweight Murad Mirzabekov (2-1-0, 0 SUB) knocked out fellow Russian Fabrice Dato (6-2-0, 2 KO/TKO, 2 SUB) in the first round, Russian heavyweight Kurban Ibragimov (3-2-0, 2 KO/TKO, 0 SUB) punched his way to a second-round victory over Spaniard David Trallero (1-2-0, 1 KO/TKO), Russian light heavyweight Rashid Yusupov (5-1-0, 1 KO/TKO, 2 SUB) registered an impressive first-round KO of Russian Mitry Medvedev (7-5-0, 3 KO/TKO, 3 SUB), Adam “Beard” Yandiev (6-0-0, 3 KO/TKO, 3 SUB) remained undefeated with an opening-round submission (guillotine choke) win against Dmitriy Adeev (1-2-0, 1 KO/TKO) in a battle of Russian light heavyweights, Damir Ismagulov (2-1-0, 1 KO/TKO, 0 SUB) took a three-round unanimous decision from fellow Russian lightweight Sergey Andreev (5-4-0, 2 KO/TKO, 2 SUB), Kazakhstan welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov (2-0-0, 1 KO/TKO, 1 SUB) punched out Bartos “Hulk” Chyrek (4-2-0, 4 SUB) in the first round, and Russian featherweight Timur Nagibin (7-1-0, 2 KO/TKO, 0 SUB) knocked out Akhmandjon Mamurov (0-1-0), of Tajikistan, in round one.
Complete results and picture gallery below:
MAIN CARD
HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERFIGHT
Stephan Puetz (13-1-0), Germany WTKO3 (3:48) Marcin Tubura (12-1-0), Poland
M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mansour Barnaoui (13-2-0), France (WKO1 (punches – 4:48) Maxim Divnich (11-1-0), Russia
(Barnaoui won M-1 Challenge Lightweight Title)
WELTERWEIGHTS
Alexei Kunchenko (9-0-0), Russia WKO1 (punches – 2:55) Dez Parker (4-2-0), England
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0), Russia WDEC3 Max Coga (11-4-0), Germany
Nikita Chistyakov (4-1-0), Russia WDEC3 Moktar Benkaci (11-6-0), France
PRELIMINARY CARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Kurban Ibragimov (3-2-0), Russia WTKO2 (punches – 2:00) David Trallero (1-2-0), Spain
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Rashid Yusupov (5-1-0), Russia WKO1 (punches – 1:32) Mitry Medvedev (7-5-0), Russia
Adam Yandiev (6-0-0), Russia WSUB1 (guillotine choke – 1:14) Dmitry Adeev (1-2-0), Russia
WELTERWEIGHTS
Shavat Rakhmonov (2-0-0), Kazakhstan WKO1 (punches – 2:50) Bartos Chyrek (4-2-0), Poland
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Damir Ismagulov (2-1-0), Russia WDEC3 Sergey Andreev (5-4-0), Russia
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Murad Mirzabekov (2-1-0), Russia WKO1 (punches – 2:50) Fabrice Dato (6-2-0), Russia
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Timur Nagibin (7-1-0), Russia WKO1 (punches – 1:05) Akhmandjon Mamurov (0-1-0), Tajikistan
The great Fedor Emelianenko addressed the crowd
MMA sperstar Stephan “T-800” Puetz
Mansour vs. Divnich fight is all over
New M-1 Challenge 57 lightweight champion Mansour Barnaoui
Murad Mirzabekov ends fight with Fabrice
Kurban Ibragimov and David Trallero exchange kickx
Shavkat Rakhmonov controls Bartos Chyrek
Adam Yandiev has hold on Dmitriy Adeev
Moktar Benkaci and Mikita Chistyakov mix it up
Rashid Yusupov put Mitry Medvedev to sleep
Damir Ismagulov and Sergey Andreev
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