M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire WATCH LIVE ON M-1GLOBAL.TV
M-1 CHALLENGE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5
MARCIN “Tybur” TYBURA (11-0-0), Champion, Poland 248 ½ lbs. (112.9 kg)
DENIS SMOLDAREV (8-0-0), Challenger, Estonia 261 ½ lbs. (118.8 kg)
HEAVYWEIGHTS SUPER FIGHT – 3 X 5
SERGEI “The Paratrooper” KHARITONEV (21-5-0), Russia 258 ½ lbs. (117.4 kg)
KENNY “Deuce” GARNER (14-7-0), United States 260 lbs. (118.2 kg)
SPECIAL HEAVYWEIGHT ATTRACTION – 3 X 5
DAMIAN “Polish Pitbull” GRABOWSKI (19-2-0), Poland 254 lbs. (115.3 kg)
KONSTANTIN “Lacplesis” GLUHUV (28-14-0), Latvia 243 lbs. (110.4 kg)
WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
MUSLIM “King of Wushu Sanda” SALIKHOV (5-1-0), Russia 169 lbs. (76.8 kg)
VICTOR “Kratis” SCKOTESKI (5-1-0), Brazil 169 ½ lbs. (77.1 kg)
FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
PAVEL VITRUK (11-0-0), Ukraine 144 ½ lbs. (65.7 kg)
RAFAEL “Gogo” MIRANDA (9-4-4), Brazil 144 ½ lbs. (65.7 kg)
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
HONGGANG “The Master” YAO (10-4-0), China 136 lbs. (61.7 kg)
NIKITA “Piranha” CHISTYAKOV (4-1-0), Russia, 136 lbs. (61.7 kg)
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
RIJIRIGALA AMU (8-3-0), China 134 ½ lbs (61.2 kg)
SERGEY MOROZOV (4-0-0), Kazakhstan 134 lbs. 60.9 kg)
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
JIANWEI “Yangtze Uksw” HE (1-1-0), China 135 lbs. (61.4 kg)
MOVSAR EVLOEV (0-0-0), Russia 135 ½ lbs. (61.6 kg)
WHAT: M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire
WHEN: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
6:30 pm (Beijing), 7:30 a.m. (New York City)
WHERE: Wukesong Arena, Beijing, China
PROMOTER: M-1 Global
LIVE STREAM: WWW.M1GLOBAL.TV
M-1 Challenge 53 will be streamed in high definition on www.M1Global.TV, live from China. Viewers will be able to watch the fights by logging on to register at www.M1Global.TV.