Fight Network Presents M-1 Challenge 53 Tomorrow, Nov 25 at 7:00 AM ET

Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a live broadcast of M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7 a.m. ET.

Fight Network’s live broadcast will air on Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The first event of M-1 Global’s live partnership with Fight Network emanates from Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China. The main event features undefeated M-1 heavyweight champion Marcin Tybura (11-0) defending his title against unbeaten Estonian challenger Denis Smoldarev (8-0).

A pair of pivotal heavyweight feature fights are also showcased on the main card, as Russian star Sergei “The Paratrooper” Kharitonov (21-5) takes on former M-1 interim heavyweight champ Kenny “Deuce” Garner (14-7), while Latvian knockout artist Konstantin Gluhov (28-14) battles for M-1 heavyweight champion Damian “Polish Pitbull” Grabowski (19-2).

Also fighting on the main card is unbeaten Ukrainian featherweight Pavel Vitruk (11-0) against Jungle Fight champion Rafael Miranda (9-4), four-time Wushu Sanda champion Muslim Salikhov (5-1) facing Brazilian striker Victor Kratos Sckoteski (5-1), Russian featherweight Nikita Chistyakov (4-1) meeting Honggang “The Master” Yao (10-4).

As part of M-1 Global’s debut event in China, two of the country’s top prospects will be featured in separate bouts, as Rijirigala Amu (8-3) takes on unbeaten Kazakh fighter Sergey Morozov (4-0), while Jianwei He (1-1) faces Russian Movsar Evloev in his professional debut.