{"id":64074,"date":"2016-10-22T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64074"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:48:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:48:23","slug":"m-1-challenge-71-results-breaking-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64074","title":{"rendered":"M-1 CHALLENGE 71 RESULTS – Breaking UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MMA<\/a>Former two-time M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Viktor Nemkov put himself in position for another title shot and Pavel Vitruk became the first M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Champion at last night’s entertaining M-1 Challenge 71 in Ingushetia, Russia.<\/p>\n

Kazakhstan-native Nemkov (24-6-0, M-1: 17-5-0), fighting out of Stary Oskol, Russia, won a three-round unanimous decision from former Bellator champion Attila “Pumukli” Vegh (29-8-2, M-1: 0-2-0), of Slovakia, in the main event.<\/p>\n

Fighting in the inaugural M-1 Challenge Bantamweight Championship, Russian fighter Vitruk (14-2-0, M-1: 8-2-0) defeated Vitali Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), of Ukraine, by way of a fourth-round submission.<\/p>\n

Russian welterweight Sergey Romanov (9-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Carlos Alexandre “Indio” Pereira (37-11-1, M-1: 1-1-0), of Brazil, while M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Alexander Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0) decisioned Brazilian foe Rubenilton “Rubinkho” Pereira (16-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in a non-title fight contested at a 160-pound catrchweight.<\/p>\n

Former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 5-1-0), of Germany, also put himself in position for another title fight, possibly against his arch-rival Nemkov, by forcing Brazilian Marcus Vinicius “Mountan” Lopes (9-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) into submission via a rear naked choke in the third round.<\/p>\n

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
\nViktor Nemkov (24-6-0, M-1: 17-5-0), Russia
\nWDEC3
\nAttila Vegh (29-8-2, M-1: 0-2-0), Slovakia<\/p>\n

Stephan Puetz (15-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Germany
\nWSUB3
\nMarcus Vinicius Lopes (9-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Brazil<\/p>\n

BANTAMWEIGHTS
\nPavel Vitruk (14-2-0, M-1: 8-2-0), Russia
\nWDUB4
\nVitali Branchuk (21-6-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Ukraine
\n(Vitruk won vacant M-1 Challenge bantamweight title)<\/p>\n

WELTERWEIGHTS
\nSergey Romanov (9-1-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia
\nWDEC3
\nCarlos Alexandre Pereira (37-12-1 (M-1: 1-1-0), Brazil<\/p>\n

CATCHWEIGHT (160 lbs.)
\nAlexander Butenko (42-11-2, M-1: 9-1-0), Ukraine
\nWDEC3
\nRubenilton Pereira (16-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil<\/p>\n