M-1 Challenge 46 Fact Sheet

Presents Viktor Nemkov vs. Stephan Puetz M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Championship March 14, 2014  *  Yubileyny Sports Palace  *  St. Petersburg, Russia

For Immediate Release 'M-1 Challenge 46' Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia WATCH FREE ON M-1GLOBAL.TV Friday, March 14 at 11 a.m. / 8 a.m. PT in U.S.A. FACT SHEET MAIN EVENT - M-1 GLOBAL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - 5 X 5 VIKTOR NEMKOV (19-4-0, 3 KO/TKO, 9 SUB), Champion, Tomarouka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia vs. MARCIO "Pel de Pano" CRUZ (8-3-0, 2 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), Challenger, Tampa, Florida, USA    HEAVYWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 KONSTANTIN "Lacplesis" GLUHOV (26-14-0, 20 KO/TKO, 3 SUB), Riga, Latvia vs. KENNY "Deuce" GARNER (12-5-0, 8 KO/TKO, 2 SUB), Port S. Lucie, Florida, USA MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 ANATOLY TOKOV (11-1-0, 7 KO/TKO, 2 SUB), Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast, Russia vs. ALBERT DURAEV (4-2-0, 1 KO/TKO, 3 SUB), Volograd, Volograd Oblast, Russia FEATHERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 PAVEL VITRUK (10-0-0, 2 KO/TKO, 1 SUB), Stakhanov, Ukraine                                     vs. YURI "Kong Killa" MAIA (12-2-0, 8 KO/TKO, 0 SUB), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil FEATHERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 TURAL RAGIMOV (7-1-0, 3 KO/TKO), Languedoc-Roussillon, Azerbaijan vs. JEROME BOUISSON (12-4-0, 2 KO/TKO, 7 SUB), Montady, France LIGHTWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 ZULFIKAR USMANOV (5-2-0, 0 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), Russia vs. ARTIOM DAMKOVSKY (15-9-0, 6 KO/TKO, 1 SUB), Minsk, Belarus WELTERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 DANIEL "The Gladiator" TABERA (17-5-0, 4 KO/TKO, 6 SUB), Velencia, Spain vs. MAGMOED MUSTAFAEV (8-1-0, 5 KO/TKO, 3 SUB), Sochi, Krasnodarkrai, Russia FEATHERWEIGHTS - 3 X 5 NIKITA "Piranha" CHISTAYAKOV (0-1-0), St. Petersburg, Russia vs. ANTONEY ROMERO (3-1-1, 1 KO/TKO, 0 SUB), Las Palmas, Spain  (all fights & fighters subject to change) WHEN:            Friday, March 14, 2014 WHERE:          Yubileyny Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia PROMOTER:    M-1 Global LIVE BROADCAST:      FREE at www.m-1global.tv (Friday, March 14 at 11 a.m. / 8 a.m. PT in U.S.A.).  Also On Russia 2 throughout Russia and the Commonwealth of Individual States (CIS), as well as across the Middle East on Abu Dhabi Sports Channels  INFORMATION:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-1-Global/145250878842244  ABOUT M-1 GLOBAL: Founded in 1998, M-1 Global has established itself in the realm of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world's next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St Petersburg, Amsterdam and Los Angeles and affiliates in Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged more than 150 events worldwide, including the M-1 Selection, M-1 Challenge and M-1 Gobal and M-1 Global HWGP events, in addition to co-promoting Strikeforce events and M-1 Global on the Showtime network in the United States. Captivating live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and matchups, M-1 Global events have featured some of the sport's top names, including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Keith Jardine, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Yushin Okami, Mike Pyle, Denis Kang, Martin Kampmann, Amar Suloev, Chalid Arrab and Stephan Struve. 2014 promises to be another sensational year of world-class competition with a full calendar of Challenge events fuelled by a talent-rich contention system ranking M-1 Global's Champions amongst the greatest in the sport. M-1 Global's greatest asset is renowned heavyweight fighter, Fedor Emelianenko.