Official weights & pictures from China for Tuesday's M-1 Challenge 53

Presents M-1 CHALLENGE 53: Battle in the Empire MARCIN TYBURA vs. DENIS SMOLDAREV M-1 Challenge Heavyweight Championship  SERGEI KHARITONOV vs. KENNY GARNER  Heavyweight Super Fight November 25, 2014 * Beijing, China WATCH LIVE ON M1GLOBAL.TV

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire WATCH LIVE ON M-1GLOBAL.TV OFFICIAL WEIGHTS (L-R) Marcin Tybura, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Denis Smoldarev    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)   (L-R) Sergei Kharitonev, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Kenny Garner  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)    (L-R) -- Konstantin Gluhuv, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Damian Grabowski  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) (L-R) Muslim Salikhov, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Victor Sckoteski 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)   (L-R) Pavel Vitruk, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Rafael Miranda 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)   (L-R) Nikita Chistyakov, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Honggang Yao  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) (L-R Rijirigala Amu, M-1 Glkobal promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Swergey Morozov      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)   (L-R) Jiamwei He, M-1 Global promoter Vadim Finkelchtein & Movsar Avloev  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 atwww.M1Global.TV.     Denis Smoldarev Sergei Kharitonev    Kenny Garner   Information     www.M-1Global.com     www.mixfight.ru     www.WMMAA.org www.M1Global.TV Twitter & Instagram: @M1GlobalNews @VadimFinkelchtein Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/M-1-Global/145250878842244  ABOUT M-1 GLOBAL: Founded in 1997, 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 Global 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 fueled 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. ABOUT M-1GLOBAL.TV: Enjoy MMA action now in high definition brought to you by M-1Global.tv, offering only the best fights from M-1 Global and other MMA organizations. M-1Global.tv is a great platform developed specifically to bring together the most exhaustive fight video database. It also provides an easy and intuitive interface, helping everyone to start using the platform in no time while avoiding any spoilers. Besides watching the past fights on demand at any time convenient to the customer, viewers are able to enjoy the action LIVE, all available to M-1Global.tv users through a low-priced month to month digital subscription. Your world of action. Anytime!