M-1 Challenge 31: Oleinik vs. Monson is a mixed martial arts event that will take place March 16 at Ice Palace in St.-Petersburg, Russia. The event is to be aried live on Showtime.
Fight Card
Announced Bouts
Heavyweight bout: Ukraine Alexey Oleinik vs. United States Jeff Monson
Welterweight Championship bout: Switzerland Yasubey Enomoto (c) vs. Russia Rashid Magomedov
Heavyweight bout: Lithuania Tadas Rimkevicius vs. Russia Alexander Emelianenko
Welterweight bout: Russia Alexander Yakovlev vs. Russia Shamil Zavurov
Lightweight bout: Czech Republic David Kozma vs. Russia Marat Gafurov
Welterweight bout: Russia Ramazan Esenbaev vs. Brazil Bruno Carvalho
Heavyweight bout: Estonia Deniss Smoldarev vs. Russia Denis Komkin
Lightweight bout: France Jerome Bouisson vs. Russia Yunus Evloev
Middleweight bout: Russia Alexey Martynov vs. Russia Ilya Doderkin
Middleweight bout: Russia Arthur Shumakov vs. Russia Abdulmajid Magomedov
Background
The heavyweight fight between Russian-Ukrainian submission specialist Alexey Oleinik and two-time ADCC Champion Jeff Monson will be the headliner of the tournament M-1 Challenge 31 that will take place at Ice Palace in St.-Petersburg. American submission specialist will come back to Russia to prove that he is still one of the most skilled grapplers in heavyweight division.
Also you can for sure expect the fireworks in co-headliner of the tournament: new M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Yasubey Enomoto will try to defend his belt using his high-level skills in muay thai and grappling against one of the most dynamic Russian fighters Rashid Magomedov.
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