“FEDOR VS. MONSON” PPV FACT SHEET

Posted on | November 14, 2011 | No Comments

WHAT: World Class Mixed Martial Arts Pay-Per-View Event

WHO: MAIN EVENT

HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

FEDOR “The Last Emperor” EMELIANENKO          JEFF “The Snowman” MONSON

Living Legend                                                                     Submission Wrestling Star

Red Devil Sport Club                                                         America Top Team

Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russia                             Miami, Florida, USA

31-4-0, (3 (T)KOs, 16 Submissions                                 43-12-0, 2 (T)KOs, 27 Submissions

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CO-FEATURE – 5 X 5

JOSE FIGUEROA                                                              DANIEL WEICHEL

Champion                                                                            Challenger

American Top Team Orlando                                            Team MMA Spirit

Orlando, Florida, USA                                                        Michelstadt, Hesse, Germany

10-4-0, 4 (T)KOs, 5 Submissions                                     27-7-0, 4 KOs, 16 Submissions

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

ALEKSANDER YAKOVLEV                                           JUAN MANUEL “Juanma” SUAREZ

                                                                Taz Jinamar

St. Petersburg, Russia                                                       Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

12-3-0, 4 (T)KOs, 7 Submissions                                     8-0-0, 1 (T)KO, 3 Submissions

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

MAIRBEK “Beckan” TAISUMOV                                  JOSH THORPE

City Thing/GCF Team                                                        Port City MMA

Vienna, Austria                                                                   Mobile, Alabama, USA

15-3-0, 8 (T)KOs, 6 Submissions                                     10-6-0, 3 (T)KOs

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

ARTHUR GUSEINOV                                                      XAVIER “Professor X” FOUPA-POKAM

Action-Force Fight Team                                                  Snake Team

Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia                 Paris, France

9-2-0, (6 (T)KOs, 2 Submissions                                      21-16-0, 11 (T)KOs, 7 Submissions

(All fights & fighters subject to change)

WHEN:       Sunday, November 20, 2011 – 7:30 AM/ET 4:30 PM/PT

WHERE:     Olympic Arena in Moscow, Russia

PROMOTER: M-1 Global

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 7:30 AM/ET – 4:30 AM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVN, for a suggested retail price of only $29.95 — CHECK L;ISTINGS FOR SAME-DAY REPLAYS.

PAY-PER-VIEW ANNOUNCERS: Former NFL player and veteran MMA/boxing announcer Benny Ricardo (blow-by-blow) and MMA fighter Jeremy Horn.

RING ANNOUNCER: “Classy” Jimmy Lennon, Jr.

INFORMATION: Go to www.integratedsportsnet.com or www.M-1Global.com. Follow Integrated Sports Media on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.

M-1 Global:Founded in 1998, M-1 Global (www.M-1Global.com) 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, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged over 70 events worldwide including the M-1 Selection and M-1 Challenge events and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States. Captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 events have boasted some of the sport’s top names including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Stephan Struve and rising stars Shamil Zavurov, Guram Gugenishvili, Alexander Sarnavskiy and Vinny Magalhaes. 2011 marks a breakthrough year with two Selections tournaments across Eastern & Western Europe, North America and Asia and 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.

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