2008 in M-1 Global

The year 2008 is the 12th year in the history of M-1 Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. In 2008 M-1 Global held 12 events beginning with, M-1: Slamm.

2008 in M-1 Global
Information
First date	July 21, 2008
Last date	November 26, 2008
Events
Total events	12
Fights
Total fights	144
Chronology
2007 in M-1 2008 in M-1 Global 2009 in M-1

Events list

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
55	M-1 Challenge 10: Finland	November 26, 2008	Töölö Sports Hall	Helsinki, Finland
54	M-1 Challenge 9: Russia	November 21, 2008	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg, Russia
53	M-1: Staredown 2	November 16, 2008		Germany
52	M-1 Challenge 8: USA	October 29, 2008	Harrah's Casino	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
51	M-1 Challenge 7: UK	September 27, 2008	Harvey Hadden Stadium	Nottingham, England
50	M-1 Challenge 6: Korea	August 29, 2008		South Korea
49	M-1 Challenge 5: Japan	July 17, 2008	Shinjuku Face	Tokyo, Japan
48	M-1 Challenge 4: Battle on the Neva 2	June 27, 2008	The Flying Dutchman	Saint Petersburg, Russia
47	M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria	May 31, 2008	Sioux City	San Agustin, Gran Canaria, Spain
46	M-1 MFC: Fedor Emelianenko Cup	May 15, 2008		Russia
45	M-1 Challenge 2: Russia	April 3, 2008	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg, Russia
44	M-1: Slamm	March 2, 2008		Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

M-1: Slamm

M-1: Slamm^[1] was an event held on March 2, 2008, in Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dave Dalgliesh	def.	Bruno Carvalho	KO (Punch)	1	3:53
	Kamil Uygun	def.	Lopez Owonyebe	TKO (Punches)	1	0:00
	Mehmet Uygun	def.	Oktay Karatas	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:56
	Kirill Sidelnikov	def.	Martin Soltisyk	KO (Punch)	1	2:25
	Mikhail Zayats	def.	Christophe Daffreville	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Karl Amoussou	def.	Dmitry Samoilov	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:18
	Farouk Lakebir	def.	Erik Oganov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Bendy Casimir	def.	Mikhail Malyutin	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Jessie Gibbs	def.	Alexander Murawski	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:49
	Gegard Mousasi	def.	Steve Mensing	TKO (Punches)	1	2:44
	Jason Jones	def.	Daniel Weichel	TKO (Punch and Knee)	1	0:06
	Romano de los Reyes	def.	Franco de Leonardis	KO (Slam and Punches)	1	0:15
	Bogdan Cristea	def.	Sven Wegscheider	TKO (Punches)	1	4:32

M-1 Challenge 2: Russia

M-1 Challenge 2: Russia^[2] was an event held on April 3, 2008, at The Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yunus Evloev	def.	Marat Ilaev	TKO (Punches)	1	0:00
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Silvio Santos	TKO (Punches)	1	1:34
	Akhmed Sultanov	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	Submission (Armbar)	1	N/A
	Besiki Gerenava	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	Decision	2	5:00
	Yuta Watanabe	def.	Ansar Chalangov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	N/A
	Ken Hamamura	def.	Islam Karimov	TKO (Punches)	2	N/A
	Daisuke Nakamura	def.	Yuri Ivlev	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Roman Zentsov	def.	Daniel Tabera	Decision	2	5:00
	Viktor Nemkov	def.	Christian Bombay	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	N/A
	Jarno Nurminen	def.	Ji-Hoon Kim	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	N/A
	Toni Valtonen	def.	Seung Hyun Choi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	N/A
	Hyun Gyu Lim	def.	Lucio Linhares	KO (Punches)	1	0:17
	Janne Tulirinta	def.	Doo Won Seo	TKO (Punches)	2	N/A
	Niko Puhakka	def.	Jong Man Kim	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	N/A
	Amar Suloev	def.	Jacek Buczko	TKO (Kick and Punches)	1	N/A

M-1 MFC: Fedor Emelianenko Cup

M-1 MFC: Fedor Emelianenko Cup^[3] was an event held on May 15, 2008, in Russia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dmitry Zabolotny	def.	Ricardo Wondel	N/A	0	0:00
	Vasily Krilov	def.	Lopez Owonyebe	N/A	0	0:00
	Vener Galiev	def.	Jaroslav Poborsky	TKO	1	0:00
	Maxim Kuptsov	def.	Samuel Judes	TKO	1	0:00
	Kirill Sidelnikov	def.	Carmelo Molina	TKO	1	0:00
	Daniel Tabera	def.	Mikhail Zayats	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	0	0:00
	Radmir Gabdullin	def.	Jonathan Leon	Submission	1	0:00
	Juan Manuel Suarez	def.	Vladimir Vladimirov	N/A	1	0:00
	Mikhail Malyutin	def.	Carlos Valeri	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	1	0:00
	Igor Savelyev	def.	Silviu Vulc	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)	1	0:00
	Viktor Nemkov	def.	Sergey Khramov	Decision	0	0:00
	Alexey Cherepovsky	def.	Maxim Rozhkov	Decision	0	0:00

M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria

M-1 Challenge 3: Gran Canaria^[4] was an event held on May 31, 2008, in San Agustin, Gran Canaria, Spain.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Jessie Gibbs	def.	Carmelo Molina	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:30
	Daniel Tabera	def.	Kamil Uygun	TKO (Punches)	2	1:58
	Jonathan Leon	def.	Jason Jones	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Juan Manuel Suarez	def.	Romano de los Reyes	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:17
	Bogdan Cristea	def.	Carlos Valeri	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:59
	Rayco Romero Silva	def.	Dani Estevez	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	1:10
	Jarno Nurminen	def.	Mike Ottman	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:15
	Rodney Wallace	def.	Toni Valtonen	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Lucio Linhares	def.	Moyses Gabin	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:39
	Janne Tulirinta	def.	Roy McDonald	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	4:36
	Niko Puhakka	def.	David Martinez	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:47

M-1 Challenge 4: Battle on the Neva 2

M-1 Challenge 4: Battle on the Neva 2^[5] was an event held on June 27, 2008, at The Flying Dutchman in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Alexey Oleinik	def.	Alexander Timonov	Submission (Ezekiel Choke)	1	1:09
	Jarno Nurminen	def.	Kirill Sidelnikov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mikhail Zayats	def.	Lucio Linhares	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Dmitry Samoilov	def.	Niklas Winberg	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Erik Oganov	def.	Janne Tulirinta	TKO (Punches to the Body)	2	0:56
	Mikhail Malyutin	def.	Niko Puhakka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:16
	Rogent Lloret	def.	Akhmed Sultanov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Besiki Gerenava	def.	Rafael Rodriguez	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:10
	Ansar Chalangov	def.	Eulogio Fernandez	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	1:18
	Juan Manuel Suarez	def.	Islam Karimov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuri Ivlev	def.	Carlos Valeri	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:29
	Andrey Lisitsyn	def.	Artur Korchemny	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

M-1 Challenge 5: Japan

M-1 Challenge 5: Japan^[6] was an event held on July 17, 2008, at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tatsuya Mizuno	def.	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi	KO (Punches)	1	4:13
	Jessie Gibbs	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	TKO (Knees and Punches)	1	1:34
	Kamil Uygun	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	TKO (Knees and Punches)	1	4:52
	Jason Jones	def.	Yuta Watanabe	TKO (Punches)	2	2:03
	Romano de los Reyes	def.	Ken Hamamura	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Daisuke Nakamura	def.	Bogdan Cristea	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuki Ito	def.	Takaaki Aoki	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Seigo Inoue	def.	Munehiro Kin	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Malick N'diaye	def.	James Jack	Submission (Keylock)	1	3:54
	Christian M'Pumbu	def.	Barry Guerin	TKO (Punches)	1	0:32
	Karl Amoussou	def.	Mike Dolce	TKO (Kick to the Body)	2	0:41
	Jake Ellenberger	def.	Farouk Lakebir	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	David Gardner	def.	Samuel Judes	TKO (Punches)	1	3:16

M-1 Challenge 6: Korea

M-1 Challenge 6: Korea^[7] was an event held on August 29, 2008, in South Korea.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Sang Soo Lee	def.	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	4:33
	Min Suk Heo	def.	Radmir Gabdullin	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jeremiah Constant	def.	Ji-Hoon Kim	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:55
	Mu Jin Na	def.	Bryan Harper	KO (Punches)	1	0:42
	Hyun Gyu Lim	def.	Brandon Magana	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	3:58
	Jake Ellenberger	def.	Doo Won Seo	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	3:04
	David Gardner	def.	Jang Yong Kim	TKO (Punches)	1	0:59
	Won Sik Park	def.	Furdjel de Windt	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Stefan Struve	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:30
	Bruno Carvalho	def.	Tatsuya Mizuno	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jordan Radev	def.	Yuya Shirai	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Norman Paraisy	def.	Hidehiko Hasegawa	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Daisuke Nakamura	def.	Wim Deputter	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

M-1 Challenge 7: UK

M-1 Challenge 7: UK^[8] was an event held on September 27, 2008, at The Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham, England.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Matteo Minonzio	def.	Wayne Buck	Submission (Strikes)	1	1:51
	Jim Wallhead	def.	Igor Araujo	TKO (Punches)	1	1:19
	Kirill Sidelnikov	def.	James Jack	TKO (Punches)	1	1:28
	Mikhail Zayats	def.	John Cornett	Submission (Hand Injury)	2	0:44
	Dmitry Samoilov	def.	Bryan Harper	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Erik Oganov	def.	Brandon Magana	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Mikhail Malyutin	def.	Beau King	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:59
	Christian Smith	def.	Clifford Hall	TKO (Punches)	2	0:33
	Akhmed Sultanov	def.	Sylwester Oleksy	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Gadzhimurad Omarov	def.	Nills van Noord	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sergey Kornev	def.	Rosen Dimitrov	TKO (Punches)	1	2:59
	Jason Ponet	def.	Sergey Verdesh	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Musa Khamanaev	def.	Wim Deputter	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

M-1 Challenge 8: USA

M-1 Challenge 8: USA^[9] was an event held on October 29, 2008, at The Harrah's Casino in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mike Whitehead	def.	Leo Pla	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:20
	Bobby Voelker	def.	Amir Rahnavardi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sang Soo Lee	def.	Malick N'diaye	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:58
	Eun-Su Lee	def.	Karl Louis Jean	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	4:22
	Karl Amoussou	def.	Min Suk Heo	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Do Hyung Kim	def.	Farouk Lakebir	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Makhtar Gueye	def.	Se Young Kim	KO (Punches to the Body)	1	1:02
	Rogent Lloret	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tatsuya Mizuno	def.	Jose Beltran Martinez	TKO (Punches)	1	1:53
	Yuya Shirai	def.	Rafael Rodriguez	Submission (Kimura)	1	2:16
	Hidehiko Hasegawa	def.	Javier Martinez	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Daisuke Nakamura	def.	Carlos Valeri	Submission (Flying Armbar)	1	0:26

M-1: Staredown 2

M-1: Staredown 2^[10] was an event held on November 16, 2008, in Germany.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tommy Depret	def.	Cengiz Dana	TKO (Punches)	2	4:28
	Raymond Jarman	def.	Fatih Dogan	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kurt Verschueren	def.	Hartwich Owen	TKO (Punches)	1	0:00

M-1 Challenge 9: Russia

M-1 Challenge 9: Russia^[11] was an event held on November 21, 2008, at The Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Sang Soo Lee	TKO (Punches)	1	2:40
	Kirill Sidelnikov	def.	Jong Wang Kim	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	0:12
	Mikhail Zayats	def.	Seung-Bae Whi	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Dmitry Samoilov	def.	Min Suk Heo	TKO (Punches)	2	2:28
	Do Hyung Kim	def.	Erik Oganov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	0:57
	Mikhail Malyutin	def.	Yui Chul Nam	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Gilbert Yvel	def.	Alexander Timonov	TKO (Punches)	1	0:22
	Jessie Gibbs	def.	Akhmed Sultanov	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:12
	Besiki Gerenava	def.	Kamil Uygun	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Ansar Chalangov	def.	Jason Jones	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	1:28
	Magomed Shikshabekov	def.	Romano de los Reyes	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	0:58
	Bogdan Cristea	def.	Musa Khamanaev	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	1:21
	Igor Gerus	def.	Alexander Volkov	TKO (Punches)	1	3:24
	Kirill Sukhomlinov	def.	Alexei Nazarov	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:25

M-1 Challenge 10: Finland

M-1 Challenge 10: Finland^[12] was an event held on November 26, 2008, at The Töölö Sports Hall in Helsinki, Finland.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Victor Valimaki	def.	Rodney Glunder	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:14
	Toni Valtonen	def.	Mousa Niangane	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:00
	Christian M'Pumbu	def.	Marcus Vanttinen	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:15
	Lucio Linhares	def.	Karl Amoussou	TKO (Punches)	1	4:52
	Janne Tulirinta	def.	Farouk Lakebir	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	1	2:23
	Niko Puhakka	def.	Makhtar Gueye	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Mathias Klockars	def.	Jordy Peute	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Rogent Lloret	def.	Michal Kita	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:09
	Enoc Solves Torres	def.	Valdas Pocevicius	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jordan Radev	def.	Rafael Rodriguez	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:08
	Jose Beltran Martinez	def.	Jason Ponet	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	3:32
	Juha-Pekka Vainikainen	def.	Jose Luis Zapater	KO (Punch)	1	1:57
	Janne Elonen-Kulmala	def.	Nicklas Bergman	KO (Punches)	2	0:20

See also

• M-1 Global