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2012 M-1 Challenge season

M-1 MMA events in 2012

Field	Value
title	2012 M-1 Challenge season
league	M-1 Global
sport	Mixed Martial Arts
duration	March 16, 2012 – December 8, 2012
seasonslist	M-1 Challenge
seasonslistnames	M-1 Challenge
prevseason_link	2011 M-1 Challenge season
prevseason_year	2011
nextseason_link	2013 M-1 Challenge season
nextseason_year	2013

The 2012 M-1 Challenge season was the fifth season of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting presented by the M-1 Global promotion. The first event of the year, M-1 Challenge 31, was held on March 16, 2012, at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

List of events

Event	Venue	City
M-1 Challenge 31	Ice Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia
M-1 Challenge 32	Crocus Expo	Moscow, Russia
M-1 Challenge 33	Ingush centre	Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo	Ice Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia
M-1 Challenge 34	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena	Moscow, Russia
M-1 Challenge 35	Ice Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia
M-1 Challenge 36	Mytishchi Arena	Mytishchi, Russia

Event summaries

M-1 Challenge 31

M-1 Challenge 31: Oleinik vs. Monson was held on March 16, 2012, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In the main event, Alexander Emelianenko defeated Tadas Rimkevičius officially by technical knockout at 1:52 of the second round. Reports say that the first round of the fight was fairly even, though Emelianenko was able to drop his opponent late in the round. During the second round, Rimkevičius tapped out to the punches coming from Emelianenko.

The M-1 Global Welterweight Championship was won by Rashid Magomedov from Yasubey Enomoto after a five-round unanimous decision victory. In another featured bout, Jeff Monson faced Alexey Oleinik where Monson won a split decision victory.

Results

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Middleweight	BRA Bruno Carvalho	def.	RUS Ramazan Esenbaev	3
Preliminary	Middleweight	RUS Ilya Doderkin	def.	RUS Alexei Martinov	1
Preliminary	Flyweight	RUS Marat Gafurov	def.	Czech Republic David Kozma	2
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Vugar Bakhshiev	def.	FRA Jerome Bouisson	2
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	RUS Abdulmazhid Magomedov	def.	RUS Artur Shumakov	1
Preliminary	Heavyweight	Estonia Deniss Smoldarev	def.	RUS Denis Komkin	3
Main	Welterweight	RUS Alexander Yakovlev	vs.	RUS Shamil Zavurov	3
Main	Heavyweight	USA Jeff Monson	def.	UKR Alexey Oleinik	3
Main	Welterweight	RUS Rashid Magomedov	def.	JPN Yasubey Enomoto	5
Main	Heavyweight	RUS Alexander Emelianenko	def.	LTU Tadas Rimkevičius	2

M-1 Challenge 32

M-1 Challenge 32 is expected to be held on May 16, 2012, in Moscow, Russia. The event will include a Lightweight Championship bout in which Daniel Weichel will attempt to defend his title against Yuri Ivlev. But Yuri is injured arm and suffered a bout on June 21

Fight card

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	USA Kenny Garner (c)	def.	RUS Magomed Malikov	3
Main	Middleweight	BRA Mario Miranda	def.	RUS Arthur Guseinov	3
Main	Light Heavyweight	RUS Maxim Grishin	def.	Denmark Joachim Christensen	3
Main	Lightweight	RUS Musa Khamanaev	def.	BLR Artiom Damkovsky	3
Main	Light Heavyweight	RUS Arsen Abdulkerimov	def.	NED Jessie Gibbs	2
Preliminary	Welterweight	RUS Ramazan Esenbaev	def.	USA Daniel Madrid	1
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	POL Marcin Zontek	def.	RUS Salim Daudov	2
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Nikolai Kaushansky	def.	Lithuania Mantas Liulionis	1
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Iftikhor Arbobov	def.	RUS Igor Egorov	1

M-1 Challenge 33

M-1 Challenge 33: Emelianenko vs. Magomedov was held on June 6, 2012, in Dzheyrakhsky District, Russia.

Fight card

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	RUS Alexander Emelianenko	def.	RUS Ibragim Magomedov	2
Main	Welterweight	RUS Mukhamed Aushev	def.	Croatia Ivica Truscek	3
Main	Welterweight	RUS Khusein Khaliev	def.	FRA Patrick Vallee	1
Main	Welterweight	Spain Juan Manuel Suarez	def.	RUS Eric Oganov	2
Preliminary	Featherweight	RUS Yunus Evloev	def.	FRA Olivier Pastor	3
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Said Khamzat Avkhadov	def.	RUS Arsen Temirkhanov	3
Preliminary	Welterweight	RUS Sheikh-Magomed Arapkhanov	def.	Bulgaria Sunay Hamidov	1
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Murad Abdullaev	def.	Austria Arbi Agujev	3
Preliminary	Lightweight	FRA Cazal Philippe	def.	RUS Alexey Nevzorov	4
Preliminary	Middleweight	RUS Yuri Shurov	def.	Bulgaria Rafal Lewon	2
Preliminary	Welterweight	RUS Dzhambulat Kurbanov	def.	Spain Ivan Raul	1
Preliminary	Featherweight	Croatia Antun Račić	def.	RUS Salman Dzamaldaev	2
Preliminary	Lightweight	Croatia Ivica Dzebic	def.	RUS Ashot Pashyan	1

M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo

On April 6, 2012, Evgeni Kogan, Director of Global operations for M-1 Global, announced that the promotion will hold an event on June 21, 2012, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At this event, Fedor Emelianenko must face with Pedro Rizzo.

On June 21, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Fedor Emelianenko faced three-time UFC heavyweight title contender Pedro Rizzo in an event promoted by M-1 Global. Prior to the bout, it was rumored that Fedor would retire after taking on Rizzo. Originally denying any possible rumors of retirement at first, Emelianenko later announced his retirement in-ring post-fight after defeating Rizzo by knockout in the first two minutes of the first round.

Fight card

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	RUS Fedor Emelianenko	def.	BRA Pedro Rizzo	1
Main	Heavyweight	USA Kenny Garner	def.	GEO Guram Gugenishvili	3
Main	Lightweight	RUS Musa Khamanaev	def.	GER Daniel Weichel	1
Main	Heavyweight	USA Jeff Monson	def.	RUS Denis Komkin	1
Main	Featherweight	UKR Marat Gafurov	def.	RUS Mairbek Taisumov	3
Main	Featherweight	RUS Mikhail Malyutin	def.	Azerbaijan Renat Gasanov	1
Preliminary	Welterweight	RUS Ramazan Emeev	def.	RUS Albert Duraev	1
Preliminary	Featherweight	RUS Vugar Bahshiev	def.	France Jerome Bouisson	1
Preliminary	Featherweight	Ukraine Pavel Vitruk	def.	POL Radoslaw Piechnik	3
Preliminary	Heavyweight	RUS Akhamed Sultanov	def.	RUS Denis Goltsov	1
Preliminary	Middleweight	RUS Abdulmazhid Magomedov	def.	Uzbekistan Davrhek Isakov	1

M-1 Challenge 34

M-1 Challenge 34: Emelianenko vs. Glukhov was held on September 30, 2012, in Moscow, Russia

Fight card

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	RUS Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Latvia Konstantin Gluhov	5
Main	Light Heavyweight	RUS Sergey Kornev	def.	POL Marcin Zontek	5
Main	Welterweight	SUI Yasubey Enomoto	def.	Chechnya Khusein Khaliev	3
Main	Middleweight	FRA Gregory Babene	def.	Spain Enoc Solves Torres	2
Main	Lightweight	RUS Aliyar Sarkerov	def.	RUS Ekhdigat Adakishiev	3

M- 1 Challenge 35

M-1 Challenge 35: Emelianenko vs. Monson was held on November 15, 2012, in Ice Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

"'Fight card"'

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	USA Jeff Monson	def.	RUS Alexander Emelianenko	2
Main	Welterweight	RUS Rashid Magomedov(c)	def.	RUS Alexander Yakovlev	5
Main	Middleweight	RUS Ramazan Emeev	def.	BRA Mario Miranda (fighter) (c)	5
Main	Featherweight	RUS Marat Gafurov	def.	Azerbaijan Vugar Bakhshiev	1
Main	Heavyweight	Estonia Denis Smoldarev	def.	RUS Akhmed Sultanov	3
Preliminary	Lightweight	RUS Mairbek Taisumov	def.	ENG Leon del Gaudio	1
Preliminary	Featherweight	RUS Mikhail Malyutin	def.	UKR Artem Boiko	2
Preliminary	Lightweight	Belarus Artem Damkovsky	def.	CRO Ivica Truscek	3
Preliminary	Featherweight	RUS Pavel Vitruk	def.	RUS Ilya Ovechkin	3

M-1 Challenge 36

M-1 Challenge 36: Garner vs. Guram II was held on December 8, 2012, in Mytishchi Arena, Mytishchi, Russia.

"'Fight Card"'

Card	Weight Class	Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Heavyweight	USA Kenny Garner (c)	def.	GEO Guram Gugenishvili	4
Main	Middleweight	RUS Andrei Semenov (fighter)	def	ITA Michele Vergenelli	3
Main	Welterweight	RUS Artur Guseinov	def.	UKR Evgeniy Fomenko	1

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