Amanhã acontecerá o M-1 Challenge 31 na China e terá a disputa do cinturão dos pesos-pesados entre o polonês Marcin Tybura (11-0) e o estoniano Denis Smoldarev (9-0) e terá mais 2 lutas de pesados no card principal entre Kharitonov e Garner e entre Grabowski e Gluhov.The heavyweight main event of M-1 Challenge 53 in Beijing is now official, as Marcin Tybura and Denis Smoldarev were cleared to compete at Monday’s weigh-ins.
M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Tybura weighed in at 248.5 pounds for his first title defense, while challenger Smoldarev checked in at 261.5 pounds. The bout tops an eight-fight card which streams live Tuesday at M1Global.tv from Beijing’s MasterCard Center beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET/4:30 a.m. PT.
Polish unbeaten Tybura holds an 11-0 record, including five wins via submission and four via knockout. He captured M-1 gold in August by choking countryman Damian Grabowski unconscious with a north-south choke at M-1 Challenge 50. His opponent, Estonian judo specialist Smoldarev, is perfect through nine bouts with a 6-0 record inside the M-1 ring.
The card’s co-main event features Pride and Strikeforce veteran Sergei Kharitonov (258.5) taking on former M-1 titlist Kenny Garner (260), while another heavyweight duel will see Grabowski (254) square off against Latvia’s Konstantin Gluhov (243).
M-1 Challenge 53 Weigh-in Results
Marcin Tybura (248.5) vs. Denis Smoldarev (261.5)
Sergei Kharitonov (258.5) vs. Kenny Garner (260)
Damian Grabowski (254) vs. Konstantin Gluhov (243)
Muslim Salikhov (169) vs. Victor Sckoteski (169.5)
Pavel Vitruk (144.5) vs. Rafael Miranda (144.5)
Honggang Yao (136) vs. Nikita Chistyakov (136)
Rijirigala Amu (134.5) vs. Sergey Morozov (134)
Jianwei He (135) vs. Movsar Evloev (135.5)
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Para quem não sabe Tybura e Smoldarev são os dois melhores pesos pesados fora do UFC (tirando possivelmente o campeão do Bellator, Minakov), são duas grandes promessas da divisão dos grandões, ambos tem facilmente nível para lutar no UFC, e não duvido que para o vencedor dessa luta será oferecido um bom contrato para irem para lá. Outra luta boa será a do Kharitonov, sempre gosto de ver o russo lutar.
Resolvi postar sobre esse evento dado a importância para a divisão dos pesados essa luta.

