1 type private industry mixed martial arts promotion founded 1997 founder vadim finkelchtein headquarters st. petersburg russia key people fedor emelianenko parent m 1 global holding 1 website http www.m1global.tv m 1 global mixfight 1 or mma 1 mixed martial arts 1 2 is a mixed martial arts promotion based in st. petersburg russia which organizes between 100 and 200 competitions per year . the public faces of m 1 global are president vadim finkelstein 3 and part owner fedor emelianenko . 4 it hosted its first major show rather than co promoting with other organizations entitled m 1 global presents breakthrough on august 28 2009 at memorial hall in kansas city . 5 m 1 in 2009 signed a contract to co promote with explosion entertainment . 6 contents 1 m 1 challenge 2 m 1 selection 3 current m 1 global champions 4 see also 5 references 6 external links m 1 challenge edit main article m 1 challenge m 1 challenge is a competition organized with a series of events held in many places around the world . the events are broadcast in over 100 countries mainly russia europe and the fsu countries . 3 m 1 selection edit main article m 1 selection the m 1 selection is a mma competition where the next generation of fighters are given the opportunity to showcase their skills on the world stage with fighters being eliminated after only one loss ; victory will advance the winning fighters throughout the tournament and earn them a trip to the championship event where they will compete for a m 1 selection title . 7 current m 1 global champions edit men s division upper weight limit champion nationality since title defenses next fight heavyweight no limit alexander volkov russia february 19 2016 m1g64 1 light heavyweight 205 lb 93 kg ; 14.6 st rashid yusupov russia may 27 2016 m1g66 0 middleweight 185 lb 84 kg ; 13.2 st ramazan emeev russia april 10 2015 1 alexander shlemenko welterweight 170 lb 77 kg ; 12 st alexey kunchenko russia april 9 2016 m1g65 0 lightweight 155 lb 70 kg ; 11.1 st alexander butenko ukraine june 4 2016 m1g67 0 featherweight 145 lb 66 kg ; 10.4 st ivan buchinger slovakia october 17 2014 1 magomed idrisov at see also edit mma portal list of current mixed martial arts champions list of m 1 global events m 1 challenge references edit https m1global.tv contacts 1 1 in russian . mixfight.ru . 2012 02 23 . retrieved 2012 11 18 . a b m 1 global press conference . m 1global . com . 2009 07 30 . retrieved 2012 05 07 . morgan john . m 1 global s jerry millen fedor emelianenko is not dodging brock lesnar . mmajunkie . king mo vs. mark kerr and exhibition match between fedor and mousasi set for m 1 breakthrough . five ounces of pain . m 1 and fedor officially join forces with strikeforce . m 1global . com . 2009 08 03 . retrieved 2012 05 07 . m 1 selection 2011 asia opening round 1 announced . m 1global . com . 2011 03 07 . retrieved 2012 05 07 . external links edit official website english v t e m 1 global m 1 challenge events m 1 global 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 m 1 challenge 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 list of m 1 global events m 1 selection v t e professional mixed martial arts organizations asia oceania ex . japan current art of war afc brace one road fc sfl urcc defunct legend fc ruff brazil current jungle fight shooto brasil defunct ivc canada current hard knocks kotc canada mfc wsof canada defunct tfc europe current bamma bushido fc cage warriors ffc ksw m 1 mma raju r 1 respect.fc ucmma defunct 10th legion cage contender cage rage finnfight slamm japan current deep jewels igf pancrase rings rizin ff shooto vtj zst defunct cage force dream hero s pride fc risingon smackgirl src valkyrie united states current bellator cffc invicta fc kotc legacy fc rfa tpf titan fc ufc wsof xfc defunct amma affliction ef elitexc proelite ifl pfc shark fights strikeforce usa mma wec wfa category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title m 1 global & oldid 740799416 categories organizations established in 1997mixed martial arts organizationsmixed martial arts in russiam 1 global eventshidden categories cs1 uses russian language script ru cs1 russian language sources ru navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch italiano polskiportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 11 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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