‘M-1 Challenge 47’ Friday in Orenburg, OFFICIAL WEIGHTS

MAIN EVENT – M-1 CHALLENGE FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5 MARAT GAFUROV (8-0-0, 1 KO/TKO, 5 SUB), Champion, Dagestan, Russia 144 ½ LBS. LEE MORRISON (13-3-0, 4 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), Challenger, Okanogan, Washington, USA 144 ½ LBS.

(L-R) Marat Gafurov, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Lee Morrison

CO-FEATURE – HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 JEFF MONSON (49-17-1, 3 KO/TKO, 29 SUB), , Florida, USA 237 ¾ LBS. CHABAN KA (6-3-1, 0 KO/TKO, 5 SUB), Villeneuve-d’ Ascq, 246 ½ LBS.

(L-R) — Jeff Monson, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Chaban Ka

HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 Marcin TYBURA (9-0-0, 3 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), Lodz, Poland 242 ½ LBS. MARIO “Gladiator” PEREK (23-33-1, 12 KO/TKO, 7 SUB), Dubrovnik, Croatia 219 ½ LBS.

(L-R) — Marcin Tybura, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Mario Perak

LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 IVAN BUCHINGER (25-4-0, 6 KO/TKO, 15 SUB), Gabcikovo, Slovania 153 ¾ LBS. SERGEY GOLYAEV (23-10-0, 6 KO/TKO, 12 SUB), St. Petersburg, Russia 154 ¼ LBS. (L-R) — Sergey Golyaev, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Ivan Buchinger

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 LUIS FERNANDO MIRANDA (11-0-1, 4 KO/TKO), 6 SUB), Rio Grande, Rio Grande Do Sol, 202 LBS. VASILY BABICH (9-2-0, 3 KO/TKO, 5 SUB), Yeupatoria, Ukraine 202 ½ LBS.

(L-R) — Luis Fernando Miranda, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Vasily Babich

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 JULIEN WILLIAMS (4-1-0, 0 KO/TKO, 4 SUB), Orlando, Florida, USA 170 LBS. RASUL ABDULAEV (3-0-0, 1 KO/TKO, 0 SUB), Kolpino, Russia 169 ¾ LBS.

(L-R) — Rasul Abdulaev, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Julien Williams

FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 KAMIL MARON (4-1-0, 0 KO/TKO, 3 SUB), Tarnov, Poland 145 LBS. GEORGY FUROV (2-1-0, 1 KO/TKO, 0 SUB), Orenburg, Russia 145 LBS.

(L-R) — Georgy Fursov and Kamil Maron

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 ALEXEI KUNCHENKO (2-0-0, 1 KO/TKO, 1 SUB), Tyumen, Russia 168 LBS. ANATOLY SAFRONEV (19-20-0, 3 KO/TKO, 8 SUB), , Ukraine 169 ¾ LBS.

(L-R) — Anatoly Safronev, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Alexei Kunchenko

FEATHERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 MURAD MIRZABEKOV (1-0-0, 0 KO/TKO, 0 SUB), Orenburg, Russia 144 ½ LBS. SAID MAADZIEV (0-1-0), St. Petersburg, Russia 144 ½ LBS.

(L-R) — Murad Mirzabekov, M-1 promoter Vadim Finkelchtein and Said Maadziev

WHAT: M-1 Challenge 47: Battle in the Heart of the Continentent

WHEN: Friday, April 4, 2014

WHERE: Orenburgzhye Sport Hall, Orenburg, Orenburg Blast, Russia

PROMOTER: M-1 Global

LIVE BROADCAST: FREE at www.m-1global.tv (Friday, April 4 at 11 a.m. / 8 a.m. PT in U.S.A.). Also On Russia 2 throughout Russia and the Commonwealth of Individual States (CIS), as well as across the Middle East on Sports Channels

INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-1-Global/145250878842244

ABOUT M-1 GLOBAL: Founded in 1998, M-1 Global 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 and Los Angeles and affiliates in Seoul, and , the M-1 brand has staged more than 150 events worldwide, including the M-1 Selection, M-1 Challenge and M-1 Global and M-1 Global HWGP events, in addition to co-promoting Strikeforce events and M-1 Global on the Showtime network in the . Captivating live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 Global events have featured some of the sport’s top names, including , , Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Keith Jardine, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Yushin Okami, Mike Pyle, Denis Kang, Martin Kampmann, Amar Suloev, Chalid Arrab and Stephan Struve. 2014 promises to be another sensational year of world-class competition with 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. M-1 Global’s greatest asset is renowned fighter, Fedor Emelianenko.