M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global. The event took place on November 20, 2011 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.[1]
At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.[2]
Results
Main card
- Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) .
- Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Alexander Yakovlev vs. Juan Manuel Suarez
- Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2.
- Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1.
- Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2.
- Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.
Preliminary card
- Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Salim Davidov vs. Sergey Kornev
- Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision.
- Lightweight bout: Mikhail Malyutin vs. Seydina Seck
- Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Nicholas Kaushansky vs. Alexander Vinogradov
- Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.
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