World championship lightweight title bout between the Champion Roman Bogatov (7-0) of Russia and the Brazilian Challenger Michel Silva (21-7-1) will headline the show.
Roman Bogatov is an undefeated reigning M-1 Challenge champion of the world. #Bogatov had a successful amateur #MMA career and on professional level he keeps crushing his opponents. The Champ has outstanding #wrestling and #grappling skills and not a single opponent could defend his takedown attempts. Solid wrestling helps Roman take his opponent to the ground and after that he uses his grappling skills to choke them out.
Brazilian Michel #Silva got his first M-1 Global victory in China and now China may also become the place where Sassarito wins his belt. Silva is the tallest #lightweight on the roster of the promotion and he knows how to use this advantage. Brazilian has never been finished in his career and 17 times he finished his opponents. Michel is a great striker and 15 fighters he knocked out throughout his career can prove it.
Wrestler Champion vs. Striker Challenger. The lightweight belt will be on the line on January 26th in #China!