Tybura to defend title Sept. 5 vs. Delija at M-1 Challenge 61 in Beijing, China
Aug 1, 2015 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - M-1 Challenge
heavyweight champion Marcin
Tybura will defend his title September 5 against challenger
Ante
Delija, headlining M- Challenge 61 in Beijing, China.
M-1 Challenge 61 will be streamed live from Beijing in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Viewers will be able to watch the preliminary fights and main card by logging on to register at www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all of the action on their computers, as well as on Android and Apple smart phones and tablets.
The 29-year-old Tybura (12-1, 3 KO/TKO, 5 SUB) captured the coveted
M-1 Challenge heavyweight title August 15, 2014, chocking out
defending champion Damian
Grabowski in the opening round with the M-1 Challenge 50
"Submission of the Night".
The 6' 3", 250-pound Tybura (on top in picture to left), fighting out of Poland, successfully defended his title in his first defense last November in Beijing against previously undefeated Denis Smoldarev, using another choke hold in the first round at M-1 Challenge 53.
Undefeated in his last five fights, Delija (14-2-0, 5 KO/TKO, 7 SUB) is a grappling specialist from Croatia, who is coached by M-1 Challenge light heavyweight contender Maro Perak, who is headlining M-1 Challenge 60 versus Viktor Nemkov on August 5 in Orel, Russia.
The 6' 5", 250-pound Delija (standing in picture to right) won a three-round decision over veteran Konstantin Gluhov last April at M-1 Challenge 56 to earn this heavyweight title shot. Delija, 24, and Tybura have two common opponents: both defeated Gluhov - Tybura by first-round submission - Delija lost to Smoldarev by second-round submission.
Fights and fighters are subject to challenge. Additional bouts will soon be announced.
M-1 Challenge 61 will be held in association with the Beijing International Economic Forum at a unique cultural business center, Chang An No. 1 (see picture below headline), which consists of 78 palaces and villas located on 3.2 million square feet (250,00 square meters) of natural landscape.
Fight Network will air M-1 Challenge 61 live on Cablevision's Optimum TV, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable, Suddenlink Communications and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., as well as nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in more than 30 countries throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
M-1 Challenge 61 will be streamed live from Beijing in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Viewers will be able to watch the preliminary fights and main card by logging on to register at www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all of the action on their computers, as well as on Android and Apple smart phones and tablets.
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The 6' 3", 250-pound Tybura (on top in picture to left), fighting out of Poland, successfully defended his title in his first defense last November in Beijing against previously undefeated Denis Smoldarev, using another choke hold in the first round at M-1 Challenge 53.
A former M-1 Challenge Grand Prix heavyweight titlist, Tybura is
coming off his only professional loss this past May at M-1
Challenge 57, in which he was stopped in the third round by M-1
Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan
Puetz in their "Super Fight," due to a severely broken
nose.
Undefeated in his last five fights, Delija (14-2-0, 5 KO/TKO, 7 SUB) is a grappling specialist from Croatia, who is coached by M-1 Challenge light heavyweight contender Maro Perak, who is headlining M-1 Challenge 60 versus Viktor Nemkov on August 5 in Orel, Russia.
The 6' 5", 250-pound Delija (standing in picture to right) won a three-round decision over veteran Konstantin Gluhov last April at M-1 Challenge 56 to earn this heavyweight title shot. Delija, 24, and Tybura have two common opponents: both defeated Gluhov - Tybura by first-round submission - Delija lost to Smoldarev by second-round submission.
Fights and fighters are subject to challenge. Additional bouts will soon be announced.
M-1 Challenge 61 will be held in association with the Beijing International Economic Forum at a unique cultural business center, Chang An No. 1 (see picture below headline), which consists of 78 palaces and villas located on 3.2 million square feet (250,00 square meters) of natural landscape.
Fight Network will air M-1 Challenge 61 live on Cablevision's Optimum TV, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable, Suddenlink Communications and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., as well as nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in more than 30 countries throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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