M-1 Global

M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year.

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, Kansas.

M-1, in 2009, signed a contract to co-promote with Explosion Entertainment.

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.

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.

UFC Partnership
On July 18, 2018, it was announced that M-1 has agreed in a partnership with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) where M-1 Global serves as the farm league for the UFC to scout Russian fighters for the UFC and involves in preparation and organizes new shows in Russia. Part of the deal also allows M-1 champions to have the opportunity to sign with the UFC.

M-1 Global Heavyweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 120 kg

M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 93 kg

M-1 Global Middleweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 84 kg

M-1 Global Welterweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 77 kg

M-1 Global Lightweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 70 kg

M-1 Global Featherweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 65 kg

M-1 Global Bantamweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 61 kg

M-1 Global Flyweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 57 kg

M-1 USA National Welterweight Championship

 * Weight limit: 77 kg

Notable fighters

 * 🇷🇺 Fedor Emelianenko
 * Alistair Overeem
 * 🇷🇺 Khabib Nurmagomedov
 * 🇺🇸 Jeff Monson
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Volkov
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Oliynyk
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Kharitonov
 * 🇧🇷 Pedro Rizzo
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Shlemenko
 * 🇷🇺 Vadim Nemkov
 * 🇧🇷 Vinny Magalhães
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Emelianenko
 * 🇺🇸 Paul Bradley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil De Fries
 * 🇧🇷 Carlos Eduardo
 * 🇷🇺 Ramazan Emeev
 * Yasubey Enomoto
 * 🇧🇷 Maiquel Falcão
 * 🇺🇸 Luigi Fioravanti
 * Konstantin Gluhov
 * 🇵🇱 Damian Grabowski
 * 🇺🇸 Brandon Halsey
 * 🇯🇵 Satoshi Ishii
 * 🇨🇦 Chris Kelades
 * 🇷🇺 Rustam Khabilov
 * 🇧🇾 Alexey Kudin
 * 🇫🇷 Mickaël Lebout
 * 🇧🇷 Caio Magalhães
 * 🇷🇺 Rashid Magomedov
 * 🇧🇷 Ronny Markes
 * 🇺🇸 Cody McKenzie
 * 🇧🇷 Mario Miranda
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Narkun
 * 🇷🇺 Viktor Nemkov
 * 🇺🇸 Joe Riggs
 * 🇷🇺 Shahbulat Shamhalaev
 * 🇷🇺 Kirill Sidelnikov
 * 🇨🇲 Sokoudjou
 * 🇷🇺 Mairbek Taisumov
 * 🇷🇺 Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
 * 🇸🇰 Attila Vegh
 * 🇩🇪 Daniel Weichel
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Yakovlev
 * 🇷🇺 Shamil Zavurov
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Zayats
 * 🇺🇸 Hayder Hassan
 * 🇪🇸 Enoc Solves
 * 🇵🇱 Rafał Moks