With M-1 heavyweight champ [#51] Guram Gugenishvili injured for a second consecutive fight, Maxim Grishin steps in to take his place against Kenny Garner. Both men have lost to Gugenishvili via choke.
M-1 Challenge 27 – Garner vs. Grishin
October 14, 2011
Grand Canyon University Arena,
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
M-1 Interim Heavyweight Championship
Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#81] Maxim Grishin (11 – 5 – 0) vs. [#94] Kenny Garner (7 – 3 – 0)
M-1 Light Heavyweight Championship
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#65] Vinny Magalhaes (8 – 5 – 0) vs. [#80] Mikhail Zayats (14 – 5 – 0)
Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#87] Eddie Arizmendi (15 – 4 – 0) vs. [#275] Arthur Guseinov (8 – 2 – 0)
Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#190] Tom Gallicchio (16 – 6 – 0) vs. [*] Daniel Madrid (6 – 2 – 0)
Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#97] Yasubey Enomoto (7 – 3 – 0) vs. [*] Joshua Thorpe (10 – 5 – 0)