Road to M-1: USA 2- April 4 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

M-1 Global
April 4, 2019  
Pipa Event Center
Yuma, Arizona, USA

Main Card:
Dakota Cochrane (32-13) vs. (16-4) Marcelo Barreira
Main Event | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Travis Wiuff (75-22)        vs.               (8-3) JR Lugo
Co-Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Travis Fulton (256-54)     vs.  (57-86) Shannon Ritch
Main Card | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Jamall Emmers (14-4)      vs.                                 TBA
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Marcelo Barreira vs. Dakota Cochrane headlines Road to M-1: USA 2

Brazilian middleweight Marcelo “War Machine” Barreira (17-4) takes on heavy-handed Dakota Cochrane (31-12), fighting out of Omaha, Nebraska, in the main event.

The 34-year-old Barreira is a jiu-jitsu specialist with 12 of his career wins coming by way of submission. Cochrane, 32, has fought in numerous organizations, including Bellator, and last November he knocked out former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the second round of their bare-knuckles fight.

The co-featured event is a heavyweight match between Travis Wiuff (75-22) and Josue JR Lugo (8-3). Wiuff, of Minnesota, has been a pro MMA fighter since 2001 having fought in the UFC, PRIDE and Bellator, among the more notables. Salinas, California’s upset-minded Lugo is stepping up in class to fight Wiuff and he’ll need to live-up to his nickname to defeat his much more experienced opponent.

Talking about experience, Iowa heavyweight Travis "Ironman" Fulton (254-54) holds the all-time record for most sanctioned MMA fights and still counting. A pro boxer as well, Fulton has competed in the UFC, WEC and Pancrase during his long pro career that started in 1996. He has been matched against another veteran, Arizona’s Shannon Ritch (57-84) in a Heavyweight Super-Fight.

California lightweight Jamall "Prettyboy" Emmers (13-4) will also be in action against an opponent to be determined.

Wow Travis Wiuff is still fighting.