Damian Grabowski vs Tadas Rimkevicius at M-1 Challenge 39

Some have called him "the best heavyweight in the world outside the UFC". Polish fighter Damian Grabowski, whose record is 16 wins with only one defeat has signed a contract with M-1 Global and will perform on May 23, at M-1 Challenge 39.

Grabowski has been among the top 15 heavyweights of the world for 6 years and during that time had 17 fights. The owner of a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu has 8 times forced the opponents to give up and 5 times he knocked them out. Only 3 of his bout went to a decisions, among them - the only defeat was to the invincible Cole Konrad. Among Grabowskis wins are such names as Michael Keith, Dion Starring, Eddie Sanchez, Miodrag Petkovic, Joachim Ferreira, Scott Barrett and Dave Hukaba.

Signing the top heavyweight was made ​​possible thanks to the President of the club Fightspirit, whose tournament Lions Fights 2 last year had Damian as guest of honor. At the same time he began negotiations with M-1 Global. Damians contract is signed and the only obstacle was a contract with MMA Attack, agreement was reached that during the M-1 event Damian will fight under the banner of the professional Fightspirit Team.



Now the Polish fighter is in one of the strongest clubs in the world - AKA, where he trains with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and Strikeforce Grand Prix champion Daniel Cormier. Damian surprised everyone at AKA with his dedication, technique and recklessness in training. After a fight in Poland Damian will fully focus on preparing for the M-1 Challenge 39.

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Great news!

Any idea who you think his first fight will be?

Junkyard Log wrote:Great news!

Yeah I´ve been waiting for this a long time. The M-1 HW division is getting stacked, hopefully they add Kharitonov and Aleks. Maybe they match him against Krylov but it´s probably better to build both fighters a bit first.

PRIDE FC wrote:

Junkyard Log wrote:Great news!

Yeah I´ve been waiting for this a long time. The M-1 HW division is getting stacked, hopefully they add Kharitonov and Aleks. Maybe they match him against Krylov but it´s probably better to build both fighters a bit first.

I agree that they should build both up first, and Kharitonov and Aleks rematch is something I've been wanting to see for a long time now.

Now that's a great signing for M-1, our #4 HW. It's probably a good thing they left him out of the tourney, though an eventual match between Monson and Grabowski would be awesome.

Can't wait to hear who his opponent will be.

Might as well fight Oleinik.

Great signing for M-1. Now we get to see him fight many of the other best HWs outside UFC. This is great news.

Give him a shot at Kenny immediately.

grabowski vs kenny garner title fight....

deuce loose so he is out, give him damian and the winner of the gp fights the champ...

if not....grabowski vs oleinik...

^Great call willie. Hope they make that Grabowski/Garner fight for the belt.

PRIDE NEVER DIE wrote:Give him a shot at Kenny immediately.

Makes sense and Garner should be ready to figth again May 23. The M-1 HW division is getting more and more interesting. They should put all focus on this division because that´s where the biggest fights take place and could be the key to success for the promotion.

At the tournament M-1 Challenge 39 , which will be held in Moscow on May 23 Damian Grabovsky ( Fightspirit ), 16-1 will face a well-known Russian fans of mixed martial arts veteran Tadas Rimkevičius ( Lithuania ), 20-9

Tremendous fighter nicknamed "Lithuanian bear" for 10 years speaks for MMA and during that time held 29 fights, 20 of them won. Only three of his fights have reached the decision that says Tadas always striving to end the fight early. His trump cards have always been a struggle, great physical strength and a great desire to fight to the end. Although recently the stars of heaven Lithuanian did not grab his enormous experience and skill makes it very difficult opponent in his 30 fight he is going to show all that he can about the enemy.

The composition of the tournament:


(84 kg) , Vyacheslav Vasilevsky , 18-2 - Charles Andrade ( Brazil ) 01/11/24



The battle for the title of M-1 Challenge featherweight title


Alexei Nevzorov ( Alexander Nevsky OEMC ), 7-1 - Marat Gafurov , 7-0



(Over 93 kg) Damian Grabowski ( Fightspirit ), 16-1 - Tadas Rimkevičius ( Lithuania ), 20-9



Quarterfinals M-1 Grand Prix 2013


Ibrahim Ibragimov ( Legion ), 5-1 - Denis Smoldarev ( Alexander Nevsky ), 5-0



(84 kg) , Anatoly Currents ( Alexander Nevsky OEMC ), 6-1 - Magomed Ismailov ( Golden Team ), 3-0

(Up to 70 kg) Nikolai Kaushansky ( MEI-Alliance ), 3-0 - See Fabricio Machado ( France ), 3-0

(Up to 77 kg) , Ilya Doderkin ( Sambo-Peter ), 2-0 - Islam Gugov ( Golden Team ), 2-2-1

(65.8 kg) , Vugar Bakhshiev ( Sambo-Peter ), 9-6 - Bekbulat Magomedov ( Golden Team ), 5-0

(Up to 70 kg) Zulfiqar Usmanov ( K4 ), 6-2 - Ruslan Fomin ( Golden Team ), 1-0

(Up to 70 kg) Ehtigat Adakishiev ( Azerbaijan ) 4-2-1 - Maxim Makarov ( Lyon ), 3-0


http://mixfight.ru/news/2013/4/26/Sopernikom_Damiana_Grabovskogo_stanet_Tadas_Rimkyavichus/

^Nice....Not quite Garner for the belt yet but if he wins this one, he should get Garner next.

MR.WILLIE wrote:

At the tournament M-1 Challenge 39 , which will be held in Moscow on May 23 Damian Grabovsky ( Fightspirit ), 16-1 will face a well-known Russian fans of mixed martial arts veteran Tadas Rimkevičius ( Lithuania ), 20-9

Tremendous fighter nicknamed "Lithuanian bear" for 10 years speaks for MMA and during that time held 29 fights, 20 of them won. Only three of his fights have reached the decision that says Tadas always striving to end the fight early. His trump cards have always been a struggle, great physical strength and a great desire to fight to the end. Although recently the stars of heaven Lithuanian did not grab his enormous experience and skill makes it very difficult opponent in his 30 fight he is going to show all that he can about the enemy.

The composition of the tournament:


(84 kg) , Vyacheslav Vasilevsky , 18-2 - Charles Andrade ( Brazil ) 01/11/24



The battle for the title of M-1 Challenge featherweight title


Alexei Nevzorov ( Alexander Nevsky OEMC ), 7-1 - Marat Gafurov , 7-0



(Over 93 kg) Damian Grabowski ( Fightspirit ), 16-1 - Tadas Rimkevičius ( Lithuania ), 20-9



Quarterfinals M-1 Grand Prix 2013


Ibrahim Ibragimov ( Legion ), 5-1 - Denis Smoldarev ( Alexander Nevsky ), 5-0



(84 kg) , Anatoly Currents ( Alexander Nevsky OEMC ), 6-1 - Magomed Ismailov ( Golden Team ), 3-0

(Up to 70 kg) Nikolai Kaushansky ( MEI-Alliance ), 3-0 - See Fabricio Machado ( France ), 3-0

(Up to 77 kg) , Ilya Doderkin ( Sambo-Peter ), 2-0 - Islam Gugov ( Golden Team ), 2-2-1

(65.8 kg) , Vugar Bakhshiev ( Sambo-Peter ), 9-6 - Bekbulat Magomedov ( Golden Team ), 5-0

(Up to 70 kg) Zulfiqar Usmanov ( K4 ), 6-2 - Ruslan Fomin ( Golden Team ), 1-0

(Up to 70 kg) Ehtigat Adakishiev ( Azerbaijan ) 4-2-1 - Maxim Makarov ( Lyon ), 3-0


http://mixfight.ru/news/2013/4/26/Sopernikom_Damiana_Grabovskogo_stanet_Tadas_Rimkyavichus/

Nice poster and card.

They're going to use the "Rage" again?

^I think Rage will be standard for M-1 events.

Damn, no more Rage please. Hope this thing goes away quick.

He doesn't look very good today.

Marcelo Tigre wrote:He doesn't look very good today.

Hopefully he steps it up as he should be taking on some of the top HWs of M-1 soon.

CDF47 wrote:

Marcelo Tigre wrote:He doesn't look very good today.

Hopefully he steps it up as he should be taking on some of the top HWs of M-1 soon.

i agree but Stav Economou should be added to the m-1 hw roster, if they are building a good one, his split dec loss to grabowski in poland deserves him a chance

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Marcelo Tigre wrote:He doesn't look very good today.

Hopefully he steps it up as he should be taking on some of the top HWs of M-1 soon.

i agree but Stav Economou should be added to the m-1 hw roster, if they are building a good one, his split dec loss to grabowski in poland deserves him a chance

Yup, that's a good point, they should pick him up as well.