On Wednesday, April 15, M-1 Global hosted an MMA event in Minks, Belarus.
Dubbed ‘Black Square Heroes,’ the event took place within an empty arena in the Belarusian capital city and featured eight bouts with an international cast of fighters ranging from local Belarusian talent to Kazakh, Uzbek and Tajik fighters.
The main event saw Belarusian middleweight Denis Maher defeat Valijon Serdarov by front choke in the opening minutes of their bout, while the co-main event saw Vladislav Novitzky defeat Maxim Rzheusky by first-round armbar.
According to M-1 Global, the event took place under the “most stringent conditions as determined by trained medical doctors.