Check out the quick preview for Friday’s M-1 Challenge 59 event featuring a main event between Sergei Kharitonov and Kenny Garner.
On November 25, 2014, Sergei Kharitonov and Kenny Garner fought for the better part of three rounds in the main event of M-1 Challenge 53 ‘Battle in the Celestial Empire' before the ringside doctor called off the fight to bring about an anticlimactic conclusion. Eight months later, the two heavyweights will cross paths once again at M-1 Challenge 59 in Kazakhstan to determine a undisputed victor.
During their first meeting last November, Garner, who served as a late replacement for the injured Satoshi Ishii, dominated the opening round and nearly found a submission against the durable Russian before momentum shifted back to Kharitanov late in the fight.