Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko and Vyacheslav Vasilevsky fought for the first time in the main battle of the evening at the M-1 Challenge 64 tournament, which was held in Moscow on February 19, 2016.
It was a fight that fans of mixed martial arts in Russia and abroad dreamed of and argued about for many years.
Three-time Bellator middleweight champion, two-time Bellator Grand Prix winner, winner of many Russian and foreign tournaments in mixed martial arts and pankration Alexander Shlemenko, nicknamed "Storm" and Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, representing the Fightspirit club from the city of Kolpino. At that time, he had 27 victories in 30 fights, the title of five-time world champion and honored master of sports in combat sambo, and in different years he owned the M-1 Challenge champion belts in middle and light heavyweight.
Two great fighters, two incredibly spectacular drummers, a three-time Bellator champion against an athlete with M-1 Challenge championship belts in two weight categories, Alexander Shlemenko against Vyacheslav Vasilevsky - this fight undoubtedly was and will be one of the main events of 2016 in Russian mixed martial arts. , which is still talked about and debated about.