Starting with the tournament M-1 Challenge 59 "Battle of Nomads", which took place on July 3 in Kazakhstan, M-1 Global officially began to conduct fights in the weight category up to 61.2 kg, followed by a title fight between the strongest fighters of the division. The first official fight was a fight in which Andy Young (Northern Ireland), 6-6 and Sergey Morozov (Kazakhstan), 5-0 met.
The world champion in traditional Jiu-Jitsu and the holder of a black belt in this martial art Andy Young twice in the history of Northern Ireland - in 2013 and 2014 was recognized as the best fighter of his country. In mixed martial arts, he had 12 professional fights and today has an equal share of victories and defeats - 6 each.
His rival was Sergey Morozov, a fighter from Kazakhstan who did not know defeats in the professional arena. He has the titles of champion of Kazakhstan and vice-champion of Asia in mixed martial arts, as well as 5 victories in 5 fights in his professional career. In his debut fight at the M-1 Challenge tournaments, he fought in Beijing and at the end of the second round knocked out local fighter Rijirigala Amu.