Yuri Ivlev is rightfully among the most honored lightweights in Russian mixed martial arts. He began performing in 2003 and over the 13 years of his busy fighting career, he had more than 30 officially registered fights, not counting numerous unregistered tournaments in pankration and other types of mixed styles during the era of the formation of MMA in our country.
In December 2009, together with the Legion club, he made it to the final of the M-1 Challenge World Team Championship, defeating three opponents in a row in the group stage and in the semi-finals of the tournament.
The Russian team was up against the US East team, which, oddly enough, included more Brazilians than Americans. In particular, Ivan Jorge became Yuri's opponent in the very first fight of the team battle. The Brazilian fighter, nicknamed Batman, was considered at that time one of the best prospects in his country. At that time, he had 11 professional fights and won all 11 of them.
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