One of the most spectacular striking style fighters in Russian mixed martial arts, the Russian kickboxing champion and the UKADO world champion Artur Huseynov met with an experienced Ukrainian fighter, pankration World Cup winner and world combat sambo vice-champion Evgeny Fomenko.
Their fight took place on December 8, 2012 at the M-1 Challenge 36 tournament
By that time, the Ukrainian fighter had won knockout victories over such masters of mixed martial arts as Murad Kamilov, Albert Duraev and Renat Latifov. And Artur Huseynov simply covered his fighting path with knocked out opponents. Therefore, the audience had the right to expect something special in this battle.