Two champions in striking martial arts, two high-level strikers with one-punch power. One of them was simply unbeatable, another one was the fighter who destroyed everyone on his way. This fight took place on March 30, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Khazakhstan at M-1 Challenge 101 event.

South American muay thai champion, student of Wanderlei Silva and Andre Dida, Brazilian fighter Kayck Alencar never lost in professional MMA. He won in all of his 9 fights, all by KOs. His debut in RAGE was in Kazakhstan as well, at the event in Atyrau he fought against the local Talgat Zhumagaliev and made the spectacular comeback after the tough first round.

Now another Kazakh was ready to take the revenge for his fellow countryman. Arman Ashimov is the true star in is homeland, and he also got a lot of new fans in M-1. Friendly and humble, Arman becomes the crushing machine as soon as the fight starts. However, when he was fighting for M-1 title, Arman suffered broken hand. By the time of the fight with Alencar, Arman has fully recovered and this time he was ready to put all of his K-1 striking power at his opponent.

Sniper-like striking style of Arman faced the aggression and offensive power of Alencar. This was had everything to become one of the best fights in 2019.