When a world-class Olympic athlete switches to mixed martial arts, it is always an event. In 2016, Michel Batista made his debut in MMA – Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling, champion of the 2007 Pan American Games, four-time champion of the Pan American Championship, bronze medalist of the 2006 World Championship. He immediately won four victories in various American promotions and was invited to The Ultimate Fighter, where he reached the final. After which, on October 19, 2019, he arrived in Nur-Sultan to take part in the M-1 Challenge 105 tournament.

His opponent was the young Russian heavyweight Yuri Fedorov, nicknamed “Ragnar,” representing the Chelyabinsk club Ferrum. He was the champion of the Chelyabinsk region in mixed martial arts, and his crown was primarily a cannon strike from both hands.

According to preliminary scenarios, the audience was in for a real classic – a knockout striker against an elite wrestler. Youth versus experience.

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