Officer of the Omsk special forces “Viking” Maxim Yakobyuk made his debut in mixed martial arts only at the age of 37, when many athletes were already finishing their careers. But his excellent physical characteristics, fighting spirit and training in the Storm team under the leadership of Alexander Shlemenko made it possible to conduct very spectacular fights, which you can watch, including on our channel.
In 2017, he competed for the first time in the M-1 Challenge range and in two fights with extremely difficult opponents, he won two early victories and came close to the title fight. But a very difficult opponent stood in the way of the Russian fighter.
On June 15, 2018, at the M-1 Challenge 94 tournament, he met with the Brazilian Marcus Vinicius Lopez. The South American fighter nicknamed “The Mountain” at that time won both heavyweight fights at the M-1 Global tournaments, defeating Kurban Ibragimov and Evgeniy Myakinkin and, like Maxim, was going to claim the organization’s champion belt.

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