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M-1 Challenge 57: Puetz stops Tybura in champion vs. champion superfight

The full event results from Russia.

M-1 Challenge light-heavyweight champion Stephan Puetz managed to prevail over heavyweight kingpin Marcin Tybura in the organization's first-ever champion vs. champion super fight, at M-1 Challenge 57 in Orenburg, Russia last Saturday.

In the first two rounds, it looked like Tybura had the perfect strategy against the powerful and bigger German; clinching him against the ropes, taking him to the ground and attacking him with submissions there. But Puetz pushed trough it and made a strong comeback in the third round, where he wobbled the heavyweight champ with stiff uppercuts and knees, that ultimately crushed Tybura's nose and led to a stoppage by the ringside physician.