M-1 Global has stumbled across a few issues for its next MMA event, but it wasn’t something a couple a logistical alterations couldn’t solve. The promotion announced Thursday afternoon that its M-1 Challenge 61 card had to be delayed and moved to a new country.
The event was originally slated to take place Sept. 5 as the second annual M-1 Challenge show in Beijing, but it coincided with China’s 70th anniversary celebration of its victory over Japan at the end of World War II. Chinese authorities have prohibited major events in the country from Aug. 20 through September.