(PRESS RELEASE) -- Spanish Catalan professional mixed martial artist, Abner Lloveras, calls Barcelona his home and has ventured around the world leaving a trail of devastated opponents in his wake. As a Shooto and M-1 Global veteran, Lloveras has garnered an 11-4-1 record and currently sits on an impressive six-fight win streak on route to earning the 2010 M-1 Selection Welterweight Western European championship.
To kick off his run through the Selections tournament, Lloveras used a well placed knee to knockout a very tough Sunnat Ilyasov in the second round of the fight moving him forward in the brackets. In the semi-finals, Lloveras showed a well rounded game and finished Miljan Jaksic at the 4:20 mark of the opening round of their fight by rear-naked choke; the Finals’ knock-out win over Berrie Bunthof secured his champion status and earned him a title shot against Shamil Zavurov at M-1 Challenge XXII in December. Lloveras has proven to be a tough fighter who is not easy to finish.
When Abner Lloveras and Shamil Zavurov meet to determine the first-ever M-1 Challenge welterweight champion, American Selection tournament victor, Tom ‘Da Tank’ Gallicchio, will be waiting in the weeds for his opportunity to squash any hopes of a title defence. M-1 Global’s welterweight division is proving to be an extremely deep pool of talented athletes to draw from.