After a bloody incredible battle against Alexander Emelianenko, in which both the ring and both opponents were covered in blood, Kostya Glukhov simply could not help but earn a contract from M-1 Global. This organization has always valued real warriors, ready to fight and able to put up tough fights. The Latvian knockout artist, winner of a huge number of kickboxing and K-1 tournaments, was invited to participate in the grand M-1 Grand Prix of 2013, in which the leading heavyweights of those years, not bound by a contract with the UFC, were to fight. And he immediately got the current champion of the organization as his opponent. American Kenny Garner, who has not known defeat for two years. In the previous fight, he completed an epic confrontation with Guram Gugenishvili, which consisted of three fights. And in the intervals between battles with Georgian fighters, he defeated five more heavyweights ahead of schedule, including Magomed Malikov and Maxim Grishin. The fans were treate