Weigh-in results for M-1 Global Challenge 27, to be held Friday at Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix:

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

• Vinny Magalhaes (204 lbs) vs. Mikhail Zayats (205) (for Magalhaes' light heavyweight title)
• Kenny Garner (255) vs. Maxim Grishin (220) (for interim heavyweight title)
• Arthur Guseinov (185) vs. Eddie Arizmendi (186)
• Tom Gallicchio (170) vs. Daniel Madrid (165)
• Yasubey Enomoto (168) vs. Josh Thorpe (166)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Ryan Crouch (158) vs. Fredrik Lumpkin (156)
• Mike Chavez (168) vs Joe Martinez (170)

Results from M-1 Challenge 25, held Thursday at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia:

• Vinny Magalhaes def. Viktor Nemkov via submission (mounted gogoplata), Rd. 3, 1:42 (light heavyweight title)
• Shamil Zavurov def. Yasubey Enomoto via unanimous decision
• Andrei Semenov def. Luigi Fioravanti via unanimous decision
• Ramazan Esenbaev def. Albert Akhmetov via TKO, Rd. 2, 2:48
• Ramazan Emeev def. Murad Magomedov via unanimous decision
• Juanma Suarez def. Arsen Temirkhanov via unanimous decision
• Alexander Volkov def. Denis Goltsov via TKO, Rd. 2, 3:06
• Maxim Grishin def. Vladimir Kuchenko via TKO, Rd. 3, 3:11
• Mikhail Zayats def. Malik Merad via TKO, Rd. 2, 0:51
• Alexander Yakovlev def. Christian Eckerlin via submission (rear naked choke), Rd. 2, 3:16

Yasubey Enomoto (6-2 MMA) has signed with M-1 Global and will replace an injured Rashid Magomedov in a welterweight title bout against reigning champion Shamil Zavurovat (14-1 MMA) M-1 Challenge 25 on April 28 at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The event will also feature a light heavyweight title confrontation between Viktor Nemkov (10-2 MMA) and UFC veteran Vinny Magalhaes (7-5, 1 NC MMA).

Also at 205 pounds, Mikhail Zayats (13-5 MMA) will lock horns with Malik Merad (10-6 MMA).

Rounding out the main card will be a middleweight affair featuring two UFC veterans as Andrei Semenov (29-9-2) goes up against Luigi Fioravanti (22-8 MMA).

A host of fights and participants today were announced for World Victory Road/Sengoku's year-end event, "Soul of Fight."

The event takes place Dec. 30 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, and the night's MMA lineup concludes an all-day martial-arts festival.

Confirmed bouts include a Yasubey Enomoto (6-1 MMA, 3-0 SRC) vs. Keita Nakamura (20-4-2 MMA, 2-0 SRC) welterweight grand-prix finale, as well as Asian bantamweight grand-prix semifinals of Manabu Inoue (11-5-1 MMA, 1-0 SRC) vs. Shunichi Shimizu (18-6-9 MMA, 1-0 SRC) and Akitoshi Tamura (15-9-2 MMA, 1-0 SRC) vs. Taiyo Nakahara (11-6 MMA, 1-0 SRC).

The event is expected to air in North America on HDNet.

Although opponents were not announced, additional fighters were confirmed for the card, including Akihiro Gono (32-16-7 MMA, 3-2 SRC), Kazuo Misaki (22-11-2 MMA, 3-3 SRC), Maximo Blanco (7-2-1 MMA, 5-1 SRC), Hiroshi Izumi (3-1 MMA, 3-1 SRC), Yoshihiro Nakao (9-2 MMA, 3-1 SRC), Masanori Kanehara (15-7-5 MMA, 4-2 SRC) and Kazunori Yokota (11-4-3 MMA, 5-3 SRC).