Unexpected news came from the Legion club. The acting champion of M-1 Challenge in a light heavyweight Sergey Kornev on family circumstances is compelled to finish career of the fighter. The title becomes vacant and on M-1 Challenge 40 which will pass on June 7 in Ingushetia for it will battle Victor Nemkov (Alexander Nevsky of OEMK), 16-4 иСапарбек Safarov (Legion), 6-0

Sergey Kornev had very saturated career. In 1999 he became the champion of Russia on free-style wrestling and was entitled the master of sports, in parallel it was fond of other types of single combats and in 2007 debuted in MMA, having straight off won in a row seven victories, from them six ahead of schedule, having won a cup of the Black Sea and having become the winner of the Legionfight tournament. In 2009 together with club Kornev acted in a team championship of the world on the mixed single combats of M-1 Challenge - 2009, and including thanks to its three victories the Legion club won a rank of world champions that year. In 2011 after an one-and-a-half-year break Sergey returned to fights and on the M-1 Selection 2011 Europe tournament sent to a technical knockout of the Spanish fighter Antonio Gonzalez after that it took part in the M-1 Global Fedor vs Monson tournament and in the hardest 3-raundovy fight conceded according to the decision of judges to Salim Davidov. In May, 2012 Sergey fought on the Legionfight 11 tournament and in only 38 seconds sent to a knockout of Australian Fergyus Balfora.