Light heavyweight über-prospect “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (3-0) and middleweight Brazilian "Spartan" Lucio Linhares (11-3) highlight Friday's M-1 Global Breakthrough in Kansas City that features an exhibition sparring match between Fighters.com’s Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (29-1) and Strikeforce light heavyweight champ “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1). Breakthrough gets started at 7:30 PM local time at Memorial Hall in KC and the meat of the of the card will be broadcast on HDNet at 10:00 PM EST. Outside of the United States, the entire card will be streamed via the Internet. Details are available at M-1 Global's website. Tickets starting at $25 can be purchased at Ticketmaster and there's a buy-one-get-one-free offer. Fighters.com asked Mousasi to explain the exhibition sparring format last Thursday. “It’s just like a light sparring," he said, and added that the exhibition won't turn competitive in front of thousands in Kansas City. "We are not animals. We can control ourselves." ...

The M-1 Challenge finals for the 2008 season will take place between Team Red Devil of Russia and Team Holland 26 December in Tacoma, near Seattle, WA, M-1 Global announced Monday. The match-ups are as follows: Lightweights Mikhail Malutin (7-5) v Bogdan Christea (4-2-1) Welterweights Erik Oganov (8-7) v Romano de los Reyes (5-3) Middleweights Dimitry Samoylov (5-4) v Jason Jones (5-2) Light heavyweights Mikhail Zayats (7-1) v Kamil Uyghun (6-3) Heavyweights Alexey Oleynik (6-4) v Jessie Gibs (3-0) Also participating in non-tournament bouts are Makhtar Gueye (3-2) of France, Tommy Depret (4-0) of Belgium, “Skull Cracker” Mike Dolce (2-5) of the USA, and Toni Valtonen (13-6) of Finland. ...

A rematch between badass British pugilist Wayne Buck (4-1) and Italian Muay Thai wrecker Matteo Minonzio (7-6) headlines a 13-fight card in Nottingham 27 September. Minonzio forced a doctor stoppage "W" over Buck in Nottingham in July, handing Buck his first MMA loss. Buck is a retired boxer hailing from Nottingham and looking for revenge.  He ended his career in the ring in 2000 at 10-4-1, winning his final five fights. Saturday afternoon before the fights, Red Devil fighter and coach Fighters.com's ninth-ranked heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko (13-3) will hold a seminar featuring DREAM Middleweight GP Champion Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1), UFC welterweight "Outlaw" Dan Hardy (19-6), and "The Machine" Ian Freeman (19-7-1). Just a week after winning a split decision over Brandon Thatch (3-1) in Beverly Hills, north of Los Angeles, Brandon Magana (6-1) will fight Red Devil's Erik Oganov (7-7) in Nottingham. ...