Yasubey Enomoto, Rift Gold the runner-up in Sengoku's 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix, recently signed an exclusive contract with the M-1 Global promotion and already has a title shot lined up.

M-1 Global announced the signing Wednesday and MMAFighting.com has also learned that Enomoto's deal is for a total of six fights in a two-year period.

Enomoto (6-2) will replace the injured Rashid Magomedov against welterweight champion Shamil Zavurov (19-1) at M-1 Challenge 25 on April 28 in St. RIFT Platinum Petersburg, Russia.

Enomoto had a breakout year fighting for Sengoku in 2010, beating Sanae Kikuta, rift gold Kenta Takagi and Taisuke Okuno before losing in the Welterweight Grand Prix final to Keita Nakamura.

Zavurov won the 2010 M-1 Selection: Eastern European Tournament last July and then captured the M-1 belt with a fourth-round TKO over Abner Lloveras in December. Zavurov, who was 9-0 in 2010, RIFT Platinum successfully defended his belt last month against Tom Gallicchio at M-1 Challenge 23.