Brandon Halsey recorded his first M-1 Global victory

KAZAN, Русия (Септември 23, 2017) – American MMA fighter Brandon “Бик” Холси, fighting as a light heavyweight for the first time, won a hard-fought, three-round unanimous decision over his Russian opponent, Михаил Ragozin, in yesterday’s (Събота) M-1 Challenge 83: TATFIGHT 5 Main Event, marking the first international MMA event ever held in Kazan, Русия.

В съвместно функцията, Александър Doskalchuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.

Eight different countries – Русия, САЩ, Украйна, Грузия, Казахстан, Бразилия, Киргизстан, and Netherlands – were represented by fighters in this international event.

The 30-year-old Halsey (10-3-0, М-1: 1-1-0), fighting out of Huntington Beach, Калифорния, was a standout wrestler at the California State University in Bakersfield. He is a former two-time Bellator whose decision to move up to light heavyweight from middleweight, after him being stopped in the opening round ofM-1 Challenge 79 this past June to Russian MMA star Александър Shlemenko, proved correct as he won a three-round decision over Ragozin for his initi al M-1 Global victory, establishing himself as a leading contender for the coveted M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title.

Doskalchuk (8-1-0, М-1: 2-0-0), на Украйна, used a choke hold to force Russian flyweight Vadim “Лош Дядо Коледа” Малигин (11-3-1, М-1: 2-2-1) to tap out in the second round. Doskalchuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.

In other main event action, Georgian лек Раул Tutarauli (18-3-0, М-1: 6-1-0) took a three-round unanimous decision over previously undefeatedВладимир Kanunnikov (8-1-0, М-1: 0-1-0, на Русия; American пероNate “Влака” Landwehr (9-2-0, М-1: 1-0-0) stopped his Russian foe,Михаил Korobkov (13-3-1, М-1: 1-3-1), on punches in the second round; Kazakh bantamweight Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, М-1: 5-2-0) продупчен Luan Fernandes (8-3-0, М-1: 0-1-0) in the second fame.

Nate “Влака” Landwehr celebrated his first M-1 win

The judges were very busy working the undercard as only two fights ended before the full distance with Russian featherweight knocking out his countryman, про-дебютирайки Rinat Shakirov в третия кръг, и руски лек Виктор Kolesnik (11-3-1, М-1: 2-0-1) doing the same to Netherlands kickboxing specialist Brian Hooi (14-7-0, М-1: 0-1-0), only in the opening round.

Украински полутежката Вадим Шабадаш (5-2-0, М-1: 1-0-0) и руски категория петел Александър Osetrov won unanimous decisions over, съответно, Руски Kirill Kusmin (2-1-0, М-1: 0-1-0) and pro-debuting Ленар Сюлейманов, на Русия.

Russian light weight Alik Albagachiev (4-0-0, М-1: 1-0-0) took a majority decision win from Russian Руслан Хисамутдинов (4-4-0, М-1: 0-1-0) and Russian welterweight Vadim Sinitsyn (2-0-0, М-1: 1-0-0) had the exact same outcome versus Timur Gilimzyanov (4-3-0, М-1: 0-1-0). Бразилски лекDiego Davela (18-6-1, М-1: 1-1-1) и Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (8-2-1, М-1: 0-0-1), на Киргизстан, fought to a three-round split draw.

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