Brandon Halsey recorded his first M-1 Global victory

KAZAN, Rusio (Septembro 23, 2017) – American MMA fighter Brandon “Virbovo” Halsey, fighting as a light heavyweight for the first time, won a hard-fought, three-round unanimous decision over his Russian opponent, Mikhail Ragozin, in yesterday’s (Sabato) M-1 Defio 83: Batalo 5 Ĉefa evento, marking the first international MMA event ever held in Kazan, Rusio.

En la co-#?efa?o, Aleksandro Doskalĉuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.

Eight different countries – Rusio, Usono, Ukrainio, Kartvelio, #Kaza?io, Brazilo, Kirgizio, and Netherlands – were represented by fighters in this international event.

The 30-year-old Halsey (10-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), fighting out of Huntington Beach, Kalifornio, 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 Defio 79 this past June to Russian MMA star Alexander 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, M-1: 2-0-0), de Ukrainio, used a choke hold to force Russian flyweight Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (11-3-1, M-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 lightweight Raul Tutarauli (18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0) took a three-round unanimous decision over previously undefeatedvladimir Kanunnikov (8-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0, De Rusio; American featherweightNate “La trajno” Landwehr (9-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) stopped his Russian foe,Miĥail Korobkov (13-3-1, M-1: 1-3-1), sur stampiloj en la dua raŭndo; Kazakh bantamweight Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0) elpuŝita Luan Fernandes (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in the second fame.

Nate “La trajno” 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, por-debutanta Rinat Shakirov En la tria rondo, and Russian lightweight Viktor Kolesnik (11-3-1, M-1: 2-0-1) doing the same to Netherlands kickboxing specialist Brian Hooi (14-7-0, M-1: 0-1-0), only in the opening round.

Ukraina duonpezego Vadim Shabadash (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) and Russian bantamweight alexander Osetrov won unanimous decisions over, Respektive, Russian Kirill Kusmin (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and pro-debuting Lenar Suleymanov, De Rusio.

Russian light weight Alik Albagachiev (4-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a majority decision win from Russian Ruslan Khisamutdinov (4-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0) kaj rusa veltera pezo Vadim Sinitsyn (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) had the exact same outcome versus Timur Gilimzyanov (4-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0). Brazila malpezaDiego Davela (18-6-1, M-1: 1-1-1) Kaj Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), De Kirgizio, fought to a three-round split draw.

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