New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rusija (Maj 27, 2017) – A new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion was crowned last night as Damir Ismagulov knocked out former champion Maxim Divnich at the end of the fifth and final championship round in the M-1 Challenge 78 main event at Orenburg, Rusija.

M-1 Challenge 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rusija, Brazil, Bjelorusija, SAD, UK, Švedska, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

Ismagulov (11-2-0, M-1: 7-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Kazakhstan, fought Divnich (13-3-0, M-1: 7-3-0) kod kuce, u Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “osjećaj-out proces” jednostavne razmjene udaraca sa Ismagulov više rade s nogama, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, međutim, dominira u naredne tri runde i Divnich, čiji je teško oštećena, krvavo lice pokazao lošim posljedicama Ismagulov kontinuirane napad, nije bio u stanju da može preokrenuti stvari u petoj. As the finished neared, Ismagulov nije dostavio svoju igru ​​protivnika do baraž neodgovorene udario padala na bespomoćne Divnich. The referee halted the action with 13-seconds remaining on the clock for a hard-fought Ismagoulov win by technical knockout.

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Nakon borbe 5,000 navijači proslavili, urlajući njihovo odobrenje za Ismagulov, ko je rekao: “Ja sam iz regiona Orenburg. Dobio sam pojas! Hvala što si došla. Želim da se zahvalim VMA Orenburg, moj trener, Victor Frolov, koji su me vidjeli kao talenat, i Alexander Shlemenko za vjerovanje u mene. Zahvaljujem mojim trenerima, moja porodica, i naši navijači.

“Dokazala sam da je jednostavan momak iz malog sela bez interneta može postati prvak. Ako mogu, možeš. The belt in Orenburg, gdje bi trebao biti.”

Ruski svjetlo u teškoj kategoriji Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) zaustavio Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brazila, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) turned in an impressive M-1 debut, using a rear-naked choke hold to submit Dmitry Voitov (15-7-0, M-1: 4-2-0), Belorusije, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Jedan” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made an auspicious M-1 debut, also using a rear-naked choke to submit his opponent, former M-1 Challenge welterweight title challenger Maksim Grabovich (5-3-0, M-1: 4-3-0), Rusije, late in the third round.

Ruski bantam Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (9-2-1, M-1: 2-1-1) won a three-round unanimous decision over veteran Brazilian fighter, Fabricio “Bill” Sarraff (23-10-0, M-1: 0-2-0).

U preliminarnim akciji kartica, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i brazilske lagan Rubenilton “rubinho” Kruška (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, odnosno, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) i Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kirgistana; pro-debuting Russian lightweight Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a bravo choke to submit Brit Richard “Rico” Franco (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) u prvom krugu, Ruski perolaka Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) u drugom kolu, i Salem Evloev (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Alexey Dubrovny (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in a pro-debut battle of Russian bantamweights.

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