New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rwsia (Mai 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 Her 78 main event at Orenburg, Rwsia.

M-1 Her 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rwsia, Brasil, Belarws, UDA, DU, Sweden, 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) adref, yn Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “proses teimlad-allan” cyfnewid syml o ergydion gyda Ismagulov gweithio'n fwy gyda'i draed, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Fodd bynnag,, dominyddu y tair rownd nesaf ac Divnich, y mae ei difrodi'n ddifrifol, Dangosodd wyneb gwaedlyd effeithiau gwael o ymosodiad parhaus Ismagulov yn, oedd yn gallu troi pethau o gwmpas yn y pumed. As the finished neared, Methodd Ismagulov i gyflwyno ei gêm gwrthwynebydd tan morglawdd o heb eu hateb dyrnu bwrw glaw ar Divnich diamddiffyn. 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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Ar ôl y frwydr 5,000 cefnogwyr yn dathlu, rhuo eu cymeradwyaeth ar gyfer Ismagulov, a ddywedodd: “Rwy'n dod o ranbarth Orenburg. Enillais y belt! Diolch am ddod. Hoffwn ddiolch i'r MMA Orenburg, fy hyfforddwr, Victor Frolov, a welodd fi fel talent, ac Alexander Shlemenko dros gredu ynof. Yr wyf yn diolch fy hyfforddwyr, fy nheulu, ac mae ein cefnogwyr.

“Rwyf wedi profi y gall guy syml o bentref bach heb y Rhyngrwyd yn dod yn bencampwr. Os gallaf, gallwch. The belt in Orenburg, lle y dylai fod.”

Pwysau trwm golau Rwsia Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) stopio Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brasil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Bachgen uffern” 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), o Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Yr un” 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), o Rwsia, late in the third round.

Pwysau Bantam Rwsia 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).

Yn gweithredu cerdyn rhagarweiniol, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) a Brasil ysgafn Rubenilton “Rubinho” Gellyg (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, yn y drefn honno, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) ac Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), o Kyrgyzstan; 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) yn y rownd gyntaf, Pwysau plu Rwsia Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) yn rownd dau, ac 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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