New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rusland (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, Rusland.

M-1 Challenge 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rusland, Brasilien, Hviderusland, U.S.A, UK, Sverige, 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) hjemme, i Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “følelse-ud-processen” af simple udvekslinger af slag med Ismagulov arbejder mere med fødderne, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, dog, domineret af de næste tre runder og Divnich, hvis alvorligt skadet, blodige ansigt viste de skadelige virkninger af Ismagulov fortsatte overfald, var ude af stand til at vende skuden i den femte. As the finished neared, Ismagulov undladt at indsende sit spil modstander, indtil en spærreild af ubesvarede stansede regnede på en forsvarsløs 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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Efter kampen 5,000 ventilatorer fejret, brølende deres godkendelse til Ismagulov, hvem sagde: “Jeg er fra Orenburg-regionen. Jeg vandt bæltet! Tak for at komme. Jeg vil gerne takke MMA Orenburg, min træner, Victor Frolov, der så mig som et talent, og Alexander Shlemenko til at tro på mig. Jeg takker mine trænere, min familie, og vores fans.

“Jeg har bevist, at en simpel fyr fra en lille landsby uden internettet kan blive mester. Hvis jeg kan, du kan. The belt in Orenburg, hvor det skal være.”

Russisk lys sværvægter Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) stoppet Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brasilien, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Helvedes knægt” 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), Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Den ene” 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), Rusland, late in the third round.

Russisk bantamvægt 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).

I indledende kort handling, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) og brasilianske letvægts Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pære (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, henholdsvis, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) og Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), af Kirgisistan; pro-debuterede russisk letvægts 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) i første runde, Russisk fjervægt Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) runde to, og 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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