New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Venemaa (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 Challenge 78 main event at Orenburg, Venemaa.

M-1 Challenge 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Venemaa, Brasiilia, Valgevene, USA, UK, Rootsi, 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) kodus, aastal Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “tunne välja protsessi” lihtne vahetus puhub Ismagulov töötavad rohkem jalad, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, aga, domineerivad järgmise kolme ringi ja Divnich, kelle tugevalt kahjustatud, verine nägu näitas halva mõju Ismagulov jätkuvat rünnak, ei suutnud omakorda asju ümber viienda. As the finished neared, Ismagulov suutnud esitada oma mängu vastase kuni tulv vastamata löödud pritsitaks kaitsetu 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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Pärast võitlust 5,000 fännid tähistasid, möirgav oma heakskiidu Ismagulov, kes ütles: “Ma olen alates Orenburg. I võitis vöö! Tänan, et tulid. Ma tahan tänada MMA Orenburg, mu treener, Victor Frolov, kes nägid mind talent, ja Alexander Shlemenko arvata minus. Ma tänan treenerid, minu perekond, ja meie fännid.

“Olen tõestanud, et lihtne poiss väike küla ilma Internet võib saada meister. Kui ma saan, sa saad. The belt in Orenburg, kus see peaks olema.”

Vene valguse raskekaalu Mihhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) peatunud Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brasiilia, via punches late in the third round.

Brasiilia keskkaalu Caio “Põrgupoiss” 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), Valgevene, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “See üks” 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), Venemaa, late in the third round.

Vene Kääbus sarjalainen 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).

Esialgsetes kaardi tegevus, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) ja Brasiilia kerge Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pirn (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, vastavalt, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) ja Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kõrgõzstani; pro-debuting Russian lightweight Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a bravo choke to submit Brit Richard “Rico” Franko (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) Esimeses voorus, Vene sulgkaallaseks Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) Rahvuskarika kaks, ja 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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