New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rusia (Maio 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 Desafío 78 main event at Orenburg, Rusia.

M-1 Desafío 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rusia, Brasil, Bielorrusia, EUA, Reino Unido, Suecia, 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) no país, en Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “proceso de sentimento-out” trocos de simple de golpes con Ismagulov traballar máis cos pés, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, con todo, dominou as próximas tres roldas e Divnich, cuxa severamente danado, cara ensanguentado mostrou os efectos nocivos do asalto continuo da Ismagulov, foi incapaz de cambiar as cousas no quinto. As the finished neared, Ismagulov non presentou o seu opoñente xogo ata que unha avalancha de sen resposta perforados choveu nun Divnich indefenso. 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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Tras a loita 5,000 fans celebraron, ruxindo súa aprobación para Ismagulov, que dixo: “Eu son da rexión de Orenburg. I gañou o cinto! Grazas por vir. Quero agradecer a MMA Orenburg, meu adestrador, Victor Frolov, que me viu como un talento, e Alexander Shlemenko por crer en min. Agradezo aos meus adestradores, miña familia, e os nosos seguidores.

“Eu xa demostrou que un cara simple dunha pequena vila sen a Internet pode facer-se campión. Se eu puidera, podes. The belt in Orenburg, onde debería estar.”

Luz ruso peso-pesado Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) parado Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), do Brasil, 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), de Bielorrusia, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “O único” 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), de Rusia, late in the third round.

Galo ruso 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).

Na acción preliminar tarxeta, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) eo brasileiro leve Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pereira (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, respectivamente, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) e Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), do Quirguicistán; 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) na primeira rolda, Pluma ruso Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) na segunda rolda, e 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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