New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rasha (Mayu 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 Watna 78 main event at Orenburg, Rasha.

M-1 Watna 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rasha, Brazil, Belarus, Amurka, Birtaniya, 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) a gida, a Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “ji-fita tsari” na sauki musayar naushe tare da Ismagulov aiki fiye da ƙafafunsa, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, duk da haka, mamaye na gaba uku akai-akai da kuma Divnich, wanda mai tsanani lalace, jini fuska nuna rashin lafiya sakamakon Ismagulov ta ci gaba da kai hari, bai iya juya abubuwa a kusa a cikin na biyar. As the finished neared, Ismagulov kasa mika wasan abokin gaba sai mai barrage na amshin ƙulli yi ruwan sama a wani matakin da 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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Bayan da yaki 5,000 magoya bikin, ruri su yardar for Ismagulov, wanda ya ce: “Ina daga cikin Orenburg yankin. I lashe bel! Godiya ga zuwan. Ina son in gode da MMA Orenburg, na kocin, Victor Frolov, wanda ya ga ni a matsayin iyawa, da kuma Alexander Shlemenko da muminai a ni. Ina gode wa kocina, iyãlĩna, kuma mu magoya.

“Na tabbatar da cewa mai sauki Guy daga wani karamin kauye ba tare da Internet iya zama zakara. Idan zan iya, you can. The belt in Orenburg, inda ya kamata ta kasance.”

Rasha boxing Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) tsaya Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), na Brazil, 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), na Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “The One” 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), Rasha, late in the third round.

Rasha bantamweight 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).

A na farko da katin mataki, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) da kuma Brazil hur Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, bi da bi, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) da kuma Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), na 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) a zagayen farko, Rasha featherweight Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) a zagaye biyu, da kuma 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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