New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russia (Tej zaum 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 sib tw 78 main event at Orenburg, Russia.

M-1 sib tw 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, Belarus, TEB CHAWS USA, UK, 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) nyob rau hauv tsev, nyob rau hauv Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “lawm-tawm txheej txheem” ntawm tej yam yooj yim exchanges ntawm blows nrog Ismagulov ua hauj lwm ntxiv nrog rau nws ob txhais taw, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Txawm li cas los, yeej tom ntej no peb rounds thiab Divnich, uas nws heev puas, ntshav lub ntsej muag tsom tus neeg mob los ntawm cov Ismagulov lub txuas ntxiv ua phem, yog tsis tau tig tej yam ib ncig nyob rau hauv lub thib tsib. As the finished neared, Ismagulov ua tsis tau tejyam xa nws kev ua si nrog sib ntaus kom txog rau thaum ib tug barrage ntawm unanswered punched rained rau ib tug nti 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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Tom qab kev sib ntaus 5,000 kiv cua lom, tsov lawv pom zoo rau Ismagulov, uas hais tias: “Kuv los ntawm lub Orenburg thaj av ntawd. Kuv yeej siv! Tsaug rau los. Kuv xav ua tsaug rau cov MMA Orenburg, kuv qhia, Victor Frolov, uas pom kuv li ib yam txuj ci, thiab Alexander Shlemenko txoj kev ntseeg nyob rau hauv kuv. Kuv ua tsaug rau kuv coaches, kuv tsev neeg, thiab peb cov kiv cua.

“Kuv twb muaj pov thawj hais tias ib tug yooj yim txiv leej tub los ntawm ib tug me me lub zos uas tsis muaj qhov Internet yuav ua tau zus ib. Yog hais tias kuv ua tau, you can. The belt in Orenburg, qhov twg nws yuav tsum tau.”

Lavxias teb sab lub teeb Heavyweight Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) nres Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), ntawm 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), ntawm Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “lub ib” 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), ntawm Russia, late in the third round.

Lavxias teb sab 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).

Nyob rau hauv ua ntej daim ntawv txiav txim, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) thiab Brazilian khaub-ncaws nyias Rubenilton “Rubinho” Txiv moj coos (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, feem, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) thiab Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), ntawm 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) nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig, Lavxias teb sab featherweight Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) nyob rau hauv round ob, thiab 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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