New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Larisi (Me 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 defi 78 main event at Orenburg, Larisi.

M-1 defi 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Larisi, Brezil, Byelorisi, USA, UK, Syèd, 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) lakay mwen, nan Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “pwosesis santi-soti” echanj nan senp nan kou ak Ismagulov travay plis ak pye l ', and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, sepandan, domine pwochen twa jij yo ak Divnich, ki gen kraze anpil, san figi te montre efè yo malad nan atak kontinye Ismagulov la, te kapab vire bagay alantou nan senkyèm lan. As the finished neared, Ismagulov echwe pou pou soumèt opozan jwèt li jouk yon pakèt san repons trou grennen sou yon Divnich defans. 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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Apre batay la 5,000 fanatik selebre, Roaring apwobasyon yo pou Ismagulov, ki te di: “Mwen se soti nan rejyon an Orenburg. Mwen te genyen senti a! Mèsi pou vini. Mwen vle remèsye mma Orenburg nan, antrenè m ', Victor Frolov, ki te wè m 'tankou yon talan, ak Alexander Shlemenko pou kwè nan mwen. Mwen remèsye antrenè m ', fanmi mwen, ak fanatik nou an.

“Mwen te pwouve ke yon nèg ki senp ki sòti nan yon ti vilaj san yo pa entènèt la ka vin chanpyon. Si m 'kapab, ou kapab. The belt in Orenburg, kote li ta dwe.”

Ris pwa loud limyè Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) sispann Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), nan Brezil, 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), nan Byelorisi, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Youn nan” 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), nan Larisi, late in the third round.

Ris 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).

Nan aksyon kat preliminè, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) ak brezilyen ki lejè Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, respektivman, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) ak Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), nan 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) nan premye tou an, Ris plum Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) nan wonn de, ak 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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