New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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Orenburg, Rusia (Mei 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 Tantangan 78 main event at Orenburg, Rusia.

M-1 Tantangan 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rusia, Brazil, Belarus, USA, Inggris, Swedia, 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) di rumah, di Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “Perasaan-out proses” pertukaran sederhana pukulan dengan Ismagulov bekerja lebih dengan kakinya, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, akan tetapi, mendominasi tiga putaran berikutnya dan Divnich, yang rusak parah, wajah berdarah menunjukkan efek buruk dari serangan lanjutan Ismagulov ini, tidak mampu membalikkan keadaan di kelima. As the finished neared, Ismagulov gagal untuk menyerahkan permainan lawan sampai rentetan terjawab menekan hujan pada Divnich berdaya. 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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Setelah pertarungan 5,000 penggemar merayakan, menderu persetujuan mereka untuk Ismagulov, siapa bilang: “Saya dari wilayah Orenburg. Saya memenangkan sabuk! Terimakasih telah datang. Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada MMA Orenburg, pelatihku, Victor Frolov, yang melihat saya sebagai bakat, dan Alexander Shlemenko mempercayai saya. Saya berterima kasih kepada pelatih saya, keluarga ku, dan fans kami.

“Saya sudah membuktikan bahwa seorang pria sederhana dari sebuah desa kecil tanpa internet dapat menjadi juara. Jika saya bisa, kamu bisa. The belt in Orenburg, mana seharusnya.”

Kelas berat ringan Rusia Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) terhenti Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brasil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) berubah menjadi debut M-1 yang mengesankan, using a rear-naked choke hold to submit Dmitry Voitov (15-7-0, M-1: 4-2-0), Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Yang satu” 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), Rusia, late in the third round.

Bantam Rusia Vadim “Santa yang buruk” 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).

Dalam aksi kartu awal, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) dan Brasil ringan Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pir (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, masing-masing, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) dan Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kyrgyzstan; kelas ringan pro-debut Rusia 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) di babak pertama, Bulu Rusia Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) di babak kedua, dan Salem Evloev (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) mengambil keputusan bulat tiga putaran dari Alexey Dubrovny (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in a pro-debut battle of Russian bantamweights.

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