New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russia (Ka 27, 2017) – A new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion was crowned last night as Damir Ismagulov knocked out former champion Anya Divnich at the end of the fifth and final championship round in the M-1 Ịma Aka 78 main event at Orenburg, Russia.

M-1 Ịma Aka 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, Belarus, 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) n'ụlọ, na Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “mmetụta na-usoro” nke dị mfe mgbanwe nke na-efega na Ismagulov arụ ọrụ ọzọ na ụkwụ ya, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Otú ọ dị, adịkwaghị atọ ọzọ agba na Divnich, onye idiọk mebiri emebi, ọbara ihu gosiri nsogbu nke Ismagulov si nọgide wakpo, enweghị ike na-atụgharị ihe gburugburu na-ise. As the finished neared, Ismagulov okpu n'okpuru ya game iro ruo mgbe a-ekwu ọtụtụ nke na-azaghị chịngọm ná ntutu Mmiri zoro na a-apụghị ịzọ onwe 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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Mgbe agha ahụ 5,000 Fans na-eme ememe, ebigbọ ha ihu ọma Ismagulov, onye kwuru, sị: “M si Orenburg region. M merie ndị belt! Daalụ maka na-abịa. M na-ekele ndị Emmanuel Orenburg, m nchịkwa, Victor Frolov, ndị hụrụ m dị ka a talent, na Alexander Shlemenko kwere na m. M na-ekele m na-azụ, ezinụlọ m, na anyị Fans.

“M na-egosi na a mfe Ihọd si a obere obodo na-enweghị Internet pụrụ ịghọ mmeri. Ọ bụrụ na m nwere ike, ị nwere ike. The belt in Orenburg, ebe ọ ga-abụ.”

Russian ìhè heavyweight Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) kwụsịrị Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), nke Brazil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) tụgharịrị na mpụta mbụ M-1 dị egwu, using a rear-naked choke hold to submit Dmitry Voitov (15-7-0, M-1: 4-2-0), nke 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), nke Russia, late in the third round.

Russian 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).

Na mbido kaadị edinam, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) na Brazil fechaa Rubenilton “Rubinho” Ube (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, karị, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) na Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), nke 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) ke akpa gburugburu, Russian featherweight Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) na gburugburu abụọ, na Salem Evloev (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) were a atọ gburugburu otu olu mkpebi si Alexey Dubrovny (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in a pro-debut battle of Russian bantamweights.

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