New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rusia (May 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 Challenge 78 main event at Orenburg, Rusia.

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

The title fight commenced with a “koyo-metu proses” ijol-ijolan kang prasaja saka ngunekke karo Ismagulov apa liyane nganggo sikilé, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Nanging, didominasi telung babak sabanjure lan Divnich, kang rusak nemen, pasuryan getih nuduhake ing efek gerah saka serangan terus Ismagulov kang, Tukang nguripake iku watara ing kalima. As the finished neared, Ismagulov gagal kanggo ngirim mungsuh game kang nganti Lamongan saka mantep njotosi udan ing Divnich defenseless. 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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Sawise perang 5,000 pembuangan ngrayakake, roaring persetujuan kanggo Ismagulov, sing ngandika: “Aku saka wilayah Orenburg. Aku menang sabuk! Thanks kanggo teka. Aku arep kanggo thank MMA Orenburg, pelatih sandi, Victor Frolov, sing weruh kula minangka bakat, lan Alexander Shlemenko kanggo pracaya marang Aku,. Aku matur pelatih sandi, kulawarga, lan pembuangan kita.

“Aku wis mbuktèkaké yèn wong prasaja saka desa cilik tanpa internet bisa dadi juara. Yen aku bisa, sampeyan bisa. The belt in Orenburg, ngendi sing arep.”

Cahya abot Rusian Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) mandegake Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), saka Brazil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhães (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), Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Salah” 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.

Bantamweight Rusia 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).

Ing tumindak kertu pambuka, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) lan Brasil entheng Rubenilton “Rubinho” Woh pir (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, mungguh, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) lan Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), 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) ing babak pisanan, Featherweight Rusia Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) ing babak loro, lan 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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