New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russia (Kia 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, Russia.

M-1 Challenge 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, Peraruhia, 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) i te kāinga, i roto i te Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “tukanga mana'o-i roto i” whakawhitinga o ohie o nga whiu ki Ismagulov mahi ake ki ona waewae, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Heoi, te nuinga te toru rauna i muri, me te Divnich, nei pakaru tino, whakakitea mata toto nga pānga kino o te huaki tonu o Ismagulov, Kāore i taea ki te tahuri mea a tawhio noa i roto i te rima o. As the finished neared, rahua Ismagulov ki te tuku i tona hoa tauwhainga kēmu noa te puhipuhinga o pahonohia weropepahia uaina i runga i te Divnich rākau. 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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I muri i te whawhai 5,000 pā whakanuia, hamama ana ratou whakaae mo Ismagulov, nei mea: “au e ahau i te rohe Orenburg. riro ahau i te whitiki! Ngā mihi mō te haere mai. e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki te MMA Orenburg, toku kaiako, Victor Frolov, nei i kite i ahau kia rite ki te taranata, a Alexander Shlemenko hoki whakapono i roto i ahau. E whakawhetai ana ahau ki toku kaiako, toku utuafare, me matou pā.

“Kua whakamatauria e ahau e taea te taata ohie i te kainga iti waho te Internet hei toa. Ki te taea e ahau, taea e koe. The belt in Orenburg, te wahi e waiho ai.”

Taumahamaha te marama Russian Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) mutu Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), o 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), o Peraruhia, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “te Mea” 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), o Russia, late in the third round.

Whā Russian 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).

I roto i te tuatahi mahi kāri, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Brazilian lightweight Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pear (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, aua, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) a Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), o 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) i roto i te taka noa tuatahi, Tekau mā Russian Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) i roto i te taka noa e rua, a 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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