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 Cabaran 78 main event at Orenburg, Rusia.

M-1 Cabaran 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rusia, 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) 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 “proses perasaan keluar” pertukaran mudah pukulan dengan Ismagulov bekerja lebih dengan kakinya, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, Walau bagaimanapun, mendominasi tiga pusingan seterusnya dan Divnich, yang rosak teruk, muka berdarah menunjukkan kesan yang buruk dari serangan berterusan Ismagulov ini, tidak dapat mengubah keadaan dalam kelima. As the finished neared, Ismagulov gagal mengemukakan permainan lawannya sehingga Meal berjawab menumbuk hujan pada Divnich bersenjata. 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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Selepas perjuangan 5,000 peminat meraikan, gemuruh kelulusan mereka untuk Ismagulov, yang berkata: “Saya dari rantau Orenburg yang. Saya memenangi tali pinggang! Terima kasih kerana datang. Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih MMA Orenburg, jurulatih saya, Victor Frolov, yang melihat saya sebagai bakat, dan Alexander Shlemenko untuk percaya kepada-Ku. Saya berterima kasih kepada jurulatih saya, keluarga saya, dan peminat kami.

“Saya telah membuktikan bahawa seorang lelaki yang mudah dari sebuah kampung kecil tanpa Internet boleh menjadi juara. Jika saya boleh, awak boleh. The belt in Orenburg, di mana ia sepatutnya.”

Cahaya heavyweight Rusia Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) berhenti Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), 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), dari 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.

Bantamweight 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).

Dalam tindakan kad awal, 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, 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; 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) pada pusingan pertama, Bulu russian Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) dalam pusingan dua, dan 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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