New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russja (Mejju 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 Isfida 78 main event at Orenburg, Russja.

M 1 Isfida 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russja, Brażil, Belarus, USA, UK, L-Isvezja, 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) fid-dar, fl Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “proċess tat-sentiment barra” skambji ta 'sempliċi ta' daqqa bil Ismagulov b'ħidma aktar b'saqajh, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, madankollu, iddominat it-tliet rawnds li jmiss u Divnich, li serjament ħsara, wiċċ imdemmi wera l-effetti ħżiena ta 'attakk kontinwu Ismagulov tal, ma setgħetx jduru madwar l-affarijiet fil-ħames. As the finished neared, Ismagulov naqas milli jissottometti logħba avversarju tiegħu sakemm muntanja ta 'mhux imwieġba ippanċjati rained fuq Divnich difiża. 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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Wara l-ġlieda 5,000 fannijiet ċċelebrat, roaring approvazzjoni tagħhom għall Ismagulov, li qal: “Jien mir-reġjun Orenburg. I rebaħ il-ċinturin! Grazzi għall ġejjin. Irrid nirringrazzja lill Orenburg MMA, kowċ tiegħi, victor Frolov, li raw lili bħala talent, u Alexander Shlemenko biex wieħed jemmen fija. Nirringrazzja coaches tiegħi, familja tiegħi, u fannijiet tagħna.

“Stajt ppruvat li Guy sempliċi minn raħal żgħir mingħajr l-Internet jista 'jsir champion. Kieku nista, tista. The belt in Orenburg, meta dan għandu jkun.”

Heavyweight dawl Russu Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) waqfet Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), tal-Brażil, 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), tal-Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “il-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), tar-Russja, 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).

Fir-rikors karta preliminari, 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, rispettivament, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) u Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), tal Kirgistan; 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) fl-ewwel rawnd, Featherweight russian Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) fil round tnejn, u 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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