New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russland (Mai 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-en utfordring 78 main event at Orenburg, Russland.

M-en utfordring 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russland, Brasil, Hviterussland, USA, UK, Sverige, 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) hjemme, i Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “Følelsen ut prosessen” av enkle utveksling av slag med Ismagulov jobbe mer med føttene, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, men, dominert av de neste tre runder og Divnich, som alvorlig skadet, blodig ansikt viste de syke effektene av Ismagulov fortsatte overgrep, var ikke i stand til å snu ting rundt i den femte. As the finished neared, Ismagulov unnlatt å sende inn sitt spill motstanderen før en kryssild av ubesvart stanset 'regnet på en forsvarsløs 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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Etter kampen 5,000 fans feiret, brølende sin godkjenning for Ismagulov, hvem sa: “Jeg er fra Orenburg-regionen. Jeg vant beltet! Takk for at du kom. Jeg ønsker å takke MMA Orenburg, treneren min, Victor Frolov, som så meg som et talent, og Alexander Shlemenko for å tro på meg. Jeg takker mine trenere, min familie, og våre fans.

“Jeg har bevist at en enkel fyr fra en liten landsby uten Internett kan bli mester. Hvis jeg kan, du kan. The belt in Orenburg, der det skal være.”

Russisk lett tungvekt Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) stoppet Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), Brasil, 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), Hviterussland, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “Den ene” 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), av Russland, late in the third round.

Russisk bantamvekt 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 foreløpige kort aksjon, 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, henholdsvis, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) og Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kirgisistan; 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 første runde, Russisk fjærvekt Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) i runde to, og 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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