New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russia (Ka 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 ba-Bothata ba 78 main event at Orenburg, Russia.

M-1 ba-Bothata ba 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, Belarus, USA, UK, Sweden, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

Ismagulov (11-2-0, M-1 ba-: 7-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Kazakhstan, fought Divnich (13-3-0, M-1 ba-: 7-3-0) lapeng, a Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “boikutlo bo-tsoa thulaganyou e” ya e bonolo fapanyetsana ea otla ka Ismagulov sebetsa haholoanyane le maoto a hae, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, leha ho le joalo, busitse tlang garela tharo le Divnich, bao senyeha hampe, tšollang mali sefahleho o ile a bontša liphello hampe Ismagulov o tsoela pele ho re hlasela, e ne e sitoa ho fetola lintho tse ka bophara ka bohlano la. As the finished neared, Ismagulov ile a hlōleha ho fana ka papali ea hae lireng ho fihlela ka barrage tsa arajoa otla pula e na ka mokhoa oa ho itšireletsa 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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Ka mor'a hore ntoa 5,000 Fans keteka, purumang amoheloe bona bakeng sa Ismagulov, ea ileng a re: “Ke ho tswa sebaka Orenburg. Ke ile ka ikhapela lebanta! Thanks bakeng sa tla. Ke batla ho le leboha ka MMA Orenburg, mokoetlisi oa ka, Victor Frolov, ba ileng ba bona hore ke be talenta, le Alexander Shlemenko ho lumela ho 'na. Ke leboha makareche ka, lelapa la ka, le Fans rona.

“Ke ile a bontša hore o bonolo Guy ho tloha motsaneng o ntle le Internet e ka ba 'mampoli. Haeba ke ka, u ka khona. The belt in Orenburg, moo ho e lokela ho ba.”

Russia leseli heavyweight Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1 ba-: 2-0-0) ile a khaotsa ho Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 ba- 0-1-0), ea Brazil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (10-3-0, M-1 ba-: 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 ba-: 4-2-0), ea Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “ea” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1 ba-: 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 ba-: 4-3-0), ea Russia, late in the third round.

Russia bantamweight Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (9-2-1, M-1 ba-: 2-1-1) won a three-round unanimous decision over veteran Brazilian fighter, Fabricio “Bill” Sarraff (23-10-0, M-1 ba-: 0-2-0).

A selelekela karete khato, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1 ba-: 0-1-0) and Brazilian lightweight Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pere (17-5-0, M-1 ba-: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, ka ho latellana, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1 ba-: 1-1-0) le Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1 ba-: 0-1-0), ea Kyrgyzstan; pro-debuting Russian lightweight Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0) used a bravo choke to submit Brit Richard “Rico” Franco (2-2-0, M-1 ba-: 0-1-0) a ga tikologo ya ntlha, Russia featherweight Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1 ba-: 0-1-0) a ho pota-pota tse peli, le Salem Evloev (1-0-0, M-1 ba-: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Alexey Dubrovny (0-1-0, M-1 ba-: 0-1-0) in a pro-debut battle of Russian bantamweights.

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