New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Russia (Mayo 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 Hamon 78 main event at Orenburg, Russia.

M-1 Hamon 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Russia, Brazil, Belarus, Estados Unidos, Reyno Unido, 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) sa bahay, sa Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “pakiramdam-out na proseso” ng simpleng palitan ng blows na may Ismagulov nagtatrabaho ng higit pa sa kanyang mga paa, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, gayunman, pinangungunahan ng susunod na tatlong rounds at Divnich, na ang malubhang napinsala, madugong mukha ay nagpakita ang masamang epekto ng patuloy na pag-atake ni Ismagulov, Hindi nagawang i-bagay sa paligid sa ikalimang. As the finished neared, Ismagulov nabigo upang isumite ang kanyang game kalaban hanggang sa isang barrage ng mga hindi nasagot na punched rained sa isang walang pagtatanggol 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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Pagkatapos ng away 5,000 tagahanga ipinagdiriwang, nagkakaingay ang kanilang pag-apruba para Ismagulov, na nagsabi: “Ako mula sa rehiyon Orenburg. Nanalo ako ng belt! Salamat sa pagpunta. Gusto kong pasalamatan ang mga MMA Orenburg, ang aking coach, Victor Frolov, na nakakita sa akin bilang isang talent, at Alexander Shlemenko para sa paniniwalang sa akin. Nagpapasalamat ako sa aking coach, ang aking pamilya, at ang aming mga tagahanga.

“Ko na pinatunayan na ang isang simpleng tao mula sa isang maliit na nayon na walang ang Internet ay maaaring maging kampeon. Kung maaari ko, kaya mo. The belt in Orenburg, kung saan dapat itong maging.”

Russian light matimbang Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) tumigil Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), ng 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), ng Belarus, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “The 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), ng Russia, late in the third round.

Russian bantamweight 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).

Sa paunang pagkilos card, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Brazilian lightweight Rubenilton “Rubinho” Peras (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, buong galang, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) at Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), ng 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) sa unang round, Russian featherweight Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) sa ikot dalawang, at 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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