Brandon Halsey recorded his first M-1 Global victory
KAZAN, Rússland (September 23, 2017) – American MMA fighter Brandon “Bull” Halsey, fighting as a light heavyweight for the first time, won a hard-fought, three-round unanimous decision over his Russian opponent, Mikhail Ragozin, in yesterday’s (Laugardagur) M-1 Challenge 83: TATFIGHT 5 helstu atburði, marking the first international MMA event ever held in Kazan, Rússland.
Í samstarfi lögun, Aleksander Doskalchuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.
Eight different countries – Rússland, USA, Úkraína, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Brasilía, Kyrgyzstan, and Netherlands – were represented by fighters in this international event.
The 30-year-old Halsey (10-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), fighting out of Huntington Beach, California, was a standout wrestler at the California State University in Bakersfield. He is a former two-time Bellator whose decision to move up to light heavyweight from middleweight, after him being stopped in the opening round ofM-1 Challenge 79 this past June to Russian MMA star Alexander Shlemenko, proved correct as he won a three-round decision over Ragozin for his initi al M-1 Global victory, establishing himself as a leading contender for the coveted M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title.
Doskalchuk (8-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Úkraína, used a choke hold to force Russian flyweight Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (11-3-1, M-1: 2-2-1) to tap out in the second round. Doskalchuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.
In other main event action, Georgian léttur Raul Tutarauli (18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0) took a three-round unanimous decision over previously undefeatedVladimir Kanunnikov (8-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0, Rússland; American featherweightNate “The Train” Landwehr (9-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) stopped his Russian foe,Mikhail Korobkov (13-3-1, M-1: 1-3-1), on punches in the second round; Kazakh bantamweight Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0) punched out Luan Fernandes (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in the second fame.
Nate “The Train” Landwehr celebrated his first M-1 win
The judges were very busy working the undercard as only two fights ended before the full distance with Russian featherweight knocking out his countryman, Pro-debuting Rinat Shakirov í þriðju umferð, and Russian lightweight Viktor Kolesnik (11-3-1, M-1: 2-0-1) doing the same to Netherlands kickboxing specialist Brian Hooi (14-7-0, M-1: 0-1-0), only in the opening round.
Ukrainian ljós þungavigtar Vadim Shabadash (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) and Russian bantamweight Alexander Osetrov won unanimous decisions over, sig, rússneska, Rússi, rússneskur Kirill Kusmin (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and pro-debuting Lenar Suleymanov, Rússland.
Russian light weight Alik Albagachiev (4-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a majority decision win from Russian Ruslan Khisamutdinov (4-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Russian welterweight Vadim Sinitsyn (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) had the exact same outcome versus Timur Gilimzyanov (4-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0). Brazilian lightweightDiego Davela (18-6-1, M-1: 1-1-1) og Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Kirgisistan, fought to a three-round split draw.
Heill niðurstöður og ljósmynd gallerí neðan:
MAIN CARD
MAIN EVENT – LIGHT heavyweights
Brandon Halsey (10-3-0, M-1: 1-1-0), USA
WUDEC3
Mikhail Ragozin (8-3-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Rússland
INAUGURAL M-1 CHALLENGE FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Aleksander Doskalchuk (8-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Úkraína
WSUB2 (CHOKE – 1:26)
Vadim Malygin (11-3-1, M-1: 2-2-1), Rússland
(Doskalchuk Won M-1 Challenge flyweight title)
Lightweights
Raul Tutarauli (18-3-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Georgia
WUDEC
Vladimir Kanunnikov (8-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland)
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Nate Landwehr (9-2-0 (M-1: 1-0-0), USA
WKO/TKO (högg – 1:31)
Mikhail Korobkov (13-3-1, M-1: 1-3-1), Rússland
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0), Kazakhstan
WKO / TKO2 (högg – 4:48)
Luan Fernandes (8-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brasilía
Forkeppni CARD
LIGHT heavyweights
Vadim Shabadash (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Úkraína
WUDEC
Kirill Kuzmin (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland
WELTERWEIGHTS
Vadim Sinitsyn (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Rússland
WMDEC
Timur Gilimzyanov (4-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland
Lightweights
Diego Davella (18-6-1, M-1: 1-1-1), Brasilía
SD
Busurmankul Abditbait Uulu (8-2-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Kyrgyzstan
Viktor Kolesnik (11-2-1, M-1: 2-0-1), Rússland
WKO / TKO1 (högg – 3:36)
Brian Hooi (14-7-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Holland
Alik Albagachiev (4-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Rússland
WMDEC
Ruslan Khisamutdinov (4-4-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Nidzhat Imanov (2-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0)
WKO / TKO3 (högg)
Rinat Shakirov (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Alexander Osetrov (2-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Rússland
WUDEC
Lenar Suleymanov (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Rússland
BANTAMWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
