Brandon Halsey recorded his first M-1 Global victory

KAZAN, Russia (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 (Saturday) M-I provocare 83: TATFIGHT 5 principale eventus, marking the first international MMA event ever held in Kazan, Russia.

In pluma co-, Aleksander Doskalchuk became the first M-1 Challenge flyweight champion.

Eight different countries – Russia, USA, Ucraina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, and Netherlands – were represented by fighters in this international event.

The 30-year-old Halsey (10-3-0, M, I: 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-I provocare 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, I: 2-0-0), Ucraina, used a choke hold to force Russian flyweight Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (11-3-1, M, I: 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 lightweight Raul Tutarauli (18-3-0, M, I: 6-1-0) took a three-round unanimous decision over previously undefeatedVladimir Kanunnikov (8-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0, of Russia; American FeatherweightNate “The Train” Landwehr (9-2-0, M, I: 1-0-0) stopped his Russian foe,Mikhail Korobkov (13-3-1, M, I: 1-3-1), on punches in the second round; Kazakh bantamweight Sergey Morozov (10-3-0, M, I: 5-2-0) punched out Luan Fernandes (8-3-0, M, I: 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 in tertia circuitu, et Russian lightweight Viktor Kolesnik (11-3-1, M, I: 2-0-1) doing the same to Netherlands kickboxing specialist Brian Hooi (14-7-0, M, I: 0-1-0), only in the opening round.

Ukrainian lux heavyweight Vadim Shabadash (5-2-0, M, I: 1-0-0) and Russian bantamweight Alexander Osetrov won unanimous decisions over, respective;, Russian Kirill Kusmin (2-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0) and pro-debuting Lenar Suleymanov, of Russia.

Russian light weight Alik Albagachiev (4-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0) took a majority decision win from Russian Ruslan Khisamutdinov (4-4-0, M, I: 0-1-0) and Russian welterweight Vadim Sinitsyn (2-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0) had the exact same outcome versus Timur Gilimzyanov (4-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0). Brazilian lightweightDiego Davela (18-6-1, M, I: 1-1-1) atque Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (8-2-1, M, I: 0-0-1), Kyrgyzstan, fought to a three-round split draw.

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